John Herbert Ridgway lived at Daresbury Lodge and followed a military career. He fought in WW1 and was killed in action in the Battle of Scarpe on 23 April 1917. […]
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Videos for Heritage Open Days 2024
Our friends at Heatherfield Heritage have been busy making videos to celebrate Heritage Open days, following the theme of ‘Routes, Networks and Connections’ Carrying Cargo A Boatman I Will Be […]
Read moreWall Painting
This wall painting hangs in a cottage in Moore. We are working hard to find out more about it. Read here what we know so far.
Read moreJohn Lindsay Lee Jones
John (or Jack as he was better known) served in WW1 and was a captain in the 9th King’s Liverpool Regiment. We posted his story in March 2016 as […]
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Lots more WW2 service men and women’s stories added today. Find the index here – WW2 Soldiers
Read more‘Creativity Unleashed’
Here’s some advance information about Heritage Open Days in September. The theme is ‘Creativity Unleashed’ and we will be embracing this by celebrating art of all kinds in the parish. […]
Read moreNew Programme!
Here is our new programme for 2023-2024. We hope you’ll join us at some of our events
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Can you help?
This year, All Saints’ Church, Daresbury celebrates the 150th anniversary of its rebuilding. In 1872, the vicar was the Rev William Henry Spencer. We are trying to trace his descendants […]
Read moreThe Cheeseboard and The Feast!
We have been working with two artists, Neil Musson and Jono Retallick, on Halton’s cultural heritage project, ‘Celebrating Halton’. The final part has been to celebrate cheese making in the […]
Read moreHow it’s Changed!
Come and join us for a walk through Moore on Wednesday August 24. Graham will be leading the walk and talking about how the village has changed over time, especially […]
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