NAVIGATION

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Friday, 16 May 2025

Canon Satterthwaite

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  Charles James Satterthwaite 27th May 1834 - 21st June 1910  Canon Satterthwaite was for over 50 years, associated with the parish of Disle...
Tuesday, 29 April 2025

Sketching the Brickyard

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 The last of the beehive kilns at Knowle's Brickworks was demolished in 1988 but not before Alan Clark visited with his sketchpad. We ar...
Tuesday, 22 April 2025

Inns of Higher Disley

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At the "Top of Disley" were two inns, the Bull's Head and the Blazing Rag (or Flaming Rag).  These two hostelries catered for ...
Friday, 18 April 2025

Postcards from the Francis Frith Collection

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Buxworth 1955; Buxton Old Road, Disley 1965; Whaley Bridge 1960; Brierley Green 1955; The Rising Sun, Rainow, 1965; New Mills M...

The Bells of St. Mary's Disley

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 This historic timeline of the bells of Disley's parish Church has been prepared by Barbara Roberts of Disley Local History Society     ...
Monday, 7 April 2025

Poynton Towers - A Lost House

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 The grand house in Poynton was variously known as Poynton Castle, Poynton Hall, Poynton Lodge and Poynton Towers.   Poynton Hall c 1795    ...
Friday, 4 April 2025

SLACKHALL - A GRADE II LISTED HAMLET

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Slackhall is a hamlet on the Sheffield Road, 2km North East of Chapel-en-le-Frith. This is at a crossroads on the unclas sified road between...
Sunday, 30 March 2025

Highgate Hall. Hayfield

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Highgate Hall is on Highgate Road, about 700 metres South - East of Hayfield.   The house  is Grade II listed having been built in the 17th ...
Saturday, 29 March 2025

The Dickensons of Birch Hall, Manchester

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  ,   By Chris Wilman - 2025   Image: ( ref 4 ) - Birch Chapel   Burials in Birch Chapel (demolished 1846) - at side of present-day St ...