Nether Alderley, Old Mill 1896
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The old mill dates from the 15th century. What is thought to be the oldest inhabited house in Cheshire is also near Alderley Edge: the stone-built portion of Chorley Hall is thought to date from about 1330, the remainder being Elizabethan.
An extract from Cheshire Photographic Memories.
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In the late 1960s and early 1970s I stayed here for my school hols, my grandmother worked for Mr and Mrs Bodd who were the owners at the time. My grandparants lived in part of the house round the side which in itsself was large. One thing that sticks out in my mind is the sights of a few ghosts that were about the place, and a bricked room between two of the bedrooms upstairs opposite the bathroom, there was ...see more
It is often stated that the village shop was also the Post Office, but this is not true. There was a letter box (bar) in the wall, but the nearest Post Office was at Monk's Heath. The village shop was very small but sold a variety of products from chicken feed to postcards.
The Smithy was destroyed by fire about 1900. A new Smithy was built in its place.
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