Margaret Greenall

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

Margaret Greenall
Known forFounding Ribchester Roman Museum

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. 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. 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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