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Alderley Edge, Cheshire
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Historic maps of Alderley Edge and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Alderley Edge maps
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Alderley Edge books
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Wilmslow and Alderley Edge Photographic Memories
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Cheshire County Memories
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Cheshire Photographic Memories
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43 Alderley Edge photos appear in 3 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Alderley Edge
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I arrived in Alderley Edge in 1950, after spending my early years at Clockhouse Farm in Mottram St Andrew. I came to live in a house called Croston, previously the coachman's house for Croston Towers, a large castellated residence torn down at the end of the Second World War, due to damage by American troops billeted there. Croston Towers had been... [more]
Shared on 12 April 2007
I lived in Alderley Edge as a child between 1947 and 1955. I remember going for walks on the Edge, and being told about a legend that Merlin and King Arthur and his knights were sleeping inside a cave there, waiting to be summoned to help if England needed them. There were some sand hills, on the top of the Edge... [more]
Shared on 07 June 2009
To this very day my memories of my childhood remain happy ones. For many reason really, in the 1970s the village was a fantastic place to live. We lived on Dukes Meadow just behind the Drum and Monkey. Everywhere was reachable by foot or bike, school, church, tennis club, shops, cubs, it was a wondeful and safe place to grow up... [more]
Shared on 23 April 2009
Cheshire memories
In the late 1960s and early 1970s I stayed here for my school hols, my grandmother worked for Mr and Mrs Bodd who were the owners at the time. My grandparants lived in part of the house round the side which in itsself was large. One thing that sticks out in my mind is the sights of a few ghosts that... [more]
Shared on 19 April 2009
It is often stated that the village shop was also the Post Office, but this is not true. There was a letter box (bar) in the wall, but the nearest Post Office was at Monk's Heath. The village shop was very small but sold a variety of products from chicken feed to postcards.
Shared on 12 June 2006
The Smithy was destroyed by fire about 1900. A new Smithy was built in its place.
Shared on 11 May 2006
The mill you refer to in the text was about 100 yards up the road from St. Bartholomews, on the opposite side of the road. It was owned by William Bower (not Bowen), and was the last of several Bower cotton mills in Wilmslow, closing in the late 1840's. William lived in a house next to the church, and his will... [more]
Shared on 21 August 2007
I remember walking past this place every day when I was at Wycliffe Avenue School for Girls. I remember the chapel so clear as it was the place that my Grandma got married in on 31st December, 1929. She described the chapel as being a very peaceful place.
It's a shame years later that they felt the need to demolish... [more]
Shared on 17 April 2007
Extracts From Alderley Edge & Cheshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Alderley Edge, inspired by Frith photos.
Cheshire Photographic Memories
A view from the railway station which shows the residential nature of the place. It was once said that there were more millionaires living in Alderley Edge than anywhere else in England, save for London itself.
This is an extract from Cheshire Photographic Memories.
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Wilmslow and Alderley Edge Photographic Memories
Looking up Trafford Road, one can see the large villas on the Edge, above the village that serviced their needs. On the corner is Tyler`s garden nursery; Mr Tyler was ready to supply everything from a packet of seeds to a full landscaping service, on account, of course, to the suitable customer. Later, Alderley council offices occupied the site.
This is an extract from Wilmslow and Alderley Edge Photographic Memories.
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Cheshire Photographic Memories
Originally named Alderley, the station became Alderley & Chorley in April 1853, and Alderley Edge in January 1876. The station closed to goods traffic on 30 November 1964; both Wilmslow and Chelford closed for goods on 4 May 1970; Styal in 1963; and Handforth in 1958. Heavy use of these stations by commuters has ensured their remaining open.
This is an extract from Cheshire Photographic Memories.
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