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Prestbury, Cheshire
Prestbury maps
Historic maps of Prestbury and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Prestbury maps
Historic map of Prestbury
Illustrated Victorian map of Cheshire
Historic Map of any Prestbury postcode
Prestbury books
Displaying 3 of 12 books about Prestbury and the local area. View all Prestbury books
Cheshire County Memories
Paperback
$30
Cheshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
$28
Cheshire Living Memories
Paperback
$28
14 Prestbury photos appear in 4 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Prestbury
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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
Cheshire memories
I was born in Broken Cross and went to the old infant school when Mrs. Richards, Miss Lomax and Mrs. Frith were the teachers there. I seem to remember school concerts being held round the corner in a building just before the start of Gawsworth Road. When I was small the Post Office was in one of the cottages on the... [more]
Shared on 18 February 2010
Our family lived at Jackson Brow in Pott Shrigley. We were living in No. 2 when the war was declared in 1939 and we listened to this on an old Lissen radio which required two dry batteries and one wet accumulator to run. A year later we moved to No. 1 which was the house at the front. (It has been... [more]
Shared on 26 August 2008
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
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
Extracts From Prestbury & Cheshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Prestbury, inspired by Frith photos.
Cheshire Photographic Memories
On the right is the half-timbered Priest's House, which is thought to date from the 14th century. Above the entrance is a gallery, and it was from here that a parson, ejected from the church by the Commonwealth, used to preach to the villagers. The house later became a bank.
This is an extract from Cheshire Photographic Memories.
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Wilmslow and Alderley Edge Photographic Memories
Looking up the main street in Prestbury, the view 100 years ago seems to reveal a very similar dapper look to the one the village has today, although then there was no need for the extensive traffic calming measures that have just made their appearance in the village. Most of the houses on the right were still private houses.
This is an extract from Wilmslow and Alderley Edge Photographic Memories.
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The tower of St Peter's church can just be seen above the roofs on the right-hand side of the picture. In the churchyard lies the grave of Maria Rathbone, a little girl who died having lost her way home, and whose body was recovered several weeks later as the result of a dream by a stranger. The village is renowned for... [more]
This is an extract from English Villages.
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