Lostock Gralam 1914
LOSTOCK GRALAM is a village and parish; the village is on the high road from Northwich to Knutsford, has a station on the Chester, Northwich and Altrincham section of the Cheshire Lines Committee’s railway, 2 ½ miles north-east-by-east from the former and 5 south-west from the latter place, in the Knutsford division of the county, Northwich hundred, union and county court district and petty sessional division, Frodsham rural deanery, and archdeaconry and diocese of Chester.
The parish embraces the townships of
Lostock Gralam, the eastern part of Wincham, Hulse, Lach Dennis and
Birches. The North Staffordshire canal intersects
the parish. The ecclesiastical parish
was formed in 1842 from the parishes of Witton, Northwich and Great
Budworth. The church of St. John the
Evangelist, consecrated in 1844, is a small edifice of brick, consisting of
chancel, nave, transept, south and west porches, baptistery and a small western
tower with spire, containing one bell; there are 306 sittings. The register dates from the year 1844. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value
£220, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Witton, and is at present
(1914) vacant. The vicarage is near to
the church. A Wesleyan chapel was
erected here in 1892.
Here is a tan yard and chemical
works belonging to Messrs. Brunner, Mond and Co. Limited, who employ about 700
men.
In
the famous Scrope & Grosvenor controversy of 1356, relative to the arms
claimed by both these families, the manor of Lostock was stated to have been
anciently held by one ‘Hame’, afterwards slain at Nantwich. The vill of Lostock was divided by Hugh de
Abrincis, surnamed ‘Lupus,’ 1st Earl of Chester (1070), [Ed. note:
also as Hugh the Fat-allegedly he could hardly crawl at the time of his death]
Over Lostock being given to Robert Grosvenor, and Nether Lostock to Hugh de
Runchamp, whose grandson Gralam assumed the name of ‘de Lostock’, and his
descendants of this name held the property here till about 9 Edward II, (1315-1316), when it was alienated to the
Vernons. In 10 Edward III (1336-7) it was held by Sir Thomas Danyel or Daziers,
and subsequently by the Holfords, and later the manor, together with the
Holford Hall estate in Plumley, came into the possession of Peter Langford
Brooke esq. of Mere (d. 1840) and thence descended to his great-nephew, Thomas
William Langford-Brooke esq. of Mere (d. 16th Sept. 1872). Messrs. Brunner, Mond & Co. Limited are
the lords of the manor and principal landowners. The soil is mixed: subsoil, chiefly clay. The chief crops are potatoes, turnips, wheat
and oats and some land is pasture. The
area of the parish is 1,731 acres, chiefly applied to dairy purposes; rateable
value, £20,369; the population of the township in 1901 was 1,640, and the
ecclesiastical parish, 2,409, and in 1911 was – township, 2,169 and
ecclesiastical parish, 2,840.
LOSTOCK GREEN, a hamlet in this
township, a mile south from the church, contains several farmhouses and
cottages and a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
Post, M.O. & T. Office, Village – Mrs Sarah BELL, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive from
Northwich at 7.30 & 4.35pm. and are dispatched thereto at 8.20 & 10.30
am. & 5.55 & 7.35pm. Sundays, arrive 8.10 & 10.40a.m.
Post
& M.O. Office, Manchester Rd – John STUBBS, sub-postmaster. Letters through
Northwich dispatched at 8.25 & 10.35 a.m., & 6.5 & 7.45 p.m.;
Sundays, 10.55 a.m.
Public
Elementary Schools
Mixed,
situated near the church, erected in 1851 & enlarged in 1893, for 305
children; average attendance 300; Alexander HARRIS, master
Manchester
Rd. School (Infants), erected in 1896, for 275 children; average attendance
202; Miss Emily BAYLIFF, mistress
County
Police, Sergeant Harry MAGALL
Railway
Station, Henry WIDDOWSON, stationmaster.
LACH
DENNIS is a township and Chapelry in the ecclesiastical parish of Lostock
Gralam, 3 ½ miles southeast from Northwich, in Northwich hundred, union and
county court district. The land is
chiefly the property of Lieut. -Col. Frederick Charles France-Hayhurst J.P. of
Bostock Hall. The area is 1,619 acres;
rateable value, £2,864; the population in 1911 was 164.
All Saints church, erected in 1895
at a cost of £1,500, on a site given by the late Col. C.H. France-Hayhurst, as
a chapel of ease to the parish church at Lostock Gralam, is a small edifice of
brick with a belfry: it is licensed for marriages, and has a burial ground
attached. By order of the County
Council, confirmed by Local Government Board Order, No. 2,845, Hulse, Birches,
Stublach and Newhall were in March 1892, added to Lach Dennis. The names of Stublach are given within
Byley.
Post Office – Edward T. WRIGHT,
sub-postmaster. Letters through Knutsford arrive at 8.30 am. dispatched 6.50
pm. Lostock Gralam is the nearest money
order & telegraph office.
Police,
Thomas WILLIAMS, constable.
HULSE
is a hamlet, 3 ½ miles southeast from Northwich. Letters arrive through Knutsford.
BIRCHES
is a hamlet, 3 miles southeast from Northwich and 7 miles from Knutsford, and
consists of one farmhouse. Letters
through Northwich.
NEWHALL,
3 ½ miles southeast from Northwich, contains three farmhouses only. Letters through Northwich, which is the
nearest money order & telegraph office.
Residents:
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PALIN
Jn., clog ma., 36 Manchester Rd. |
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Private
Residents |
PARKES
John T., beer retailer, 40 Manchester Rd. |
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BATEMAN
Alfred George, Highfield cot. |
PLATT
William, farmer, Birch view |
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BATEMAN
Miss, The Tannery cottage |
POOLE
James, grocer, 49 Manchester Rd. |
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HESKETH
Mrs, Lynwood |
RATHBONE
John, farmer, Lostock grn. |
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HESKETH
William Dodson, Highfield |
RAVENSCROFT
Ann (Mrs), farmer |
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HUNTER
Mr., Holford villa |
RENSHAW
Thomas, boot maker, 17 Manchester Rd. |
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Commercial |
RILEY
Charles, farmer |
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ALLCOCK
James, farmer, Heath farm |
RILEY
Elizabeth (Mrs), farmer |
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ASHWORTH
Charlotte (Mrs), shopkeeper, 27 Manchester Rd. |
ROBERTS
Fred, furniture broker, 51 Manchester Rd. |
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BARROW
Martha Ann (Mrs), coal dealer, Old lane |
ROBERTS
Robert, grocer, 26 Station Rd. |
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BAXTER
Margt. (Mrs), Slow & Easy P.H. |
ROWLEY
Jsph., confr., 39 Manchester Rd. |
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BELL
Mary (Mrs), frmr., Lostock grn. |
RUTTER
William, boot & shoe maker, Manchester Rd. |
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BELL
Sarah (Mrs), shopkpr. & post office |
SMALLWOOD,
Walter, cycle maker, Manchester Rd. |
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BELL
William, assistant overseer & clerk to the parish council |
SNELSON
Samuel, farmer, Moss lane |
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BERRY
Mary (Mrs), shopkeeper, 34 Manchester Rd. |
STUBBS
John, tobacconist & sub-post office, 53 Manchester Rd. |
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BLOWER
Walt., drapr., 29 Manchester Rd. |
TENCH
Annie (Miss), confectioner, 15 Manchester Rd. |
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BRAMHALL
Wm., whlwright., Lostock grn. |
TUNLEY
Jn. Lloyd, grocer, 28 Station Rd. |
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BRUNNER,
MOND & Co. Ltd., chemical & alkali manufacturers |
TURNER
Annie (Mrs), confectioner, Manchester Rd. |
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BUCKLEY
Anne (Mrs), draper, 46 Station Rd. |
WALKER
Eliza (Mrs), draper, 58 Station Rd. |
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BUCKLEY
Sarah Ann (Mrs), Black Greyhound P.H. |
WHITE
Harry, grocer, 101 & 103 Manchester terrace |
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WILLIAMS
George, saddler |
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BURGESS
William, farmer, Poplar gro. |
WILLIAMSON
Ernest, hair dresser, 11 Manchester Rd. |
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CARTER
Oswald, farmer |
WOOD
John, farmer, Moss lane |
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CARTER
William, farmer, Moss lane |
WOOD
Joseph, farmer, Moss lane |
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CLARKE
Wm. E., blksmith & wheelwright |
WRIGHT
Fredk., butcher, 14 Station Rd. |
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CLOUGH
Sarah (Miss), shopkeeper, Lostock green |
WRIGHT
Harry, butcher, 31 Manchester Rd. |
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CORKER
William Henry, farmer |
LACH DENNIS |
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DALE
Wm. Arth., frmr., Holford villa |
BELL
George, farmer |
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EATON
John T., farmer, Spring bank |
CARTER
David, farmer |
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FORSTER,
Sl., shpkpr., 123 Manchester Rd. |
PERCIVAL
Oswald, farmer, New Hall |
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GRICE
Jas., greengro., 13 Manchester Rd. |
PLATT
Thomas, farmer |
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GRIFFITHS
Robert, farmer |
PLATT
William, farmer |
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HESKETH
J.K. & W., millers (steam), Wincham mill |
BIRCHES |
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HODGSON
Mary (Mrs), furniture dealer, 119 Manchester Rd. |
STUBBS
William, farmer |
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KENNERLEY
Thos., farmer, Moss lane |
HULSE |
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KINSEY
John, farmer, Field farm |
BASKERVILLE
Wm., farmer, Heath farm |
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LEWIS
Albt., hair dressr., 42 Manchester Rd. |
JACKSON
Elizabeth (Mrs), blacksmith |
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Lostock
Alkali Social Club (Christphr. DOWNES, sec.), The Pavillion |
KINSEY
John, farmer, Heathcote house |
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MC
CULLOCH John & Co., chemical engineers, Gle(?n)coe house |
KINSEY
Wm., farmer (letters through Northwich) |
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Manchester
Creamery Co. Limited |
WRIGHT
Edward T., wheelwright |
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MILLS
Margaret (Mrs), fried fish dealer, 1(?0/6) Station Rd. |
WRIGHT
John, cowkeeper |
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MOORES
Thomas E., shopkeeper, 1 Manchester Rd. |
NEWHALL |
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MOSS
James, seed merchant |
ALLCOCK
William, farmer, Yarwood’s farm |
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MOSS
Rowland, grocer, 44 Station Rd. |
PENNELL
Ralph, farmer |
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MOUNTFIELD
Edwd., butcher, 11 Station Rd. |
STUBBS
Richard, farmer, Stubb’s farm |