Ernest Terah Hooley
Ernest Terah Hooley (5 February 1859 – 11 February 1947) was an English financier who specialised in acquiring companies and then reselling them at inflated prices, making himself substantial profits in the process.
Marshall Stevens
Property developer whose work with Daniel Adamson and others led to the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, completed in 1894.
Elizeus Hall
Sixteenth-century prophet and false messiah who claimed to be a messenger from God.
Manchester Free Library
First library to be set up under the provisions of the Public Libraries Act 1850, in Manchester, England, which allowed local authorities to impose a local tax of one penny to pay for the service.
Mary Taylor
Early advocate for women’s rights, born in Gomersal in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, (1817–1893).
Emily Ford
Emily Susan Ford (1850–1930), artist and campaigner for women’s rights, was born into a Quaker family in Leeds. She trained as an artist at the Slade School of Art and exhibited at the Royal Academy.
James Burton
James Burton (1784–1868) was the owner of several cotton mills in Tyldesley and Hindsford in the mid-19th century.
Alhambra Theatre, Manchester
Former theatre in Higher Openshaw, Manchester, England designed by the architect H. A, Turner. Intended for use as a music hall, it was opened in 1910 as part of the H. D. Moorhouse Theatre Circuit.
Warrington Perambulating Library
The Warrington Perambulating Library has been described by historian Ian Orton as “one of the most revolutionary library advances of the nineteenth century”.
Elizabeth Ann Linley
Singer who possessed great beauty, subject of several paintings, poet and writer.