Click this link for some fascinating information and photographs from the Rusholme and Victoria Park Archive ! http://www.rusholmearchive.org/a-tour-of-wilmslow-road
A tour of Wilmslow Road, 1900 – 1910 Read More »
This milestone has the National ID LA_MAWM05 in the Milestone Society’s records.
Milestone on Wilmslow Road Read More »
By Keith Lawrence While most of the on-line resources referred to in this article are free, some require a subscription, although Ancestry.co.uk is usually freely available
Turnpikes, Tollhouses & Coaches: On-line Resources for a Cheshire Researcher Read More »
by Keith Lawrence A strange title perhaps – but if they were public houses! Travelling from the Lancashire border southwards we pass six churches and two
An A34 Church Crawl! Read More »
The Macclesfield Canal was one of the last narrow canals to be built, indeed, it was very nearly built as a railway! A variety of ideas
Macclesfield Canal Read More »
Alderley cross and fingerpost at the junction of Congleton Road, once the A34, and Artists’ Lane. The cross has the National ID CHMA_NET in the Milestone
Alderley Cross & Fingerpost Read More »
This stretch of road was turnpiked by the Wilmslow to Church Lawton Trust in 1781. Cheshire County Council replaced almost all its old milestones with new
Milestone CH_AECO02 and Miss Wilmott’s Garden at Warley Place, Essex Read More »
Milestone on the A34 south of Capesthorne Park, National ID CH_AECO04 in the Milestone Society’s records.
A34 Milestone at Capesthorne Read More »
The spectacular Church of St James and St Paul in Marton is said to be the oldest half-timbered church building still in use in Europe. Most
Little Moreton Hall is a moated half-timbered manor house 4 ½ miles southwest of Congleton. The earliest parts of the house were built for the prosperous
Little Moreton Hall Read More »