Word: prestwich
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...four years, and any member of the college who had resided three years was eligible. There was no pretence of any examination, and the authorities of the college had nothing to do with the elections, which were vested absolutely in the dean of Manchester and the rectors of Prestwich and Bury. The charity commissioners have lately overhauled the whole of Hulme's bequest, and the seventeen "idle exhibitions" have now been replaced by competitive scholarship, tenable on strict condition of residence, diligence and good conduct...