History

The Parish Council was formed in 1894. Prior to this in an old minute book there are records of Rate Payers Meetings dating from 1883. Interesting entries include:-

That the Sandhole in this Township near Mr. Issac Goodwin’s be entrusted to the care of the Way warden who is authorised to do whatever he may judge necessary to preserve it for the use of the Township and for the private use of rate payers only (John Venables was Chairman).

The next meeting was on 22nd March at the Three Greyhounds when two Overseers of the Poor were appointed and George Slater was appointed Way warden and Guardian (George Slater lived at Hulme Mill and wrote “Slater’s Chronicles”.) Another meeting resolved to sell the Sandhole to Sir Charles Shakerley for Ł25.

In 1884 William Witter was Chairman

By 1891 most meetings were held at the Drovers Arms. George Hill had become chairman and in 1894 there is the first mention of a Parish Council.

1884 and 1885. At the back of the old minute book payment for “Drawing Stones” are listed and the money paid to carriers. There was “broken stone” and “lump stone” and roads mentioned are Booth Bed, Middlewich Road, Hulme and Bakers Lane, ‘near’ the Three Greyhounds, London Road and Macclesfield Road. Stone was carried from Broken Cross, Middlewich and Holmes Chapel.

The carriers were paid to cart stone to the road on which they lived: William Carter and three others were to carry 50 tonnes of stone from Holmes Chapel to London Road. Carter was paid Ł1.7.6.

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