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46"' ANTROBUS. CHESHIRE. [KELLY'S*Gough William Henry, farmerHindley Frank, wheelwrightHindley Joseph, shoemakerHolland Thomas, fai-mer, Pump houseHolt Benjamin Carlton, farmer,Greenfield farmHoughton William, farmer•Hoyvard James, blacksmithLethbridge Samuel, farmerMassey Charles, farmer. The HolliesMoore Jsph. farmer, Graiidsire's grnMoseley Thos. Jas. farmer, Hill farmRowlinson Joseph, farmerSutton William Henry, farmerWainwright Samuel, farmerWalker John, grocer, Post officeAPPLETON (or Appleton with HuU) is a large township,on the high road between Warrington and Northwich,i^ to 2^ miles south from Warrington, in GreatBudworth parish, Knutsford division of the county. Bucklowhundred, Runcorn union and county court district,and petty sessional division of Daresbury, in the ruraldeanery of Frodsham and archdeaconry and diocese ofChester. Portions of this township are within the ecclesiasticalparishes of Stockton Heath and Stretton; theremaining portion was constituted an ecclesiastical districtSept. 27, 1887, under the name of Appleton Thorn.The church of St. Cross, erected at a cost of about;^4,20o, and consecrated May 2ist, 1887, is a structureof Runcorn red sandstone, in the Gothic style,from designs by Mr. Edmund Kirby, architect, ofLiverpool, consisting of chancel, nave, transepts, northporch and a loyv central embattled tower; the transeptsserve respectively as an organ chamber and vestry:there are 130 sittings. The living is a vicarage, netyearly value £2o
DIRECTORY.] CHESHIRE. ASHTON-UPON-MERSEY. 47iT*noAn*^i!f^r,f*^°„"*^^*^"?i^ *D !**^j other^s^houses, the | the manor and principal landowner. Brereton's charityexpediency of joining the Pretender, T>_„4. j . _ and J being v.-__ on one 'of £\ I2S. is for clothing. Near the HaU, on the riveroccasion assembled here the resolution was eventually BoUin, are the ruins of an ancient water mill, above whichcome to by the casting vote of the chairman, Thomas the faUing water of the damhead forms a pretty cascade*Assheton esq. owner of the mansion, to support the The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, potatoes andreigning sovereign; this circumstance, from the turnips; the soil is stiff clay and sand. The area ispowerful influence and family connections of the 2,148 acres of land and 15 of water; rateable value,parties, must have greatly affected the cause of the ;^4,862; the population in 1901 was 424 in the civil andPretender in this district: the portraits in question 606 in the ecclesiastical parish.were painted in 1720 to commemorate this eventful Thorns Green and Hough Green are places here.meeting, but about i860 they yvcre removed to Tattonby Lord Egerton. During the years 1880 to 1890 master. Letters through Altrincham arrive at 7.45Post Office, Hough Green.—Joseph Simcock, sub-postthe land adjoining the Hall was greatly improved by a.m. & 7.15 p.m.; Sundays, 8.5 a.m. ; dispatched atits present occupier. Ashley was held after the Conquest 9.35 a.m. k 7.35 p.m. Park road, Altrincham, isby the de Masseys, of Dunham Massey, and subsequentlyby the Duttons, one of yvhom (temp. Edw. I.), tookthe name of de Ashley, and his descendants remainedhere till the end of the reign of Henry VHI. when Thomasin,daughter and heiress of George Ashley esq. marriedRichard, son of Sir William Brereton; Thomas Breretonesq. the last male heir, died in 1660, leaving his threesisters co-heiresses, one of whom married Ralph Asshetonesq. whose descendant, Thomas Assheton Smith esq. soldthe manor in 1841 to Wilbraham Egerton esq, ancestor ofthe present owner.Burgess Sidney Harrison, DodingtonClarke Eichard C R. BrentwoodDunn Eev. Samuel WUliam B.A.(vicar). The VicarageLosh James S. BedcroftMottershead Arthur, Ardern lodgeOwen John Cater, OutwoodEiddick Et. Faulkner J.P. Home acreSchwabe Clifford, Arden houseWorrall Frederick, Sycamore cottageCOMMERCIAL,Bailey Edwd. frmr. Castle HUl farmBaker William, boot makerBarratt Edwin, gamekeeper to LordEgerton, Middle houseLord Egerton of Tatton is lord ofBrown Alice (Mrs.), farmer, BlackshawHeyesBrown Isaac, frmr. Lower House farmBrown John, farmer. Coppice farmCarter Thomas, farmer, Ashley miUCragg John, farmer. Thorns greenDaniels Wm. jun. frmr. Thorns greenEllison Wm. blacksmith. Hough greenEriam Alfred, farmer. Stock farmErlam Ann (Mrs.), frmr.Hough greenHague Ernest, farmer. Thorns greenHall Robert, schoolmaster k assistantoverseerHope Frederick, farmer, EycroftJackson Thos. farmer, Tanyard farmLowe Henry, jun. farmer,Ashley hallASHTON"-"U"PON-MERSEY is a viUage and parish,about one mile from Sale station on the Manchester,South Junction and Altrincham raUway, 6 south-westfrom Manchester and 3 north from Altrincham, in theAltrincham division of the county, Bucklow hundredand union, Altrincham petty sessional division andcounty court district, and in the rural deanery of Bowdon,archdeaconry of Macclesfield and diocese ofChester. The Mersey forms the northern boundaryof the parish and separates it from Lancashire,but the river here is crossed by Crossford bridge,a substantial stone structure on the road betweenManchester and Altrincham, and there is another bridgecarrying the railway. This place, through the Mersey atGarrington, is now brought into connection yvith the ManchesterShip Canal. Under the provisions of the " LocalGovernment Act, 1894," this place is now governed by anUrban District Council, and it is supplied with water bythe North Cheshire Water Company. The church of St.Martin is an edifice of stone, consisting of chancel yvithorgan chamber, nave, baptistery, vestries, and a towercontaining one beU; the organ was erected by subscriptionin April, 1857; in 1884-5 3° organ chamber was added andthe interior refurnished and refitted with open oak benches,the framing of the old pews being converted into panellingfor the chancel walls: in 1887, vestries, a tower and alych gate were erected at the sole cost of the lateSir "WiUiam Cunliffe Brooks, ist and last bart. (d.1900); the whole work was carried out from the designsand under the superintendence of Mr. H. F. OldhamF.B I.B.A. of Manchester: the church and the organwere both restored in 1901: there are 250 sittings. Theregister dates from the year 1630. The living is arectory, net yearly value ^500, with 27 acres of glebeand residence, in the gift of the Eev. A. M. Hertzberg,and held since 1910 by the Eev. Christie ChetwyndAtkinson D.D. of Keble College, Oxford.St. Mary Magdalene's is an ecclesiastical parish,formed Feb. 1894, out of that of Ashton-upon-Mersey.The church, situated about a mile to the south of theparish church, on a site given by the late Sir W.Cunliffe Brooks bart. was erected in 1872-4, at a cost of^9,000, and consecrated 25 March, 1874, and is a buildingof stone in the Early Decorated style, from designsby Messrs. WUson and F. H. Oldham F.E.I.B.A. ofManchester, consisting of chancel with organ chamber,nave, transepts, south porch, and a tower at the southeastangle with pinnacles and octagonal spire and containingone bell; the basement of the tower forms avestry; an organ was erected in 1876; the east andthe nearest money order k Altrincham head officethe nearest telegraph officePublic Elementary School, Hough Green, with master'sresidence attached, erected in 1864 at the sole expenseof the ist & last Earl Egerton of Tatton (d.1909) (& now held at will by his successors); it willhold 129 children; average attendance, 105; RobertHall, masterRailway Station (Cheshire Line), Robert Hankinson,station masterOverend Herbert, farmer, Thorns grnPalin Jas. jun. dairyman. Pepper stPimlott John, farmer. Higher farmStolfox Arthur, farmer, Birken farmStockton Henry, coal dlr. Ivy cottageStockton Eichd. farmer. Primrose frmStockton Sarah Ann (Mrs.), GreyhoundP.HWalkden Arthur,farmer,Dairy Ho.frmWaterworth Wilson, wheelwright,Hough g^reenWhalley Ann Kate (Mrs.), farmer.Sugar Brook farmWilkinson Jeremiah, frmr.Thorns gmWright John, farmer, Back lanewest windoyvs and several others are stained: there are700 sittings. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value^120, in the gift of trustees, and held since 1910 by theRev. Thomas Eaton McCormick M.A. of Trinity College,Dublin. All Saints' Mission church is in Mersey road.The chapel of the Society of Friends, erected in 1856,is of red brick, and has an attached cemetery of aboutan acre of ground, inclosed by a wall. The Baptistchapel, in Ashton lane, is an edifice of stone in theGothic style, built in 1875 at a cost of ^^3,000. Thereis also a Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1867;Wesleyan, built in 1853, Congregational chapel, erectedin 1878, and a Unitarian chapel and Independent MethodistMission hall. Sale and Ashton Public Hall, inAshton lane, formerly a skating rink, but now the propertyof a limited company, is a large structure of whitebrick, capable of seating I,OOQ persons. The Brooks Institute,near the parochial schools, erected in 1888 atthe sole expense of the late Sir W. Cunliffe Brooks bart.is a brick and timber building in the well-knownCheshire style, from designs by Mr, Truefitt, architect,of London, and consi.ots of two spaciousroom.s, one for billiards and other games, the other beingfitted as a reading room; there are also rooms and agarden for the caretakers; the institute is managed bya committee. St. Mary's Nursing Institution and DistrictNurses' Home, in St. Mary's road, erected bypublic subscription, was opened in 1898, and containssix beds for patients, medical and surgical. Thecharities for education and distribution in clothing andbread amount to ;£'i2 17s. yearly. Moore's charity,included in the preceding, provides ;^i iis. yearly forthe Sunday schools of Ashton and Sale. Daine's charityoriginally consisted of ;^3,ooo, bequeathed by the lateMiss Ellen Daine in 1879. but which has since, under ascheme of the Charity Commissioners, been applied tothe purchase of about 7 acres of land, now divided into64 allotments and let to poor persons ot the townshipat los. 6d. each for the purpose of cultivation: theincome arising therefrom is distributed in coals andblankets; there is also the Ashton-upon-Mersey andDistrict Sick Nurse fund. About a mUe and a halffrom the village is a model farm of 200 acres, erectedby the late Samuel Brooks esq. upon his estate in 1857;the farm buUdings, arranged upon the most improvedprinciple, occupy two acres and comprise a dweUinghouse, with a cottage on each side. The principal landownersare the trustees of the late Sir William CunliffeBrooks bart. (d. 1900) and the trustees of the lateEev. George WUliam Guest M.A. (d. 1898). The soU is
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