Alderley Edge, the Railway Station 1896 (ref. 37446) | 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. |  Add your own Memory
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Alderley Edge, from the Railway Station 1896 (ref. 37445) | 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. | Add your own Memory
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Alderley Edge, London Road 1896 (ref. 37447) | The residential nature of the place led to the establishment of quality retail outlets. A number of retailers and farmers had produce rounds in Alderley, delivering groceries, dairy produce and even wines and spirits to the door, or rather, the back door. Quality was the name of the game, and value for money was given, as advance orders were usually placed on the next delivery. | Add your own Memory
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Alderley Edge, the Edge and Hough 1896 (ref. 37462) | The Edge is not the highest point in the county; at the eastern border with Derbyshire the land rises to nearly 1800ft, and to over 1900ft at Black Hill in Longdendale. | Add your own Memory
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Alderley Edge, the Holy Well 1896 (ref. 37469) | In medieval times each holy well was believed to be protected by a saint, and many were named accordingly, e.g. St Anne's Well. The revenues from these wells could be substantial; the faithful had to pay to take the waters. During the Dissolution they were closed on the orders of Thomas Cromwell, Chief Minister to Henry VIII, in an attempt to destroy any cult following that might exist. | Add your own Memory
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Altrincham, Market Place 1897 (ref. 39063) | Cabs await their next customers. To take a cab from here to St Anne's Square in Manchester cost 9d per mile for one or two people, and a 1s a mile for three or four people. | Add your own Memory
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Altrincham, Old Houses 1903 (ref. 49669) | These old thatched cottages were still standing in 1903. The town is ancient, having been granted borough status in 1290 by the Lord of the Manor Hamon de Massey. By 1903, the population stood at around 16,800 and, by 1920, would grow by another 1,000 or so. | Add your own Memory
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Altrincham, Stamford New Road 1907 (ref. 58622) | An electric tramcar trundles along Stamford New Road. At its height the tramway systems serving Manchester and the surrounding area operated over 300 route miles. | Add your own Memory
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Astbury, the Village and Church 1902 (ref. 48663) | The ivy-clad cottages facing the village green were built in the 19th century for agricultural workers, and are an example of the general improvement in housing for estate workers. By 1871 there were 23,720 freeholders in the county, but the vast majority owned less than one acre. | Add your own Memory
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Beeston, the Castle 1888 (ref. 20655) | Beeston was one of a series of fortresses built by Rannulf de Blundeville, Earl of Chester and Lincoln. Rannulf died before Beeston was finished, with the result that the domestic buildings were never erected. The castle passed into royal hands, and during the Civil War it withstood a year-long siege before surrendering on 16 November 1645. | Add your own Memory
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Bollington, 1897 (ref. 40478) | By the 1860s Bollington was thriving, but during the American Civil War the cotton towns of Lancashire, east Cheshire and north Derbyshire felt the effects of the Federal blockade of Confederate ports. Cotton workers experienced months of hardship and many were forced to seek parish relief. When this picture was taken there would still have been people in Bollington who remembered the cotton famine. | Add your own Memory
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Bollington, The Canal c1955 (ref. B519005) | Bollington's skyline was and still is dominated by great mills and tall chimneys. The Adelphi, the Waterhouse, and the Clarence are all names to conjure with. Few now serve their original purpose and some have been converted to other uses. The Adelphi Mill in Grimshawe Lane now houses a hotel whilst the remainder of the building has been divided up for use by a large number of businesses. | Add your own Memory
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Bollington, Wesleyan Chapel 1897 (ref. 40480) | For some reason best left to the Frith cameraman, one of Bollington's more interesting structures is in fact just off camera to the left. There are any number of pictures of the mills in the archive, but not a single one of the twenty-three arched railway viaduct straddling the valley of the Bollin. | Add your own Memory
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Bollington, General View 1903 (ref. 49473) | The sight of a man setting up a large tripod camera seemed to fascinate children: hundreds of pictures in the Frith archive seem to point to this. It was no different here at Bollington on a sunny afternoon. | Add your own Memory
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Bollington, view from White Nancy c1955 (ref. B519009) | White Nancy is a tower situated on the ridge to the south of the town, and is said to have been built by a member of the Gaskell family to commemorate the Battle of Waterloo, and to be named after one of the ladies of the family who was named Nancy. | Add your own Memory
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Chester, Dee Bridge 1923 (ref. 73881) | There has been a bridge over the river at this point for centuries. The old bridge with its seven irregular arches dates from the late 13th century and was partially rebuilt during the mid-14th century. | Add your own Memory
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Chester, 1923 (ref. 73870) | The park on the south side of the old Dee bridge is known as Edgar's Field in memory of the Saxon king, Edgar. In AD972 Edgar engaged in a set piece of power politics at Chester, when he was rowed in state along the Dee by eight Celtic kings and chieftains. | Add your own Memory
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Chester, on the River, Suspension Bridge 1891 (ref. 28891) | Hugh Lupus, the first of the Norman earls of Chester, is said to have ordered the construction of a weir so that the mills would have a regular source of water power. There were mills along the banks of the Dee until 1909. | Add your own Memory
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Chester, Stanley Palace 1923 (ref. 73867) | In 1828 the Earl of Derby presented the city with Stanley Palace. Built in 1591 for Peter Warburton, MP for Chester, this fine town house passed into the hands of the Stanley family through the marriage of his daughter to Sir Thomas Stanley. | Add your own Memory
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Chester, Watergate Rows 1888 (ref. 20611) | These galleries are unique to Chester, and are known to have existed in the 13th century. Opinion is divided as to their origins. One theory is that they might well be an echo of the Roman pattern of domestic building: a combination of apartments, workshops, and shops which were the Roman equivalent of fast-food outlets. | Add your own Memory
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