Places
36 places found.
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- Chester, Cheshire
- Congleton, Cheshire
- Runcorn, Cheshire
- Warrington, Cheshire
- Crewe, Cheshire
- Northwich, Cheshire
- Chester Zoo, Cheshire
- Widnes, Cheshire
- Macclesfield, Cheshire
- Lymm, Cheshire
- Nantwich, Cheshire
- Frodsham, Cheshire
- Knutsford, Cheshire
- Winsford, Cheshire
- Alderley Edge, Cheshire
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
- Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
- Sandbach, Cheshire
- Alsager, Cheshire
- Bollington, Cheshire
- Malpas, Cheshire
- Neston, Cheshire
- Middlewich, Cheshire
- Gawsworth, Cheshire
- Cuddington, Cheshire
- Burton, Cheshire (near Tarvin)
- Prestbury, Cheshire
- Beeston, Cheshire
- Weaverham, Cheshire
- Parkgate, Cheshire (near Neston)
- Goostrey, Cheshire
- Hartford, Cheshire
- Disley, Cheshire
- Tarporley, Cheshire
- Barnton, Cheshire
- Sandiway, Cheshire
Photos
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Maps
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Memories
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Weaverham In The 1950`s
I moved to Weaverham in 1951 like many others from Liverpool when my dad got a job at ICI. My memories include playing in the felds at Gerrards Farm at the back of our house in Farm Road along with my sister Lesley and our ...Read more
A memory of Weaverham in 1957 by
The 70's At The Lake
My memories are of living at 37 pickmere lane from 1969 age 7. My mum Beryl Owen still lives there now and I still live in Wincham. I will always remember the "bob bob bob" of the motor boats which I could here from my bedroom ...Read more
A memory of Pickmere by
Remembering
I was born in Middleton in 1957 and we lived in Pork Street which I believe no longer exist. People I remember living there at the same time are the Woods family, Peter and Trevor Fox with their mum and dad, Conrad and his ...Read more
A memory of Middleton in 1957 by
Our Yesterdays Relatives
I have found over the past few weeks that nearly all my relatives from my fathers side began in Polesworth. There was James Scarratt Clifford 1780 married Sarah Bullows in 1803, my ggg grandmother was Caroline Clifford who ...Read more
A memory of Polesworth by
Lost Relative
Hello, my mother was brought up in Lymm Cheshire but went to live with her mother Edith Pearson (mother of Stan Pearson footballer) in Broughton Salford. They lived at 9 Bradley Avenue. She told me of the many fond memories she has of ...Read more
A memory of Salford by
Little Sutton 60s
Hi Paul Saxon here, we moved to Red Lion Lane in 1961. I went to Mill Lane school and my brother Craig McAteer went to Berwick Road school. Little Sutton was small as was Red Lion Lane. We lived right next to the bowling ...Read more
A memory of Little Sutton in 1860 by
Findern Village
I went to live in Findern in 1967,my first home after getting married in Crewe in Cheshire. My then husband and I had got jobs at Rolls Royce in Derby. I have very fond memories of the village then. We lived in a newish three ...Read more
A memory of Findern in 1967 by
Childhood
I was born at Mow Cop, on the Cheshire side! I have two brothers. One older & one younger. We went to Woodcocks Well junior & infant school. The infant class teacher was Mrs Lawton & the next class teacher was Miss Bailey. ...Read more
A memory of Mow Cop
Wroughton From 1954ish
My parents moved from East London to Swindon and then to Wroughton in 1954. My parents were Pat and Geoff Leach. I am Janet (Leach - now Ford) and my sister penny was born in the maternity hospital in Swindon in 1958. My ...Read more
A memory of Wroughton
Wrexham Dairies. 1960 1970
Dear Sir, my uncle, Billy (William) Ellis) used to own Wrexham Dairies. I used to come to stay with him and his wife (Auntie Flo) when they lived at 8 Pant Olwen in Gresford. Many a time I have been out with my favourite ...Read more
A memory of Wrexham in 1965 by
Captions
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immortalised by Lewis Carroll in Alice in Wonderland, the origins of the cat are said to go way back in time, and no-one knows where the story of the grinning cat, now always associated with Cheshire
Whitchurch, Wem and Market Drayton all had important cheese markets - indeed, in the early years of the 20th century, more Cheshire cheese was being produced in Shropshire than in Cheshire.
This stunningly beautiful church is known as the 'cathedral of south Cheshire'.
Cheshire and their Welsh allies were in armed revolt, and still were so when Edward died at Farndon in AD924.
One other note of interest is the 'Cheshire black and white' decoration on many of the shop elevations.
The company had around sixteen stores throughout Cheshire, and also operated a fleet of mobile shops which toured the rural areas.
Actually, it is not necessary to climb to the top of the Cloud to get an excellent view across Cheshire.
With Manchester so close, Wilmslow was one of the early centres of nonconformism in east Cheshire; others included Congleton, Macclesfield and Knutsford.
The village was laid out from 1790 by mill owner Samuel Greg to house his mill workers, and was one of a number built in east Cheshire by industrialists.
Although this is Wiltshire, the design is very much Cheshire in style.
Dunham Mill dates back to the medieval period; it was one of only a handful of mills in this part of Cheshire.
The Trent and Mersey Canal never actually linked to the Mersey, but it did make a connection with the Bridgewater Canal in Cheshire which did.
Along here were branches of both national and Cheshire retailers including Dewhurst, the butchers, and Waterworths.
By 1851 the number had risen to 8,339, and by 1951 it was 101,369, making Wallasey the third largest town in Cheshire.
Despite being used by Parliamentarian soldiers during the Civil War as a site from which to bombard Nantwich, Dorfold Hall fortunately survives as one of the finest houses of its period in Cheshire.
Traditionally Nantwich was the most important of Cheshire's three salt towns, although salt production ceased here in the 1800s.
Today the company has grown considerably - it now has 18 shops in Cheshire and Staffordshire, and employs over 300 people.
The latter is now used by the Mid Cheshire College.
An old village on the Cheshire side of the Manchester Ship Canal, Flixton was developed as a residential suburb of Manchester.
A stone carving on the tower might have inspired Lewis Carroll's Cheshire cat, as his father, the Reverend Dodgson, often visited St Wilfrid's.
Although this is Wiltshire, the design of these houses is very much Cheshire in style.
The doorway is one of the oldest in Cheshire, and is famous for the zigzag patterns and beaked heads carved on the arch.
DunhamMassey is now part of Greater Manchester, although it was still in Cheshire at the time this photograph was taken.
Pevsner must have liked it, however - he called it 'one of the most spectacular churches in Cheshire'.
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