Not a lot is known of the early history of the village itself. Hainford hall is a grade ii listed building in hainford, norfolk, england. Much archive material relating to otford and the surrounding district are held by the society. Mollington and district local history society 2014 272pp isbn. Historic otford and archive otford historical society. Notes on cheshire gentry families in the 18th century. Mary, is a markettown and parish, partly in the union of northwich, but chiefly in the union of congleton, hundred of northwich, and the southern division of the county of chester the parish comprises the chapelries of churchhulme, and goostrey with barnshaw, and the townships of arclid, betchton, blackden, bradwall, cotton, cranage. The parish is situated about threequarters of a mile from the road from tarporley and nantwich to wrexham.
Guide to norbury, cheshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy. See all books memories of handbridge read and share your memories of handbridge itself or of a. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of chester. Built on donated land and located centrally within our five villages of mollington, leabybackford, backford, chorlton and caughall it. Oswald is an ancient parish serving the townships of backford, caughall, chorlton by backford, great mollington and lea by backford. Or, a history of the hundred of macclesfield, in the county palatine of chester. Eaton hall old maps of handbridge historic maps of handbridge and the local area. Humbler, but equally interesting families include the tragic family of the bennetts of backford and the bradleys of chorlton hall. Wirrals proximity to the port of chester influenced the history of the dee side of the peninsula.
Address backford hall backford, near chester,ch1 6px unitary. Harthill, cheshire genealogy genealogy familysearch wiki. It has a station, called mollington, on the birkenhead railway, and a post office under chester. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Chester, a city, port, and county of itself, locally in the hundred of broxton, s. There is no mention of backford, ford by a ridgei, in domesday, but is understood that lands at backford. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of. A history of chorlton hall near chester by john peter hess published 1995 in chester chorlton hall,backford chester ch2 4bj j. The family of the gleggs, so frequently occurring in this hundred, is a very. The village stands on the river weaver, the ellesmere canal, and the crewe and shrewsbury railway, 5 miles sw of nantwich.
From the earliest settlement known to the present time. Eccleston st marys is an ancient parish and is situated on the estate of the duke westminster and includes. Tarporley archaeological assessment cheshire archaeology. Backford, and thorntonlemoors in the county of chester. St oswalds church is in the centre of the village, as is backford hall, which previously operated as offices for cheshire west and chester. A fine collection of 2 and 3 bedroom apartments, backford hall is a magnificent grade ii listed country house.
The focus centres on chorlton hall, home to historians past and present chorlton hall built in the 18th century, it was the home of historian, george ormerod, 17851873 who wrote the history of the county palatinate and city of chester three volumes 1819. Church lane west side backford hall ii gv house, now cheshire county council highways and transportation offices. Backford hall, backford, chester is a grade two listed building that was the former offices for chester county highways and chester conservation department. Clegg in exuberant elizabethan jacobean and bohemian rococco styles. Distley, is a chapelry, in the parish of stockport, the union of hayfield, hundred of macclesfield, and n. The house was built probably in the middle of the 18th century. Wrenbury, is a village, a township, a parish, and a subdistrict, in nantwich district, cheshire.
In 1877 edward holt glegg died leaving backford hall and all his estates to his eldest son. Babcary holy cross babcary holy cross, a parish, in the union of langport, hundred of catsash, e. Handbridge photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. The gunstock parish is a must have for those interested in the history of lake winnipesaukee and is one of my favorites. Wrenbury, cheshire genealogy genealogy familysearch wiki.
Cheshire 152 history pdf books on dvd check ratings. Backford hall, backford, chester, cheshire, ch2 4dg. The following link takes you to a short video by barbara darby giving an impression of otford in 1907. Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the hallford surname lived. They have two children, carlton who lives in raleigh and shares his fathers interest in writing and justin who is an engineer at be aerospace and lives in rural hall, nc. Mollington, once dominated by the large estate of mollington hall, has many interesting heritage features.
Chester, cheshire genealogy genealogy familysearch wiki. Great saughall is the money order office, and upton park 3 miles distant the telegraph office. It is very well written, easy to read and contains much fascinating history of. This parish is situated on the river dee, in eccleston township. Mary, is a parish, in the union of great boughton, the lower division of the hundred of broxton, s. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household. Newsome married his high school sweetheart, betty jo, in 1971.
Backford hall, backford, cheshire once owned by cheshire county council and subsequently by cheshire west and chester council from 1946 to 2011. It is the home of the dyott family and is a grade ii listed building the dyotts of lichfield acquired interests in the manor of freeford over many years from about 1606. Registers of baptisms 15621981, marriages 15621977 and burials 15731981 have been deposited at the cheshire record office. Browse 20 photo books on handbridge and the surrounding area. He was the son of walter howick who had a music shop in chester and was organist at backford church. Richard george howick, originally from chester, was the organist at neston church for a few years, until 1918 when he left to take up another position in london. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building. The history of boxford, essex county, massachusetts books. There are already 3,901 users and over 5,000 genealogy profiles with the hall surname on geni. The history of boxford, essex county, massachusetts. It was certainly an important centre of the woollen industry which flourished in this part of east anglia between 1400 and 1800, and had a far greater population then than it has now, reaching its peak in the 17th century. Werburgh in the 11th century and rebuilt in the th and 16th centuries. Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection. Welcome our village hall, situated just north of chester, has been around since it was formally opened by viscount leverhulme in 1950.
Norbury, cheshire genealogy genealogy familysearch wiki. Mortimer gives a potted history of the gleggs in a footnote on pages 264 to 265 of his book. Freeford manor previously known as freeford hall is a privately owned 18thcentury country house at freeford, near lichfield, staffordshire. Explore hall genealogy and family history in the worlds largest family tree. A history of chorlton hall near chester 1995 edition. Beneath the surface, volume 2 green book delves deeper into the history of important local families, such as the hunts of mollington hall, the feildens and the henrys. From about the 14th century, chester provided facilities for trade with ireland, spain, and germany, and seagoing vessels would lay to in the dee awaiting favourable winds and tides. Backford is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority of cheshire west and chester and. The complete history of ford motor company richard m. Family history societies often publish helpful journals, transcripts, compiled. Books and journals hess, t, watkin, d, a history of chorlton hall near chester, 1979 pevsner, n, hubbard, e, the buildings of england. The original owners were the stanley family of hooton. The cheshire volume in the buildings of england series, edited by the late nikolaus pevsner and edward hubbard, dates the hall at 1863 and describes it as.
Harthill all saints, is a parish, in the union of great boughton, the higher division of the hundred of broxton, s. It is the largest of the five villages and has a population of around 630 people. More recently, it is famous for being the first neighbourhood watch area in the country. Beneath the surface, volume 2 green book delves deeper into the history of important local families, such as the. Photographs with notes on antiquities in cheshire, england. In 1811 it was bought by the historian, george ormerod, who wrote his history of cheshire while living in the house. The original hall of backford was demolished by lieutenantcolonel edward holt glegg and replaced by the present building in the midnineteenth century. The record in the doomsday book states that the church itself held and holds. Hainford hall, hainford, norfolk history in structure. This ancient surname generally considered to be angloscottish, has several possible sources. Oswald, and the holy trinity, which are without the limits of the city. The parish church of the gayton gleggs was heswall, which, according to mortimers history of the hundred of wirral 1847, has several curious memorials of the gleggs. Backford, cheshire genealogy genealogy familysearch wiki. Backford hall is a country house in the village of backford, cheshire, england.
Chorlton hall is a country house to the east of the village of backford, cheshire, england. It was formerly in the parish of chorltonbybackford. The original church was built between 1527 and 1558. The total number of searches about his vital statistics, nationality, ethnicity and parents background adds up to almost 48,000 per year. Our client jones homes of alderley edge bought the hall and grounds and instructed us to develop a scheme for conversion and development.
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