Frodsham
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Frodsham books (14 available)
Macclesfield Town and City Memories
Hardback
Macclesfield Town and City Memories
Paperback
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Frodsham Church
Anybody
I am very interested in the life and works of an eminent sculptor, Sir Francis Chantrey (1781-1841). In a book - "Manchester Banks and Bankers" dated 1878, I have found an intriguing reference to a memorial, which may refer to your Church. The chapter deals with William Allen and his wife, Nelly (Livesey). William died on 16th October 1792 and Nelly 16th October 1825. There follows ...
"Mr. Allen found a resting-place at Frodsham, where he died four years afterwards ... aged fifty-seven. ..... In Overton Church, by the side of the alter, there is a marble monument to their memory, the work of Chantrey, and which must have cost hundreds of pounds. ...read more here
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The Helter Skelter
I was born 9 years after the photograph was taken and lived my life in Frodsham unitl 1993. I have fond memories of the Helter Skelter and remember quite vividly coming down it on a coir mat trying not to 'burn' my elbows. Very sad day when what was an icon of the village was pulled down
Contributed by Martyn Powell
Cheshire memories
The Helter Skelter
I was born 9 years after the photograph was taken and lived my life in Frodsham unitl 1993. I have fond memories of the Helter Skelter and remember quite vividly coming down it on a coir mat trying not to 'burn' my elbows. Very sad day when what was an icon of the village was pulled down
A memory of Frodsham contributed by Martyn Powell
Frodsham Church
Anybody
I am very interested in the life and works of an eminent sculptor, Sir Francis Chantrey (1781-1841). In a book - "Manchester Banks and Bankers" dated 1878, I have found an intriguing reference to a memorial, which may refer to your Church. The chapter deals with William Allen and his wife, Nelly (Livesey). William died on 16th October 1792 and Nelly 16th October 1825. There follows ...
"Mr. Allen found a resting-place at Frodsham, where he died four years afterwards ... aged fifty-seven. ..... In Overton Church, by the side of the alter, there is a marble monument to their memory, the work of Chantrey, and which must have cost hundreds of pounds. ...read more here
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Extracts From Frodsham & Cheshire books
It could almost be said that
there are two Frodshams,
one settlement that nestles
just under Overton Hill and
a second that developed
along Main and High Streets.
St Laurence’s Church is
just below the hill and the
steeple of Trinity Methodist
Church in the distance
indicates the position of
High Street.
An extract from from"Widnes and Runcorn Photographic Memories".
Through the centuries the
most important part of
Frodsham was High Street,
thanks to the weekly
market held here from the
11th century. Stagecoaches
regularly passed through
so that the Bear’s Paw Inn
(on the left) was built in
1632 to serve this trade.
It still survives although,
for about 50 years, it was
renamed the Bear’s Paw
and Railway Hotel after the
railway was built.
An extract from from"Widnes and Runcorn Photographic Memories".
Described once as ‘a magnificent little cathedral’ there has been a church on this site since at least the 11th century.
The present St Laurence’s church dates from the 12th century but was restored and partly rebuilt in the 1880s.
Frodsham’s war memorial, seen here in the foreground, has since been moved into the churchyard and the open area
turned into a car park.
An extract from from"Widnes and Runcorn Photographic Memories".
It was the production of soap and alkali that became the most important industry here resulting from the proximity of salt
from Cheshire and coal from Lancashire. Alkali was needed not only for the production of soap but also to finish textiles in
the nearby Lancashire cotton mills. It was produced using salt mixed with sulphuric acid; this was treated to produce soda
crystals which were then converted into caustic soda or alkali. The conditions in which it was produced were horrendous
and the pollution it caused was worse than anywhere else in Britain.
An extract from from"Widnes and Runcorn Photographic Memories".
With so many workers
arriving here in the 1800s
from Ireland there was a
strong Roman Catholic
presence and this
enormous church was
built in the 1870s to serve
that congregation. For
the first 23 years it was
also a collegiate church
for Jesuits with, at one time, 32 priests, 22 scholastics and 17 lay brothers.
An extract from from"Widnes and Runcorn Photographic Memories".