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30 ALSAGER.Edwards Reuben, shopkpr, Crewe rdEspley George, engraver. Chapel laFinney Frederick, saddlerFoden WiUiam, farmerFord Charles, cabinet ma. Lawton rdFord Sydney, farmer. Lane End farmForrester Jas. estate agent,Crewe rdFynney Hy. miller (water) & farmerGater Thos.farmer,Cranby Marsh frmGreenwood George H. teacher ofmusic, Lawton roadHall Allen, auctioneer, Cornbrookhouse, Crewe roadHallidayWm.travUng.drapr.Station rdHancock John, baker, Grewe road &Lawton roadHarrison Percy Ernest, cycle agent,Lawton roadHeler John, farmer. Manor farmHenshall J.& L.(Misses),dress makers,Crewe roadHenshall SI. Edwd. shpkpr. Audley rdHoldcroft Charles, farmer. Ash bankHolland Gertrude & Lizzie (Misses),confectioners, Crewe roadHolland Alfred, boot ma.Sandbach rdHolland James, grocer, Crewe road^Holland John, greengrocer, Crewe rd*HoUand Joseph, farmerHoUand William, farmer. Bank farmHopwood Thomas, boot ma. Crewe rdHughes John, jeweller, Lawton roadIndustrial Co-operative Society Ltd.Butt laneJackson Amos,comm. agent,Lawton rdJackson Bertie, beer retlr. Audley rdKaye Allen,travelling drapr.Lawton rdKeeling Isaac, farmer. Town End farmKennerley Jn. house decoratr. Crewe rdKent Annie (Mrs.), grngro. Crewe rdKerr Jas. travelling draper, Talke rdCHESHIRE.Kingston Henry Freeland B.A., M.B& B.Ch.Dub. physician k surgeon,k medical officer of health to theUrban District Council of Alsager,AvondaleLatham John, engraver. Station roadLatham Thomas, assistant overseer kcollector of king's taxes k of ratesto the Urban District CouncU,Lime villaLloyd George William M.R.CS.Eng.,L.R.CP.Lond. surgeon, Crewe rdLynam Harry Valentine, surveyor ksanitary inspector to the UrbanDistrict Council, Station roadManchester k Liverpool District BankingCo. Limited (sub-branch); opentues. k fridays, Grewe road; drawon London office, 75 CornhUl E CMarson Gervase, Lodge inn,Crewe rdMeir Fredk. W. insur. agt. Crewe rd |Morris Alfred, farmer. Oak farmMorris Fanny (Mrs.), greengrocer.Shady groveMorris Levi, shopkeeper, Grewe roadMorris Samuel, shopkeeper, Talke rdNational Telephone Co. Ltd. PublicCall office, Crewe roadNelson John Jas. clerk to the UrbanDistrict Council, InglethorpeOldacre Benjamin, saddler, Sandy laParker Saml. boot repr. Talke roadParkes Alfred, Alsager Arms P.HParkes Thomas, butcher, Lawton roadParr's Bank Lim. (sub-branch); opentuesdays & fridays, Crewe road;draw on head office, 4 Bartholomewlane, London E 0Purdy Clara (Mrs.), tailor, Crewe rdRathbone Thomas, blacksmithRichmond Dennis, auctioneerALTRINCHAMALTEINCHAM (or, as it is frequently written, Altringham)is a market town and parish, 30 miles northeastfrom Chester, 7 north-east from Knutsford, 9 westfrom Stockport, 8 south-south-west from Manchester, 11east from 'Warrington, 18^ from Bolton, 30 from Liverpooland i93i from London, and is within the Altrinchamdivision of the county, and in the rural deanery ofBowdon, and archdeaconry of Macclesfield and diocese ofChester: it is also in the hundred and union of Bucklow,the latter having been formed in 1895 in place of the oldAltrincham union. The town is an important railwaycentre, and has four separate but connected stations:—Altrincham and Bowdon station, in Stamford road, nearthe centre of the town, belonging to the Manchester,South Junction and Altrincham railway; Hale station,at the southern extremity of the town, on the CheshireLines railway; Broadheath station, to the north, on theLondon and North Western line; and West Timperleystation, north of the town, on the Cheshire Lines railway.The Bridgewater canal, now the property of the ManchesterShip Canal Co. intersects the township forthree-quarters of a mile at Broadheath.Altrincham was constituted a Local Government District18 Feb. 1851, under the provisions of the "PublicHealth Act, 1848" (11 k 12 Vict, c 63), and was underthe control of a Local Board, untU, under the provisionsof the "Local Government Aot, 1894" (56 and 57 Vict.c. 73), the present Urban District Council was established.The Urban District is divided into five wards.Hamon de Massey, lord of Dunham Massey, by charterin the reign of Edward I, (circ, 1290), granted to thetown the position of a free borough, instituting burgesses,and a gild merchant, and authorised the burgesses toelect a praepositus or bailiff, now styled " mayor," andthis charter " is stUl preserved, enclosed in a circularoak case or box, shaped like an inverted cone, two orthree inches in diameter." The mayor is still appointedannually at the Michaelmas court leet of the lord of thebarony, by the steward, but he possesses no magisterialauthority, and his duties appear to have been confinedto the opening of the fairs, which are now obsolete;there is no corporate seal, chain or badge of any kind.The arms of the town are " quarterly, gu. and or. in thefirst quarter a lion pass, arg."[KELLY'JJRigby Howard,miller(steam),Grove hoSadler James, confectioner, Crewe rdSayers Matthew James HazlittM.E.CS.Eng., L.E.C.P.Lond. phy-.sician k surgeon, Lawton roadSettle Joel, mining engineer & coalfactor. The HiUSherratt Harold M. musical instrumentdealer, Crewe roadSherwood & Go. coal mers. Station ydShields Jsph. L. dentist, Lawton rdSimpson Eobt. hair dresser, Crewe rdSimms Harold, printer, Crewe roadSmith George, farmerSmith Thomas, grocer, Audley roadSmith Wm. T. H. coal agt. Station rdStalker Eobert S. grocer, Betley placeTaylor Thomas, furniture removerThistlethwaite Eichard Thos. privateschool, Crewe roadThomson Matthew, grocer, Lawton rdj Thorley Joseph, farmerTimmis Eichard, farmerWalker Harry, insur. agt. Lawton rdWalker John, shopkeeper, Crewe roadWarburton James, blacksmith, SandbachroadWarburton John, beer retlr.Shady groWhalley Mnry Ann (Miss), dress maWheat .Sarah Annie (Miss), milliner,Audley roadWhipp Frnk. Thos dairymn.Statn. rdWinnington Chas H.butcher,Grewe rdWood George Stephen, commissionagent, Lawton roadWood James, boot maker, Crewe roadWood William, grocer, Crewe roadWoodworth Thomas, paintr, Crewe rdWootton Minnie (Miss), dress makerWright Geo. John, draper, Talke rdThe town, which occupies a very healthy situation,comprises several wide streets, and is lighted with gasfrom works at Hale Moss, about half-a-mile east, erectedabout 1850, and covering 4J acres; the works are tlieproperty of a company, incorporated in 1872, and tbewater supply is from Manchester, with two reservoirs atBowdon, of the North Cheshire Water Company,St. George's is an ecclesiastical parish, first formed outof the mother parish of Bowdon, Aug. 28, i860, and madea separate parish in 1868.The church, in Church street, built by subscription in1799, and twice enlarged, was rebuilt in 1896 from designsby Messrs. Paley and Austin, architects, at a costof ;^S'Soo. and reopened Nov. 17, 1897 : it consists ofchancel, nave, aisles and a western tower containingone beU: the stained east window, a memorial to Samueland Ann Hardy, was presented by their daughter, SarahHolland, in 1861: the west window is a memorial toWilliam P. Grimble Groves, and was placed in 1897: thefine alabaster pulpit is a memorial to John Newton esq.:the alabaster wainscot of the chancel was given in 1898by Charles Newton and Henry Fairbrother esqrs.: thealabaster font is a memorial to the Eev. George London,vicar 1860-1894: the stained glass of the seven windowsin the north aisle was all removed from the old churchand replaced in the original tracery: the brass lecternwas given by Henry Fairbrother esq. : the church willseat 700 persons. The register dates from the year 1799.The living is a vicarage, net yearlv value ;^35o, chieflyderived from pew rents, with residence, in the gift of th©vicar of Bowdon for the time being, and held since 1901by the Eev. Ernest Eobert Tarbuck B.A. of the Um'-versity of London, and surrogate.is near the church.The vicarage houseSt. John the Evangelist's is an ecclesiastical parish,formed Nov. 5, 1867, out of Bowdon St. Margaret, DunhamMassey and Timperley. The church, erected in1866, at a cost of over ;^8,ooo, is a buUding of stone inthe Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles,transepts, south and west porches and a south-westtower with octagonal spire. The church affords 950sittings, of which half are free. The register datesfrom the year 1866. The living is a vicarage, net yearlyvalue ;^366, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop ofChester, and held since 1866 bv the Bev. FrederickWainwright M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, andhon. canon of Chester,
DIBECTOBY.] CHESHIRE. ALTEINCHAM. 31St. Elizabeth's church, in Pownall street, erected in1890, will seat 300 persons. The Eev. Leonard ThomasWilliam Parr M.A. of Oxford University, has beencurate in charge since 1905.All Saints', Eegent road, is a chapel-of-ease to St.Margarets, Dunham Massey, from which it is served,and has sittings for 300 persons.The Catholic church of St. Vincent de Paul, at thejunction of Bentinck and Groby roads, was completedin 1906.The Baptist chapel, in Hale road, erected in 1887, has450 sittings; a new lecture hall, class rooms, organchamber and vestry were added in 1908 at a cost ofabout ;^i,400.Bowdon Downs Congregational chapel was erected in1839, and has 800 sittings. There i^ a Congregationalchapel in Manchester road, Broadheath, built in 1865,seating 500 persons.The United Methodist chapel, in George street, waserected in 1820, and there is a Primitive Methodistchapel in Oxford road and Devonshire road; the Unitarianchapel, in Dunham road, erected in 1876, wUlseat 350 persons.The Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Woodlands road,built in 1866 at a cost of ^^7,000, is of stone, in theEomanesque style, and will seat 750 persons, and theWesleyan Methodist chapel, Broadheath, erected in 1899,at a cost of ^^1,700, has sittings for 350 persons.The Welsh Calvinistic Methodist chapel, in WiUowTree road, was built in 1903 at a cost of ;^924, andwill seat 180.Trinity Mission hall. Police street, erected in 1891, isin connection with the Presbyterian chapel, Delamereroad, Dunham Massey.The Salvation Army hall is in George street.The Altrincham Urban Council Cemetery, Hale road,opened 12th December, 1894. at a cost of about ^^9,000,covers an area of 10 acres, of which 5 only are at presentenclosed. It contains a small chapel, which is used foraU denominations and is governed by the AltrinchamUrban District Council.The Town Hall, in Market street, erected in 1901from the designs of Messrs. Hindle and Davenport, ofManchester, is a structure of red brick and red sandstonedressings in the Jacobean style; it contains a large hallwith mosaic floor; the councU chamber, 35 ft. by 26 ft.with a panelled ceiling and stained windows, displayingthe arms of the Barons of Chester and the principalCheshire families; the carved oak chairs were speciallydesigned and made by Mr. Joseph PhUlips, of Altrincham:here also are the offices of the clerk, surveyor,rate collector and overseers; the staircase windows bearthe Eoyal arms and those of Altrincham, Chester andManchester. Adjoining is the Fire Station, where is kepta steam fire engine belonging to the Urban DistrictCouncil; the force comprises 12 men and a superintendent; there is a comfortably fitted-up room for thefiremen, and also a mortuary.The old Town Hall, near the Market place, erected bythe Earl of Stamford and Warrington in 1849, is an edificeof red brick with stone dressings, relieved in front bya bell turret with clock; the lower portion is now usedas a grain store, above which, and extending along thewhole length of the building, is an assembly room 66feet by 30, now attached to the Unicorn hotel and usedfor public and masonic meetings, baUs and lectures; itwill seat about 300 persons.The Market hall, in Market street, erected in 1879, ata cost of ;^5,ooo, from the designs of Mr. M. A. Boscoe,architect, of Altrincham, is of brick in the Italian style,the whole enclosing a space of about 90 feet by 60.The market for butter, eggs, poultry, rabbits, fruitand drapery is held on Tuesdays, weekly.Cabinet making is carried on. At Broadheath are coalwharfs on the Bridgewater Canal undertaking; there arealso iron foundries, timber yards, saw mills, nurseriesand photographic apparatus manufactories. Here arealso the works of Linotype and Machinery Limited.An agricultural and hoticultural show is held annually.The public slaughter houses, buUt in 1870, on theoutskirts of the town, have been taken over by theUrban District Council, and new and much improvedpremises were added in 1904.The Sessions house and Police station, in Dunhamroad, is an edifice of brick and stone erected in 1866and enlarged in 1903. Attached are retiring rooms forthe magistrates, police office and lock-ups, with residencefor the superintendent on one side, and a paradeground at the back; on the premises is a fire bell; theCounty court is also held here.Altrincham Conservative club, in Market street,erected in 18S2 at a cost of ^^2,000, is a structure ofwhite brick in the Italian style and contains biUiard,reading, smoking, lecture and committee rooms, a bar,and a manager's residence, and has a bowling greenadjoining. It is the Conservative centre for the Altrinchamdivision of the county.The Altrincham Jubilee Baths, Stamford New road.under the management of the Urban District Council,erected in commemoration of the 60th year of the reignof Her late Majesty Queen Victoria, are of brick, havinga swimming bath, 60 feet by 20 feet, and five slipperbaths. In 1909 a swimming bath, 75 feet by 30 feet,and eight private baths were added at a cost of 1^3,500.The Altrincham Free Library, Public Hall andMuseum, in George street, formerly the Altrincham andBowdon Literary Institution, was taken over by theLocal Board (now the Urban District CouncU), on theadoption by the Board of the Public Libraries andTechnical Education Acts, in 1899. The first buildingwas erected in 1852, at a cost of ;^8oo, on a site givenby George Harry, 7th Earl of Stamford and Warrington.The lecture hall, destroyed by fire in 1878, was rebuUton an enlarged scale in the following year; and in 1893the whole was generally enlarged at a cost of ;^6,ooo.The library, comprising lending and reference departments,now contains some io,ooo volumes, and has areading room well supplied with daily, weekly andmonthly papers and magazines &c. The hall, whichholds 700 persons, is well adapted for stage plays,bazaars, balls, concerts &c. The Museum, opened in1898, includes a collection of objects presented by thelate Sir Cunliffe Brooks, and a fine collection of birds,fossils, minerals and curios, and is managed by acommittee.St. Margaret's Institute, in Market street, in connectionwith St. Maigaret's church, Dunham Massey, waserected in 1896 at a cost of ;^2,soo, from designs byMr. Gouldsmith, architect, and contains a large roomfor concerts and dramatic performances, seating about350 people. There are also reading and billiard roomsand a good gymnasium. Weaving and wood-carvingclasses are held here. The Institute is open to personsof both sexes, and there are about 800 members.The Broadheath Institute, in the Manchester road,Broadheath, contains reading, library, lecture and billiardrooms.The Altrincham Conservative Working Men's Club, inGreenwood street, erected in 1887, is a spacious brickbuilding, with manager's quarters attached.St. John's club rooms, Islington street, in connectionwith St. John's church, are open every evening.Charities.—The Altrincham Workhouse Trust produces;^23o yearly. The Mayor's Land Charity produces aboutj^25o a year for pubUc uses, out of which a sum of ^^45is annually given to the mayor. The Cooper's trust, ofabout £•2.0, is for distribution in kind and money.Lloyd's Fever Hospital, in Lloyd street, was erectedin 1S53 at a cost of ;^6oo, on a site given by the lateEarl of Stamford and Warrington, as a memorial toEdward Jeremiah Lloyd, esq. of Oldfield HaU (d. 1850),and endowed by Mrs. Lloyd with a legacy of £i,o
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