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of office extending until November, 1854; when John Platt, Esq., was elevated to the Mayoral chair, and, in accordance with established precedent, he was re-elected at the last annual meeting of the Council. The following is a list of the Council for the present year : --
MAYOR -- JOHN PLATT, Esq..
ALDERMEN |
MR. RICHARD SHIERS
MR. FRANCIS LITTLE
MR. N. WORTHINGTON
MR. JOHN WILD |
MR. JAMES LEES
MR. JAMES COLLINGE
MR. JOHN EARNSHAW
MR. RICHARD REDFERN |
COUNCILLORS |
St Mary's Ward
MR. JOSEPH ROWLAND
MR. GEORGE BENTLEY
MR. JOHN ROBINSON
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St. Peter's Ward
MR. S.M. TAYLOR
MR. JAMES BUCKLEY
MR. WILLIAM BRADLEY
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Werneth Ward
MR. WILLIAM BUCKLEY
MR. JAMES RADCLIFFE
MR. JOSEPH BAXTER
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Mumps Ward
MR. W. WOOLSTENHULME
MR. ABRAHAM CLEGG
MR. GEORGE BARLOW
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Westwood Ward
MR. DANIEL NEWTON
MR. JOHN RILEY
MR. JAMES PLATT
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St. James's Ward
MR. THOMAS MELLOWDEW
MR. JOHN PLATT
MR. JOSIAH RADCLIFFE
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Clarksfield Ward
MR. JONATHAN SCHOLES
MR. GEORGE LEECH
MR. ALEXANDER BOYD
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Waterhead mill Ward
MR. ABRAHAM LEACH
MR. W.H. BRIDEOAKE
MR. HENRY LEES
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It is a fact deserving of notice that the majority of the members of the first Council belonged to the party who had opposed the application for a Charter, but
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