Tag: Burtonwood

1154 – 1812: The Bold’s of Bold

Steven Dowd
The New Bold Hall

The Bold family of Lancashire, associated closely with Bold Hall and the surrounding townships, has a rich and storied history that dates back to before the Norman Conquest of 1066. This essay will explore the lineage of the Bold family, the architectural and cultural significance of Bold Hall, and the evolution of the associated townships over the centuries. Origins and Early History The Bold family’s roots in Lancashire trace back to a period before the Norman Conquest, suggesting an ancient lineage deeply embedded in the region’s history. The earliest documented…

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BOLD TOWNSHIP & MANOR

Steven Dowd
The Old Bold Hall

BOLD TOWNSHIP & MANOR Bolde, 1212; Boulde, 1332; the final e is wanting in some cases as early as 1300. The area, which measures 4,483 acres, (fn. 1) is divided by a brook, now called Whittle Brook, but formerly Holbrook, running across it from the north-west boundary to Great Sankey. Cambal Wood lay in the south-east corner; on the south was Bold Heath, with Crow Heath and Lunt Heath on the borders of Cuerdley and Widnes. In the south-west corner was Cranshaw Hall. The flat and open country is divided…

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1921: The Burtonwood Lychgate War Memorial

Steven Dowd
Burtonwood Lychgate War Memorial

Burtonwood War Memorial Newton and Earlestown Guardian – Wednesday 13 May 1920 The Question of the erection of a war memorial in Burtonwood for those in the village who made the supreme sacrifice in the war, had been under consideration for some time, and at a meeting of the churchwardens and sidesmen of the parish church, plans and estimates of the cost of a Lych gate were submitted for inspection. Burtonwood – The War Memorial. Runcorn Examiner – Saturday 29 May 1920The Burtonwood Parish Magazine:- “The Lych Gate War Memorial…

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1939: Historical Burtonwood Church re-opened

Steven Dowd
St Michaels pre 1936 and post 1939

Newton and Earlestown Guardian – Friday 06 October 1939 Several years ago abandoned as unsafe and unfit for human habitation, St. Michael’s Church, Burtonwood. was re-opened and consecrated on Saturday afternoon us a modern church. It had been rebuilt and a more lofty tower has made its appearance, numerous structural alterations have been made to the interior, and the parishioners can now consider that the inconvenience of holding the services in the Church Hall, Green Lane, for the past years. has been well worth while. The church is one of…

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1891: THE SANKEY VIADUCT DIVE.

Steven Dowd
Sankey Viaduct - Tommy Burns

TOMMY BURNS’ ATTEMPTED DIVE: Completed by local Collier.Newton and Earlestown Guardian – Friday 13 November 1891 The inhabitants of Earlestown, Newton and surrounding district were considerably moved last week end by the startling announcement that Tommy Burns, the champion diver, who has gained such notoriety around Liverpool, Runcorn and district by his swimming and diving feats, would dive off the Viaduct Bridge or “Nine Arches,” on Saturday afternoon at three o’clock. The bridge is nearly 70 feet high, while the water in the canal is only about seven feet deep,…

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Burtonwood: THE LIMERICK HOTEL

Steven Dowd
The Limerick Hotel

With some historical gleanings from the archives. The Limerick was a pub located at the very end of runway 22 on the north east of the airfield fronting onto Cow Lane (now Burtonwood Road). It was a typical country pub with few home comforts but served a good pint of Burtonwood beer and basic food was sometimes available. It was frequented by the local farmers and villagers from Burtonwood and suddenly burst into life when RAF Burtonwood was built. Initially the Irish navvies who built the base went there for…

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1889: A “SMALL RIOT” AT BURTONWOOD.

Steven Dowd

Leigh Chronicle – Friday 20 December 1889 Nine boys named Schofield Jackson, Charles Jackson, Thomas Haverty, James Haverty, Henry Dalton, James Dalton, Joseph Dalton, James Millington, and Ernest Naylor, were charged with assaulting Thomas Dutton at Burtonwood by throwing stones on the 17th ult. Mr. H. L. Riley prosecuted, and Mr. Jenkins defended. Mr. Riley stated that his client had been a witness in several cases in which Burtonwood boys were interested, and in consequence of that he seemed to have become obnoxious to the boys who formed something like…

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Burtonwood Parish

Steven Dowd

“Warrington Church Notes” by William Beamont, published in 1878, is a historical account focusing on the Parish Church of St. Elfin in Warrington, England, along with other churches in the parish. William Beamont was a noted historian and antiquarian of the 19th century, particularly well-regarded for his contributions to the local history of Warrington and the surrounding areas. In this publication, Beamont documented the history, architecture, and significant events associated with the churches in the different Warrington parish’s. This is what he wrote about the history of the Burtonwood Parish.…

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1861: Burtonwood Census

Steven Dowd
Burtonwood 1861 Census

While I was doing some family history, and searching for a few relatives from Burtonwood, I decided it would be simpler to keep a record of the 1861 census for my future searches, so have transcribed the data, hope it proves useful Name Birth Residence Parents Siblings Spouse Children Relation to Head Jane Whitfield c1821 – Burtonwood, Lancs Broad Lane, Burtonwood, Lancs Ellen Whitfield Margaret WhitfieldPeter Whitfield Thomas Fairclough c1799 – Sankey, Lancs Cawsey Bridge Farm, Burtonwood, Lancs Mary Fairclough Thomas FaircloughSamuel FaircloughBetsey Jane Fairclough James Dennett c1836 – Sankey,…

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1938: Burtonwood Parish Church Renovations’

Steven Dowd
St Michaels Burtonwood

Burtonwood Church Alterations.Newton and Earlestown Guardian – Friday 14 October 1938 Estimated cost OF £4,500 At the Liverpool Consistory Court, on Wednesday, Chancellor Challoner Dowdall, K.C., granted faculties for alterations at St. Michael’s Church. The Chancellor granted what he described as a important application for a faculty for structural and other alterations, estimated to cost £4,500, at St. Michael’s Church, Burtonwood, near Warrington. The scheme includes the erection of a new tower, the formation of an aisle baptistry, the strengthening of the north wall of the nave with buttresses, and…

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1880: A walk around the Newton-le-Willows Neighbourhood.

Steven Dowd
Warrington Examiner

Letters to the Editor…Warrington Examiner – Saturday 24 April 1880 Sir, As “the mild season, that time when rain from above falling makes all things green, and springing flowers awake from sleep and hail the wished-for day,” invited to take a walk, and the time being convenient, I strolled into Burtonwood, or, as perhaps it ought to be called, Bowyer-town-wood, passing the ruins of the mill erected by T.P.L., 1793, and under the viaduct, a picturesque object, as seen from Newton Common, and on to Bradley Hall (similar in name…

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1891: SHOCKING COLLIERY ACCIDENT AT COLLINS GREEN.

Steven Dowd
Collins Green Colliery Accident 1891

Newton and Earlestown Guardian – Friday 09 October 1891 The Inquest upon the bodies of Joseph Rigby, aged 40, of Ashbury-terrace, Burtonwood, and Richard Booth, 30, of Mercer’s New Cottages, Burtonwood, who were buried alive under a fall of nearly 100 tons of roof at the Collins Green Colliery, on Tuesday evening, was held on Saturday last at the Pear Tree Inn, Collins Green, before Mr. 8. Brighouse, county coroner, Mr. Jackson, general manager, and Mr. T. Glover, miners’ agent, of St. Helens, were also present. Mrs. Ann Rigby last…

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Coloured views on the Liverpool and Manchester railway

Steven Dowd

So most people know how mad I am about local history, and over the years I have had various copies of the different reproduction historical books of the 1831 TT Bury “Coloured views on the Liverpool and Manchester railway” but have never been able to buy or afford an original book, which sell with 6 to 12 prints at anything from 6000 to 12000 pounds. But, I think that I’ve managed to buy an original 1831 Ackerman of Plate 4, showing the “Viaduct across the Sankey Valley” which is brilliant…

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Burtonwood in 1727

Steven Dowd
1727 Burtonwood Survey

An Eye Survey of the Manour or Lordship of Burtonwood Belonging to Peter Bold of Bold Esq. At 8 Yards to a Perch by Edmundo Taylor A.D. 1727 Burtonwood Land Renters Henry Taylor Description A (Acres) R (Roods) P (Perches) £ (Pounds) S (Shillings) D (Pence) Site, Orchard, Fould, & Croft 0 2 0 2 0 0 Meadow 0 3 0 1 4 0 Dean croft nook 1 0 0 1 4 0 Three acre 3 0 0 2 8 0 Four acre 4 0 0 3 12 0 Two…

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The Dangers of Level Crossings

Steven Dowd
St. Helens Examiner - Saturday 23 December 1882

Saturday 23 December 1882 The enthusiasm which the new Ship Canal has evoked in commercial circles, having extended to Newton, naturally caused the mind to turn for a time to the “Sankey Canal” by way of antithesis. Not that this was the first canal made in England by any means, for the Romans, during their residence in England, cut a canal from the vicinity of their metropolis, the city of York, as appears from Drake’s Eboracum. In the year 1121, Henry I made a navigable canal of seven miles in…

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