William Stott Banks
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William Stott Banks was an English lawyer and antiquary.
, Yorkshire
, in March 1820, and received a scanty education at the Lancasterian school there. At the age of 11 he started life as office-boy to John Berry, a local solicitor. He was later clerk in the office of Messrs. Marsden & Ianson, solicitors and clerks to the West Riding
justices, and on the dissolution of the firm in 1844 he remained with Mr. Ianson, to whom he subsequently articled himself.
After the usual interval Banks was admitted an attorney
in Hilary Term
, 1851, and in 1853 became a partner, the firm being Messrs. Ianson & Banks. On the formation of the Wakefield Borough Commission in March 1870 he was elected clerk to the justices, an office which he retained until his death.
Banks died at his house in Northgate
, Wakefield, on 25 December 1872.
Life
Banks was born at WakefieldWakefield
Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is and had a population of 76,886 in 2001....
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, in March 1820, and received a scanty education at the Lancasterian school there. At the age of 11 he started life as office-boy to John Berry, a local solicitor. He was later clerk in the office of Messrs. Marsden & Ianson, solicitors and clerks to the West Riding
West Riding
West Riding could refer to:Areas:*West Riding of Yorkshire, England*West Riding of Lindsey in Lincolnshire, England*West Riding of County Cork, Ireland*West Riding of County Galway, IrelandTransport companies:*West Riding Automobile Company...
justices, and on the dissolution of the firm in 1844 he remained with Mr. Ianson, to whom he subsequently articled himself.
After the usual interval Banks was admitted an attorney
Lawyer
A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...
in Hilary Term
Hilary term
Hilary Term is the second academic term of Oxford University's academic year. It runs from January to March and is so named because the feast day of St Hilary of Poitiers, 14 January, falls during this term...
, 1851, and in 1853 became a partner, the firm being Messrs. Ianson & Banks. On the formation of the Wakefield Borough Commission in March 1870 he was elected clerk to the justices, an office which he retained until his death.
Banks died at his house in Northgate
Northgate
- Historical structures :* Northgate, Chester, Cheshire, England* Northgate, Essex, England* St Michael at the North Gate, Oxford, England.- Places :In Australia:* Northgate, Queensland* Northgate, South Australia* Northgate Shopping Centre, Tasmania...
, Wakefield, on 25 December 1872.
Works
He had, in 1865, become known as an author by the publication of his 'List of Provincial Words in use at Wakefield'. The following year he gave to the world the first of his manuals, entitled 'Walks in Yorkshire: I. In the Northwest; II. In the North-east,' which had previously appeared in weekly instalments in the columns of the Wakefield Free Press. Shortly before his death he issued a companion volume, Walks in Yorkshire: Wakefield and its neighbourhood. .External links
- Walks in Yorkshire: the north east, comprising Redcar, Saltburn, Whitby, Scarborough and Filey, William Stott Banks, J. Russell Smith, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, 1866 - Walks in Yorkshire, I. in the northwest, II. in the north east, William Stott Banks, J. Russell Smith, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, 1866 - Walks in Yorkshire: Wakefield and its neighbourhood, William Stott Banks, Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, 1871