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Gawsworth, Cheshire
Gawsworth maps
Historic maps of Gawsworth and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Gawsworth maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Cheshire
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Gawsworth books
Displaying 3 of 12 books about Gawsworth and the local area. View all Gawsworth books
Cheshire County Memories
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Cheshire Photographic Memories
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Cheshire Living Memories
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5 Gawsworth photos appear in 4 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Gawsworth
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John Adshead - Exercising the dogs
It was a common site to see John Adshead cycling to work from Gawsworth New Hall to the Lonsdale & Adshead brewery on Park Green Macclesfield. There was a driver and car available at the house, but it was usually the bike that got John to work. The dogs ! No they were not running alongside the cycle,... [more]
Shared on 18 October 2006
Cheshire memories
I was born in Siddington at Blake House Farm in 1943. I left in 1964 when I got married. I have so many memories. I went to Siddington school and attended the Siddington Methodist Chapel with my parents, 3 times a day on aSunday! I would love to hear from anyone and to swop memories of which there are very, very... [more]
Shared on 29 January 2009
My father - Aubrey (Aub) Davenport
From 1960 approx onwards- my father was the best blacksmith around. He was a master blacksmith at Smithy-House, Siddington. He not only shod horses but was the master of welding farming implements. Never a bad word was ever said about him. He retired to Chelford where he died in 2001. Many of the farmers remembered him... [more]
Shared on 04 September 2008
my parents owned the piost office from about 1958-1965 - their names were albert (bill) edward wild and dorothy emma wild and the inscription on the board read "AE and DE Wild" before they owned it , it belonged to Vera and Dennis Eaton . my Dad died in 1964 and then my Mum sold the business on and moved... [more]
Shared on 06 January 2008
I visited St Peter's in August 1976 as part of a search for traces of my ancestors, the De Vauxs of Adlington, French Hugenots who first settled from France, in 1630. They became Yeomen farmers on the Leghs Adlington estate and stayed there until late 1890's. A number of them lie buried in a crypt next to the Leghs lair. I... [more]
Shared on 30 October 2007
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
Extracts From Gawsworth & Cheshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Gawsworth, inspired by Frith photos.
Cheshire Photographic Memories
Gawsworth Church dates mainly from the 15th century. In the chancel are the tombs of some of the Fytton family, including Sir Edward (1550-1606) who became Lord President of Munster, and Mary Fytton who was a maid of honour to Elizabeth I, but was soon disgraced following an affair with the Earl of Pembroke. She is also one of the contenders... [more]
This is an extract from Cheshire Photographic Memories.
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Cheshire Photographic Memories of Britain
Gawsworth is an interesting name in England - the first element comes from the Welsh word 'gof' meaning a smith or smithy. So we evidently have here a reminder of an early community with both Welsh and English living together. This is something that must have happened all over the country to a greater or lesser degree, but is seldom reflected... [more]
This is an extract from Cheshire Photographic Memories of Britain.
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Cheshire Photographic Memories
Gawsworth's new hall was built in the 18th century by Lord Mohun. In November 1711 Lord Mohun fought a duel in Hyde Park against the Duke of Hamilton, in which both men were killed. It was not Mohun's first duel. He had fought and killed at the age of seventeen, and had been tried for murder and acquitted by his peers.... [more]
This is an extract from Cheshire Photographic Memories.
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