Heald Green Timeline.xlsx

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1	Heald Green Timeline						Last Updated	24/3/2024	Today's Date	24/3/2024	Are any of our facts incorrect or significantly incomplete?
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4		From Year	Day / Month	To Year	Period	Category	Place	Business / People	Event	Link

5		1547			Tudor	Farms	Bradshaw Hall Farm	Sir John Savage	Built	Bradshaw Hall \| Heald Green Heritage
6		1550		1557	Tudor	Farms	Chamber Hall		From an unknown point, served as courthouse for the manor of Etchells, from which function it took its name	Chamber Hall \| Heald Green Heritage
7		1550			Tudor	Farms	Bradshaw Hall Farm	Kelsall family	Sold to Kelsalls	Bradshaw Hall \| Heald Green Heritage
8		1557			Tudor	Farms	Chamber Hall	Shelmerdine family	Hall became their residence	Chamber Hall \| Heald Green Heritage
9		1660		1665	Stuart	Shops, Business and POI on Roads	Daisy Bank Lane cottages	Charles II	Charles II may have stayed overnight at Daisy Bank Cottages (local story - can't be confirmed ; but the Tatton family who owned nearby Wythenshawe Hall were supporters)	Daisy Bank Cottages \| Heald Green Heritage
10		1673			Stuart	Farms	Chamber Hall	Francis Shelmerdine	Openly held Presbyterian services at the hall	Chamber Hall \| Heald Green Heritage
11		1703			Stuart	Farms	Chamber Hall	Matthew Shelmerdine	Encased the hall in brick and a datestone added	Chamber Hall \| Heald Green Heritage
12		1750			Georgian	Farms	Griffin Farm		On or before this date, the farm was built	Griffin-Farm \| Home (healdgreenheritage.org)
13		1750			Georgian	Pubs	Waggon & Horses		A small farmhouse, Stanley Fold, built c. 1750	Waggon and Horses \| Heald Green Heritage
14		1752			Georgian	Hospitals and Hospices	Cheadle Royal	Manchester Royal Infirmary	Manchester Royal Infirmary is built in Piccaddilly Gardens, Manchester	Cheadle Royal \| Heald Green Heritage
15		1764			Georgian	Shops, Business and POI on Roads	Daisy Bank Lane cottages	Daisy Bank Cottages	Earliest Indenture (contract, lease details) held for cottages is dated 1764, one of the oldest if not the oldest property in Heald Green.	Daisy Bank Cottages \| Heald Green Heritage
16		1766			Georgian	Hospitals and Hospices	Cheadle Royal	Manchester Lunatic Asylum	Manchester Lunatic Asylum is built adjoining Manchester Royal Infirmary in Picaddilly Gardens, Manchester	Cheadle Royal \| Heald Green Heritage
17		1784			Georgian	Near Heald Green	Styal Mill		Quarry Bank or Styal Mill, opened	Transport \| Heald Green Heritage
18		1786		1871	Georgian	Pubs	The Griffin	The Black Griffin Inn	Opens	The Griffin Pub \| Heald Green Heritage
19		1786			Georgian	Farms	Griffin Farm	Thomas Bailey	Griffin Farm gains a licence to be a pub - The Black Griffin Inn	Griffin-Farm \| Home (healdgreenheritage.org)
20		1800	28 Mar		Georgian	Farms	Chamber Hall	Simpson family	Farmed the surrounding land	Chamber Hall \| Heald Green Heritage
21		1810		1962	Georgian	Schools and Nurseries	Outwood Primary	Outwood Farm	Successive generations of the Bruckshaw family farmed the land of which part was eventually sold to become Outwood Primary	Outwood Primary \| Heald Green Heritage
22		1810			Georgian	Near Heald Green	Styal Mill		A steam engine is fitted to the water wheel at Quarry Bank Mill, to help power it when water flow is low	Transport \| Heald Green Heritage
23		1817		1940	Georgian	Farms	Bradshaw Hall Farm	Revd Charles Prescott	On death of last Kelsall, estates passes to Charles Prescott	Bradshaw Hall \| Heald Green Heritage
24		1830			Georgian	Pubs	Waggon & Horses		The Beerhouse Act 1830, allowed any householder to sell beer by paying two guineas for a licence. This led to a number of pubs being established in and around Heald Green	Waggon and Horses \| Heald Green Heritage
25		1839		1886	Victorian	Hospitals and Hospices	St. Anns Hospice	Further Hardy Field	The 8 acres of arable land now occupied by St. Anns Hospice were a farm owned by Samuel Worthington	St. Ann's Hospice \| Heald Green Heritage
26		1839		1891	Victorian	Housing	HG House	John Walker Knight	Owned the original land on which the house has already been built. Various families live in the house over the years	Heald Green House \| Heald Green Heritage
27		1839			Victorian	Shops, Business and POI on Roads	Rogerson's Garage	Tanyard & Bark Mill	The tithe map shows the land the garage later occupies, is a tanyard	Rogerson's Garage \| Heald Green Heritage
28		1841			Victorian	Shops, Business and POI on Roads	Finney Lane ; Betfred to Roger Dean	Tanyard & Bark Mill	Land for Beech Parade was owned by John Worthington and was used as a tanyard and mill	Betfred to Roger Dean \| Heald Green Heritage
29		1846	01 Apr		Victorian	Hospitals and Hospices	Cheadle Royal	Cheadle Royal	37 acres of land purchased to build hospital ; central Manchester Lunatic Asyslum is over-crowded and as the city has grown around it, too noisy	Cheadle Royal \| Heald Green Heritage
30		1848			Victorian	Shops, Business and POI on Roads	Finney Lane ; Betfred to Roger Dean	Brook House / Beech House	When Cheadle Royal is built, this house was built in the community for patients (later renamed Beech House)	Betfred to Roger Dean \| Heald Green Heritage
31		1849			Victorian	Hospitals and Hospices	Cheadle Royal	Cheadle Royal	First patients transfer from (central) Manchester Lunatic Asylum to the Heald Green site named "Manchester Royal Hospital for the Insane". As the nearest railway station at the time is Cheadle, it is soon nicknamed "Cheadle Royal"	Cheadle Royal \| Heald Green Heritage
32		1849			Victorian	Hospitals and Hospices	Cheadle Royal	Manchester Royal Infirmary	The original Picaddilly Lunatic Hospital was demolished and Manchester Infirmary enlarged	Cheadle Royal \| Heald Green Heritage
33		1861			Victorian	Near Heald Green	Bruntwood Hall & Park	Bruntwood Hall	Bruntwood Hall is built by the Douglas family	Bruntwood Park \| Heald Green Heritage
34		1862			Victorian	Churches and Mosques	United Reformed Church	Miss Walsh	A small group met regularly for worship in Miss Walsh’s cottage.	United Reformed Church \| Heald Green Heritage
35		1867			Victorian	Churches and Mosques	United Reformed Church	Rev James Bailey	Rev’d James R Bailey of Eccles helped establish the first chapel on this site, under the pastoral supervision of Cheadle Congregational church.	United Reformed Church \| Heald Green Heritage
36		1871		1881	Victorian	Pubs	The Griffin	The Griffin Inn	Business moves to Finney Lane, Wilmslow Road junction	The Griffin Pub \| Heald Green Heritage
37		1881		1881	Victorian	Shops, Business and POI on Roads	Wilmslow Road (Long Lane), Stanley Road	Hurlbote Turnpike	Closes	The Griffin Pub \| Heald Green Heritage
38		1882			Victorian	Churches and Mosques	United Reformed Church	Day School	A Day School was operating at the chapel	United Reformed Church \| Heald Green Heritage
39		1887		1896	Victorian	Hospitals and Hospices	St. Anns Hospice	St. Ann's Villa	We don't know when the original buildings were built, but they were on a map in 1887 and named St. Ann's Villa	St. Ann's Hospice \| Heald Green Heritage
40		1889			Victorian	Churches and Mosques	Saint Catherine's		First church service in Heald Green took place in a cottage near the blacksmith's	St. Catherine's Church \| Heald Green Heritage
41		1891		1911	Victorian	Housing	HG House	Lunatic Asylum	The census lists the property as a lunatic asylum	Heald Green House \| Heald Green Heritage
42		1896		1897	Victorian	Other	Beech House		Beech House was built on fields previously owned by James Warburton Finney	Beech House \| Heald Green Heritage
43		1897		1970	Victorian	Hospitals and Hospices	St. Anns Hospice	St. Ann's Hospital	St. Ann's Villa is renamed St. Ann's Hospital	St. Ann's Hospice \| Heald Green Heritage
44		1899			Victorian	Shops, Business and POI on Roads	Heald's Dairy	Heald's Depot, Didsbury	Agnes Heald sets up Heald's Dairy business in Didsbury	Heald's Dairy \| Heald Green Heritage
45		1899			Victorian	Shops, Business and POI on Roads	Heald's Dairy	Didsbury	Anne Gibbons, wife of James Edward Heald sets up a business on 30 acres of land in Didsbury, to make a dairy	Heald's Dairy \| Heald Green Heritage
46		1903			20th Century	Hospitals and Hospices	Cheadle Royal	Cheadle Royal North House	Opens	Cheadle Royal \| Heald Green Heritage
47		1903			20th Century	Community Buildings	Oldhall Farm	Clarion Club	The Clarion Club of "Handforth" - even though it was in Heald Green - is formed at Oldhall Farm	Oldhall Farm / Clarion Club \| Heald Green Heritage
48		1904			20th Century	Hospitals and Hospices	Cheadle Royal	Cheadle Royal Chapel	Opens	Cheadle Royal \| Heald Green Heritage
49		1908			20th Century	Hospitals and Hospices	Cheadle Royal	Manchester Royal Infirmary	Manchester Royal Infirmary moved to Oxford Road, and most buildings were demolished	Cheadle Royal \| Heald Green Heritage
50		1909			20th Century	Train Station	Train Station		Railway Station opens as part of the "Styal Line" from Manchester to Wilmslow	Transport \| Heald Green Heritage
51		1910			20th Century	Hospitals and Hospices	Cheadle Royal	Manchester Royal Infirmary	Minor injuries clinic and medicine dispensary is closed in Piccadilly, and the site is remodelled into sunken gardens	Cheadle Royal \| Heald Green Heritage
52		1913	27 Jun		20th Century	Housing	HG House	The Linney Family	The house is sold at auction to the Linney Family. Various families live in the house over the years	Heald Green House \| Heald Green Heritage
53		1914	04 Dec		20th Century	Farms	Chamber Hall	James Simpson	Last of the Simpson line, put the house up for auction	Chamber Hall \| Heald Green Heritage
54		1914		1938	20th Century	Other	War Memorials	Cheadle Royal War Memorials	An oak panel memorial (inside Cheadle Royal), and the main war memorial (at South-East edge of Cheadle Royal's property) are created	War Memorials \| Heald Green Heritage
55		1914		1998	20th Century	Farms	Chamber Hall	Manchester City Council	At some point purchased by Manchester City Council and rented to a tenant farmer until sold at auction at the Heald Green Hotel to the Males family	Chamber Hall \| Heald Green Heritage
56		1915			20th Century	Hospitals and Hospices	Cheadle Royal	Cheadle Royal Chapel	Cheadle Royal Chapel stained glass installed	Cheadle Royal \| Heald Green Heritage
57		1918		1939	20th Century	Pubs	Waggon & Horses		The farmhouse building was demolished and a new, improved pub built	Waggon and Horses \| Heald Green Heritage
58		1920			20th Century	Parks	East Avenue Park	John Tulloch	Land is sold to Cheadle Unitary District Council, with the intention of building a school and a park	East Ave Park \| Heald Green Heritage
59		1920			20th Century	Pubs	Beech Tree Pub	John William Tattersall	John Tulloch (Tullock) sold a triangular plot of land to John William Tattersall, on which a house was built	Beech Tree Pub \| Heald Green Heritage
60		1921			20th Century	Shops, Business and POI on Roads	Finney Lane ; Herds to Main & Main	Ashworth Opticians	Giles Herbert Ashworth, grandfather of current optician Ian, qualified as an optician and opened a practice in Rusholme	Ashworth Opticians \| Heald Green Heritage
61		1921			20th Century	Churches and Mosques	Saint Catherine's		Other church services held in temporary places ; Long Lane Congregational church, The Social Institute, Cheadle Etchells Primary, Church School in Shadow Moss	St. Catherine's Church \| Heald Green Heritage
62		1925			20th Century	Shops, Business and POI on Roads	Rogerson's Garage	Rogerson's Garage	Mary nee Whitfield and John Thomas (known as Jack) Rogerson, bought the garage after they were married	Rogerson's Garage \| Heald Green Heritage
63		1926			20th Century	Near Heald Green	Manchester	Town Planning Advisory Committee	Post WWI, a proposal is put forward to move people from cramped and polluted inner-city housing, into the countryside. The ideas in it take nearly a century to implement	Transport \| Heald Green Heritage
64		1927	09 Aug		20th Century	Pubs	Beech Tree Pub	John William Tattersall	The freehold premises were sold to Miss Dorothy Bedford of 2 Polefield Road, Prestwich	Beech Tree Pub \| Heald Green Heritage
65		1927			20th Century	Community Buildings	The Institute	Heald Green & Long Lane Ratepayers' Association	Ratepayers was formed	Village Hall \| Heald Green Heritage
66		1929			20th Century	Near Heald Green	Manchester	Princess Parkway	Road is opened	Transport \| Heald Green Heritage
67		1930			20th Century	Shops, Business and POI on Roads	Finney Lane ; Betfred to Roger Dean	Heald Green High School / Beech House	Beech House became Heald Green High School at some point in the 1930s, for children aged 11-15	Betfred to Roger Dean \| Heald Green Heritage
68		1930			20th Century	Community Buildings	Oldhall Farm	Clarion Club	Clarion Club closes	Oldhall Farm / Clarion Club \| Heald Green Heritage
69		1930			20th Century	Near Heald Green	Manchester	Kingsway	Road is built to Parrs Wood	Transport \| Heald Green Heritage
70		1932			20th Century	Schools and Nurseries	Etchells Primary	Etchells Primary	School opens	Etchells Primary - Google Drive
71		1932			20th Century	Libraries and Museums	HG Library	HG Library	First library opens in Cheadle Etchells school	Heald Green Library \| Heald Green Heritage
72		1932			20th Century	Parks	East Avenue Park		East Ave Park ; known then to residents as the Recreation Ground or "Rec", opens	East Ave Park \| Heald Green Heritage
73		1933	19 Jun		20th Century	Churches and Mosques	Saint Catherine's	Bishop of Chester	Laid the foundation stone of what is now the Church Hall	St. Catherine's Church \| Heald Green Heritage
74		1933			20th Century	Shops, Business and POI on Roads	Finney Lane ; Herds to Main & Main	Ashworth Opticians	William Dudley Ashworth, father of current optician Ian, was born	Ashworth Opticians \| Heald Green Heritage
75		1934		now	20th Century	Shops, Business and POI on Roads	Yew Tree Farm	Robinsons Nurseries Ltd	The Robinson family establish their nursery, primarily growing tomatoes today, on this 40-acre farm - one of the largest in the UK	Daisy Bank Cottages \| Heald Green Heritage
76		1934			20th Century	Pubs	HG Hotel (Beefeater)	HG Hotel (Beefeater)	A map from 1934 shows a building called "Brockhurst" on a portion of the largest field where the HG Beefeater now stands. Joan Heinekey's Heald Green In Wartime describes the land as having once been "Ratcliffe's Market Gardens" .	Heald Green Hotel (Beefeater) \| Heald Green Heritage
77		1935	28 Nov		20th Century	Near Heald Green	Manchester Airport / Ringway	Ringway	Construction started	Manchester Airport \| Heald Green Heritage
78		1935	19 Dec		20th Century	Pubs	HG Hotel (Beefeater)	HG Hotel (Beefeater)	Land is purchased by Chesters Brewery	Heald Green Hotel (Beefeater) \| Heald Green Heritage
79		1935			20th Century	Community Buildings	The Institute	Heald Green & Long Lane Institute	A new building is built, housing a small library at the back	Village Hall \| Heald Green Heritage
80		1935			20th Century	Shops, Business and POI on Roads	Bill's Bakery	George Mayell	George Mayell runs a greengrocers at 144 Finney Lane	Bill's Bakers \| Heald Green Heritage
81		1936			20th Century	Pubs	HG Hotel (Beefeater)	HG Hotel (Beefeater)	Building of the Heald Green Hotel commenced	Heald Green Hotel (Beefeater) \| Heald Green Heritage
82		1937			20th Century	Shops, Business and POI on Roads	Heald's Dairy	Heald's Depot, Didsbury	Heald's Dairy begin to replace horses and carts for deliveries with electrified vehicles, and open a branch in Wilmslow	Heald's Dairy \| Heald Green Heritage
83		1937			20th Century	Near Heald Green	Manchester Airport / Ringway	Ringway	The first plane lands at Ringway	Overview \| Heald Green Heritage
84		1937			20th Century	Other	Outwood Road	Thatched Cottage	Thatched Cottage is damaged in a fire and becomes uninhabitable	Oldhall Farm / Clarion Club \| Heald Green Heritage
85		1938	25 Jun	now	20th Century	Near Heald Green	Manchester Airport / Ringway	Ringway	Opened	Manchester Airport \| Heald Green Heritage
86		1938	02 Jul		20th Century	Churches and Mosques	Saint Catherine's	Rose Queen	First Rose Queen took place on the field where the new church now stands	Rose Queen \| Heald Green Heritage
87		1939	28 Apr		20th Century	Pubs	HG Hotel (Beefeater)	HG Hotel (Beefeater)	During the war years, the hotel was used as a billet for servicemen, an observation post. Marthe (Cnockaert) McKenna (WW1 spy) lived in a bungalow on the site, and Guy Gibson (who led the "Dambusters raid" on Mohne and Eder dams, stayed with his men	Heald Green Hotel (Beefeater) \| Heald Green Heritage
88		1940	01 Jun	1946	20th Century	Near Heald Green	Manchester Airport / Ringway	Ringway	Over 60,000 paratroopers are trained at Ringway	Overview \| Heald Green Heritage
89		1940			20th Century	Farms	Bradshaw Hall Farm	Ministry of Defence	Land is requisitioned to build RAF Maintenance Units (part of no 61 MU)	Bradshaw Hall \| Heald Green Heritage
90		1940			20th Century	Shops, Business and POI on Roads	Bill's Bakery	Louisa Walsh and Robert H Mayell	Louisa Walsh and Robert H Mayell (son of Geroge) are listed as confectioners at the address at it becomes "Bill's Confectioners"	Bill's Bakers \| Heald Green Heritage
91		1941	02 Apr		20th Century	Train Station	Train Station	Sir Winston Churchill	Visits Ringway to inspect paratrooper training	Manchester Airport \| Heald Green Heritage
92		1944		1945	20th Century	Near Heald Green	Bruntwood Hall & Park	Bruntwood Park	Cheadle & Gatley UDC buy Bruntwood Park in 1944 and make it Town Hall in 1945	Bruntwood Park \| Heald Green Heritage
93		1945		1974	20th Century	Farms	Bradshaw Hall Farm	Cheadle U.D.C.	M.O.D. Sold to Cheadle UDC who let the farm to Alan Richardson	Bradshaw Hall \| Heald Green Heritage
94		1945			20th Century	Near Heald Green	Manchester	Manchester Corporation	Post WWII, an updated proposal for housing, transport and road development is prepared	Transport \| Heald Green Heritage
95		1947			20th Century	Pubs	HG Hotel (Beefeater)	Monthly Mass	Before Christ Church was built, at first monthly, and then weekly Mass was held in the Upper Room.	Heald Green Hotel (Beefeater) \| Heald Green Heritage
96		1948		1958	20th Century	Housing	HG House	Lord and Lady Hamilton	Lord and Lady Hamilton own the house	Heald Green House \| Heald Green Heritage
97		1948			20th Century	Community Buildings	The Institute	Heald Green & Long Lane Ratepayers' Association	The idea of building a public hall is first raised	Village Hall \| Heald Green Heritage
98		1948			20th Century	Churches and Mosques	United Reformed Church	Self-Governing Church	Became a self-governing church, responsible for its own finances.	United Reformed Church \| Heald Green Heritage
99		1950		1959	20th Century	Farms	Oldhall Farm	Oldhall Farm	Sometime in the 1950s, the Oldhall farm land was sold to build houses on	Oldhall Farm / Clarion Club \| Heald Green Heritage
100		1950			20th Century	Housing	Fingerpost House	244 Outwood Road	The house, designed in 1949 is built	Fingerpost House \| Heald Green Heritage