Margaret Greenall
Known forFounding Ribchester Roman Museum

Margaret Greenall was an English businesswoman. She founded Ribchester Roman Museum in 1915.[1][2][3]

Greenall was a member of the Greenall's brewery family.[1]

Life and career

Greenall's father, Joseph Robinson, died in 1905, aged 75. He bequeathed Margaret "an immediate legacy of £500 and his household effects and consumable stores". She was also left the income from a £20,000 trust fund.[4]

In 1915, she established Ribchester Roman Museum after becoming concerned that many historic artefacts were being taken oit of the village, into the hands of private collectors.[5] She had earlier purchased a row of houses on Church Street in Ribchester, near the River Ribble, and had the land excavated prior to building a new property, today's Churchgates.[6] In 1928, an R. Greenall, the honorary secretary of the Ribchester Museum Trust, was living there.[7] Margaret had previously held the role.[8]

Legacy

After her death, Greenall had dedicated to her The Roman Fort at Ribchester, a 1928 book by John Henry Hopkinson and Donald Atkinson.[7] The dedication read:

MEMORIAE
MARGARETAE GREENALL
RERVM BREMETENNACENSIVM
FAVTRICI STVDIOSISSIMAE
HOC OPVSCVLM
GRATO ANIMO
DEDICATVR

References

  1. 1 2 Nicholls, Robert (15 January 2019). 50 Gems of Lancashire: The History & Heritage of the Most Iconic Places. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-8494-9.
  2. ↑ Edwards, B. J. N. (2000). The Romans at Ribchester: Discovery and Excavation. Centre for North-West Regional Studies, University of Lancaster. ISBN 978-1-86220-085-2.
  3. ↑ About – Ribchester Roman Museum
  4. ↑ Brewers' Journal and Hop and Malt Trades' Review. W. Reed. 1905. p. 657.
  5. ↑ "Step back in time to celebrate Ribchester Roman Museum's centenary". Lancashire Telegraph. 26 March 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Ribchester Roman Fort, Ribchester". Lancashire Past. 8 August 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  7. 1 2 Hopkinson, John Henry (1928). The Roman Fort at Ribchester. Manchester University Press.
  8. ↑ The Classical Review. D. Nutt. 1908. p. 197.
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