James Christopher Scholes

James Christopher Scholes (1852–1890) was an English antiquary.

Life

The son of James Scholes, a printer and bookbinder, was born at Bolton, Lancashire, on 27 March 1852, and educated at Holy Trinity school there. He trained as a printer, and then became a reporter on a local paper. Subsequently he went into business as a draper, and sat as a member of the Bolton board of guardians and school board. His business was managed by his wife, Ann Frost, whom he married in 1877, while he concentrated on antiquarian and genealogical pursuits.^[1]

Scholes died on 18 June 1890, and was buried at Tong cemetery.^[1]

Works

Scholes's main publications were:^[1]

• Bolton Bibliography and Jottings of Book Lore, with Notes on Local Authors and Printers, 1886; and
• History of Bolton, completed by W. Pimblett, and issued in 1892.

Other writings included:^[1]

• Notes on Turton Tower and its successive Owners, 1880; with Supplementary Notes, 1881.
• Documentary Notes relating to Turton, 1882.
• Genealogy of the Knowles Family, 1886.

Scholes made transcripts of the Bolton parish registers from 1587 to 1860, which were printed to 1712 in the Bolton Weekly Journal, 1887–90.^[1]

Notes

Attribution

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Sutton, Charles William (1897). "Scholes, James Christopher". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography 50. London: Smith, Elder & Co.