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The Industrial Scene: Transport and Communications

Description

A collection of articles relating to transport and communications in the Congleton area, covering, roads, transport and the coaching era, the Macclesfield Canal, the Congleton Mineral Railway, the North Staffordshire Main Line Railway and the Biddulph Valley Line.

Author: Joan P Alcock

Booklet size: A5

My Grandmother’s House

The story of life in the author's grandmother's house, a Victorian "Tunnel-Back" terraced house in Congleton.

The Geology and Geography of Congleton and District

How the geology of Congleton has influenced its development.

West Heath Mill

The story of the former silk mill on Holmes Chapel Road, Congleton.

Whitemoor to Mow Cop – The Cheshire/Staffordshire Border

From the siege of Biddulph Hall to the building of Mow Cop Castle, the story of a fascinating part of Staffordshire and Cheshire.

The Village of Astbury

According to the Domesday book of 1086, Astbury was more important and larger than neighbouring Congleton...

Some Seventeenth Century Congleton Innkeepers

Congleton was on two main transport routes in the 17th century, making innkeeping a profitable business.