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Goostrey, Cheshire
Goostrey maps
Historic maps of Goostrey and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Goostrey maps
Historic map of Goostrey
Illustrated Victorian map of Cheshire
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Goostrey books
Displaying 3 of 12 books about Goostrey and the local area. View all Goostrey books
Cheshire County Memories
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Cheshire Photographic Memories
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Cheshire Living Memories
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2 Goostrey photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Goostrey
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My great great grandfather, Simon Myall, had a farm called Blackden Hall according to the 1851 census. The house is still there but no longer a farm.
Audrey Frost
Shared on 24 March 2008
Cheshire memories
What a lovely old photo! I was lucky enough to spend my primary school years, 1962 to 1968, at Lower Withington primary school as did my sister Cathy and my mum and uncle before us. Our headmistress lived in the house next door to the school and believe it or not she actually taught my mum and uncle also!
Shared on 02 December 2007
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
Knusford Heath was our playground as children. We used to burrow tunnels in the sand pits, play hide and seek, Cowboys and Indians, or simply roll down the hills. I only lived across the road in Tabley Road. We'd be up at dawn and out all day, called in for dinner or tea by the sound of Mum ringing the bell.... [more]
Shared on 28 May 2009
As a teenager I used to go the King's Coffee House with my neighbours, Penny and Harriet (before her family was moved to Brussels). We had such fun, pretending to be grown up and sophisticated; in truth the toasted teacakes were a real treat and absolutely delicious!! I till savour them today.
Shared on 28 May 2009
I remember walking into the playground with my Mum and 2 older brothers, when Jeremy pointed out that I couldn't go to this schools because it was for 'boys' only. The main entrance to the imposing Victorian building was through the original boys' entrance - the girls' entrance was at the other end if the building! I was very upset!!!
Shared on 28 May 2009
I have always heard that my gran's sister started the laundry. Prior to this she was a wardress at the prison. Her name was Maria Stanley. I know that family stories get distorted and maybe she just worked at the laundry. She was definitely a wardress in 1901 and I would be interested to know when the laundry came into being.... [more]
Shared on 11 March 2008
Extracts From Goostrey & Cheshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Goostrey, inspired by Frith photos.
Today this is the annexe for Goostrey's primary school, which now occupies a larger site across the road. The tower of St Luke's Church rises just beyond (centre) – local legend states that a yew tree in the churchyard was used to make archers' bows in the Hundred Years War. Cheshire's bowmen were the best in England, and land here was granted to two archers in 1365 following the Battle of Poitiers.
This is an extract from Cheshire Living Memories.
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Wilmslow and Alderley Edge Photographic Memories
This great open-cast canyon no longer exists, it was filled in by tipping household waste in the 1960s, but it shows how active the Alderley Edge Mining Company was in the second quarter of the 19th century. Alderley Edge is possibly the earliest site of copper mining in England, as traces of Early Bronze Age activity was proved by the Manchester University's excavation here in 1997.
This is an extract from Wilmslow and Alderley Edge Photographic Memories.
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Wilmslow and Alderley Edge Photographic Memories
This view, looking north along what is now the main A34 towards Alderley Edge village, shows where Welsh Row crossed the old turnpike, connecting the old enclosed fields on the plain with the open common land of the Edge. At the crossroads is the stump of a cross, a reminder that in the 13th century, the then lord of the manor, Sir Walklyn Arderne, attempted but failed to found... [more]
This is an extract from Wilmslow and Alderley Edge Photographic Memories.
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