Lancashire and Cheshire Past and Present Volume 2 Originally released in 1868, this is a complete history of Lancashire and Cheshire dating back to Roman times. Every parish, hundred, city, town, village and hamlet is described in great detail. This book provides an insight as to how our ancestors lived and what the places that they lived in were like. Due to boundary changes after the publication of this book it also encompasses a history of Manchester and Merseyside.