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Historic maps of Nantwich and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Nantwich maps
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Nantwich books
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Nantwich and Crewe Photographic Memories
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Cheshire County Memories
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Cheshire Photographic Memories
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30 Nantwich photos appear in 3 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Nantwich
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I have taken possesion of a very tired silver watch. On the back is engraved 'Presented to Rev J Pearce by the Welsh Row Choir. July 1927'. Does anyone have an interest in the watch?
Shared on 01 March 2009
I was a trainee residential social worker at Elm House, Christmas 1974. I spent 2 months at several residential establishments working for the old Cheshire County Council. Fond memories of matron Dolly Barrett and cook Nan.
Shared on 30 October 2009
Cheshire memories
Hi, I was born and raised in Crewe until I was 18 when I joined the WRAF.
My school was Brierely St. Secondary Modern School and my maiden name was Chesworth. I have many fond memories of my time there and would love to hear from anyone that was a school mate of mine from 1953-57. Now I am retired in... [more]
Shared on 11 January 2009
Born 1933; lived in Lewis Street; relatives (Oldham, Mingay, Mayberry) in Walthall Street and Chetwode Street (candy manufaturing). Moved to Stafford, 1937 (Father with LMS). Moved to Bahamas (Eleuthera), 1966 (teacher and writer).
Celebrated VE Day in the Square.
Shared on 01 October 2008
My friend Raymond Slinn was the last bar man to work in the Adelphie Hotel and he was telling me about it when I stayed with him in his home in Tenerife where he is retired. Apparently when the Adelphie was pulled down grown men cried as it was reduced to a pile of rubble. It was such a lively and... [more]
Shared on 01 October 2008
A foundation stone laid by Arnold James Burton in 1933 is to be found on the extreme right of this shop, just off the picture. I'm sure this foundation stone used to be at the other end of the building. The possible reason for its move is that a separate small shop unit has been created at this end of the... [more]
Shared on 06 April 2006
The photograph was probably taken from the top of the Odeon cinema which was demolished in about 1983. On the skyline can be seen the Lyceum Theatre, the Corn Exchange (now demolished), the Market Hall clock tower, the Town Hall and the Mechanics Institute with Library and Ballroom below (now demolished). Traffic is still running in both directions along... [more]
Shared on 06 April 2006
Extracts From Nantwich & Cheshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Nantwich, inspired by Frith photos.
Cheshire Photographic Memories
In 1584 much of the town was destroyed by fire. Rebuilding has left Nantwich with a number of late-Tudor buildings, one of the most interesting of which is the Crown Hotel. The hotel is a three-story, half-timbered structure noted for the compartmentalized design of its timbering.
This is an extract from Cheshire Photographic Memories.
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Nantwich and Crewe Photographic Memories
This part of the town was devastated by the 1583 fire, so that everything here was built after that date. For instance, the timber building on the right was built the following year. It has an inscription that reads: God grant our ryal Queen In England longe to raign For she hath put her helping Hand to bild this town again.
This is an extract from Nantwich and Crewe Photographic Memories.
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Nantwich and Crewe Photographic Memories
Here we have a closer look at the four-gabled house in picture 42179 (pages 16-17) – it originally comprised two houses. One of them was then occupied by a mercer (a dealer in fine cloth) called Thomas Church, and the other by his nephew, William. By the late 1800s there were three shops here; one of them, Grice the chemist's (in the centre), was to occupy these premises for many years to come.
This is an extract from Nantwich and Crewe Photographic Memories.
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