24.03.2015 Views

altrincham. - Cheshire County Council - Cheshire County Council ...

altrincham. - Cheshire County Council - Cheshire County Council ...

altrincham. - Cheshire County Council - Cheshire County Council ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

"38 A~TROBUS.<br />

CHESHIHE.<br />

ANTROBUS is a township, and with Sev~n Oaks is a Ian~ of .the township, 2,114 acre~; r~teable valu~ of !he<br />

parish, formed in 18 4 8 from the ci~ parIsh: ?f Great townshIp, 3,~18. The popul&tlon, m Igol was p aI1Is h.,<br />

Budworth. The township of Antrobus IS 5~ miles north- 535; townshIp, 373· . ' '<br />

'west from Northwich station, on the <strong>Cheshire</strong> Lines and By Local Government Board Order In 188r, a detached<br />

London and North 'Vestern railwayoS, and 6 south-east part of Antrobu& was added to Seven Oaks, and 8..de,<br />

from Warrington, in tbe Northwich division of the county, ta('he~ part of Sev~n Oaks annexed to Antrobus.<br />

hundred of Bucklow, Runcorn union, Northwich county ParIsh Clerk, RIchard .Coppock. .<br />

court district, petty sessional division of Leftwich, rural Letters through ~oTthWlch. Comberb~ch JS. the nearest<br />

deanery of Frodsham and archdeaconry and diocese of telegraph & mon~y order office, 2i' mIles dIstant. Wall<br />

Chester. The church of St. Mark, erected in 1848, is Letter Box, NatIonal schoolroom, cleared at 5.35 p.~.<br />

,8 building of red sandstone, in the Early English style, week days & sun~ays at 10·30 a.m.. . I<br />

consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle, sou~h. porch, National Sch~l .(mIx~d), erected, WIth h.~~dence for ~e<br />

and a small central turret, with spire, contammg one master adJommg, 1D 1863, for 6 5 C. 1. ren, ,av~r~e<br />

bell:the chancel was beautifully decorated in 1863, and att~nd:mce, 41; J osep~ Hough, master, mfants scho~,<br />

three stained windows added, at the sole expense of I bUIlt m ~873 for' 40 mfa~ts, average attendance, 19,<br />

Samuel Higginbottom esq. of ~lasgow, in m~mory?f Miss MorlOn Downmg, IWSt~ess , . ,<br />

his wife: two other stained wmdows were erected m SEVEN OAKS is a township and very small village,<br />

1878, by the tenants and friends of the late. R~v. George 5 miles north-west from Northwich. The Society, 6f<br />

Eaton ~A. of The Pole: there are 120 s1tt~n~s. .The Friends have a meeting house here, near an old oak<br />

Tegister dates from the year 1848. The hvmg 1S a tree where tradition say,s, George ,Fox preached 200<br />

vicarage, net yearly value £220, with residence, in the years ago. ' The principal landownerSo are Mes~rs, ,Jolm<br />

gift of tbe vicar of Great Budworth, and held since 1895 Highfield Charles Lawton, of Stalybridge, and Joh,n<br />

by the Rev. Joseph Holden of St. Aidan·s.. There. is.a Kinder. 'Piers Egerton-Warburton esq. of Arley, is lord<br />

Wesleyan chapel. Selby's charity of 55!'· IS for dlstrl- of tb,e manor. The soil is mixed, and the ,subsoil is clay<br />

bution. The Pole, the property of Gerard Lawder Eaton and sand' the chief crops are wheat, oats, potatoes and<br />

esq. is a fine mansion in extensive pleasure grounds, tarnips. 'The _population in 1901 was, 162; the area is<br />

-and is the residence of Charles Leonard Agnew esq. The 63 1 acres' rateable value is £1,304.<br />

Crown claims the manorial rights. Col. Sir Edmund ' . ,. b '.<br />

Antrobus, bart. of Amesbury Abbey, Wilts and Gerard Letters through NorthWlch; Olm erb~ch.'is the. near~s.t<br />

Lawder Eaton, esq. are that chief landowners. The soil money order office &; savmgs ban~, about 2 ~lles dIS:<br />

is clayey, the subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, tant; the nearest place fo; postmg letters IS at, toe<br />

()ats and potatoes. The area of the parish is 2,745 acres, Wall Letter Box at the NatlOnal schoolroom, Antrobus<br />

ANTROBUS. Frith Peter, farmer ' Woodward Emma (.Mrs.), farmer'<br />

Adams Joseph Gough Ruth (Mrs.), farmer Wr~ght Br?t~ers, farmers' ,<br />

,Agnew Charles Leonard, The Pole<br />

Holden Rev. Joseph, Vicarage<br />

Hindley Frank wheelwright<br />

Hindley Joseph: shoemaker<br />

Wrlght WIlham, farmer '<br />

Youd Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer<br />

Kinder William, Fir grove Howard James, blacksmith 0 A"lTC'l'<br />

COMMERCIAL. K een ' J 0 h n, f armer<br />

SEVEN~J<br />

Argyle William Mark, coW-keeper Kinder Martha (,:Miss), farmer<br />

Bell John, farmer Lightfoot George. farmer .<br />

,Beswick John, shopkeeper<br />

Maddock Jane (Mrs.) & Wm. 'farmers<br />

Boardman John, fal1'mer<br />

Moore' Joseph, farmer<br />

Bolshaw Joseph, farmer<br />

Moore Thomas, farm~r<br />

Booth 'Henry, farm~r<br />

Moseley Thomas.Tames, farmer '<br />

'Bradbury James Blackshaw, farmer, Percival Peter, farmer ,-, ,<br />

Foxley brow<br />

PoweU Mary (Miss), Wheatsheaf P.R.<br />

Brocklehurst Joseph, farmer ' & farmer .<br />

Brocklehurst Thomas, farmer Ril:lgeway Josep~, 'farmer<br />

Burgess Benjamin, farmer ROwlinson Joseph. farmer<br />

Burgess John, farmer<br />

Sutton 'William 'Henry, farmer<br />

Burgess Thomas, farmer<br />

Walker John, grocer<br />

Burgess William, farmer<br />

1Yainwright Samuel, farmer<br />

Coppock Rd. assist. overseer & farmer lrilkinson Philip Newton, farmer,Pools<br />

·Edgerley Louis A. farmer<br />

Platt'<br />

Frith Herbert, farmer Wood William, farmer<br />

Hignett John; Sandaway bouse<br />

Willett Misses, Frandley 'house<br />

Clarke William, 'farmer'<br />

Eaton Alfred, grocer, provisio~ deal~~<br />

& beer retailer . ,<br />

Frith Arthur, farmer<br />

Frith George, farmer, FrilIidley<br />

Gallamore Allan, farmer' ,' . .,<br />

Hignett John, farmer, Sa~dawa1 hou,se<br />

Hulse 'Villiam, farmer<br />

Latham William, farmer'<br />

, 'LitleI' Peter, farmer "<br />

Moore William, farmer<br />

Powell Joseph, cowkeeper<br />

Spruce John, farmer<br />

Walker James, farmer ~ GattIe c;l~a~er<br />

Wilkinson Adolphus Frederick, farmer<br />

APPLETON (or Appleton with Hull) is a large 'town- a Baptist chapel at Hill Oliff, built in 1840~ with an 014­<br />

ship, on the high road between Warrington ~md North- burying ground. Johnson's charity of £7 yearly'~ for<br />

wich, Ii to 2i miles south from Warrington, in Great, clothing. 'Hill Oliff, 2 miles south from ,WaNington, is<br />

Budworth parish, Knutsford division oi the county, Buck- a lofty eminence, on the top of which is a building,: forlow<br />

hundred, Runcorn union and county court district, merly used -as a beacon: here also is a stone obelisk, ,surand<br />

petty sessional division of Daresbury, in the rural rounded by fonr lions. Appleton Hall, the 'seat of Thomas<br />

deantlry of Frodsham and archdeaconry and diocese of Henry Lyon esq. J.P., is a stuccoed mansion in a park of<br />

Chester. Portions of this township are within the ecele-, 160 acres. Piers Egerton-Warburton esq. of Arley Hall;<br />

siastical parish of Stockton Heath and Stretton; the re- who is lord of the manor, Thomas Henry Lyon esq.,the<br />

maining portion was constituted an ecclesiastical district Bridgewateor Trustees, Joseph Oharlton Parr esq. of Grap:­<br />

Sept. 27, 1887, under the name of Appleton Tho~l1' The penhall Heyes, and Sir Gilbert Greenall bart. of Walton<br />

church of St. Cross, erected at a cost of about £4,200, Hall, are the chief landowners. The soil is' clay, the<br />

and consecrated May 21st, 1887, is a structure subsoil sand and rock. The chief -crops are oats, potatoes<br />

of Runcorn red sandstone, in the Gothic style, and turnips. The Warrington reservoirs are situated at<br />

from designs by Mr. Edmund Kirby, architect, of Hill Cliff, in this township. The area is 3,37r' acres of<br />

Liverpool, consisting of chancel, nave, transepts~ north land and 42 of water; rateable value, £7,396; the popuporch<br />

and a low centr,al embattled tower; the t.ransepts lation in 1901 was 744.<br />

'Serve respectively as an organ chamber and vestry: Appleton Thorn, Appleton Cross and Pepper Street<br />

there are 130 sittings. The living is a vicarage, net are places in this' township•<br />

.yearly Vllllue £298, with residence, in the gift of Piers<br />

Egerton-Warburton esq. and held since 1901 by the Rev. Letters through ·Warrington. Stockton Heath is 'the<br />

Frederick Edmund Evans M.A. of Exeter College, Ox- nearest past, money order & telegraph office, Ii miles<br />

ford; the cost of the church, and also that of the vicarage distant. Letter Box, Appleton Thorn, cleared at 6'5S<br />

house, £1,800, was given by the late Rowl,and Eyles a.m. & 6,3° p.m. week days only,<br />

Egerton-Warburton esq. who also provided the' greater National School (mixed), for 120 ohildren, average attendpart<br />

of the endowment. There is a Wesleyan chapel and allce, 74; Miss Julia Curd, miSotress<br />

Davies Robert, Birchdale Lyon Thomas Henry J.P. The Hall Berry James, farm bailiff to 'T. H.<br />

Davies Vere, Dukefield Warburton Albert, Quarry house Lyon esq<br />

Down Thomas J. Undercliff<br />

Willett Jas. Stockton ho.London brdge Bessick John, farmer, DinO'le farm<br />

Evans Rev. Fredk. Edmund M.A. COMMERCIAL. Britch' Ann (Mrs.'), Thorn!:>irin, farmer<br />

, (vicar), Vicarage Astley & Tyldesley Collieries Lim. coal & smith, Appleton Thorn<br />

Greenhall Henry. Hillcliff merchants. Stocl{ton quay Britch Edwin farmer AppletOn thorn<br />

Hall Thomas, Ivy bank Barber William, farmer, Booths farm, Broady John; gamek~eper to ·T. H.<br />

Houghton Jobn, Broom cottage Barrow Ann (:\Irs.), farmer,Stud farm I Lyon esq .

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!