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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.  You can read his story here We have been contacted recently by Will, who came across his uniform in a shop in San Diego, California. […]

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 Messing About in Boats Under Construction Over the Ocean Stand and Deliver Packhorses and Pilgrims Watch the Wall my Darling Stand and Deliver The Age […]

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.

  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 part of our work on WW1 soldiers from the parish. Recently we have been contacted by his grandson who is very proud of his grandfather […]

Lots more WW2 service men and women’s stories added today.  Find the index here –  WW2 Soldiers

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. We’ll be at Hatton Show with a display as usual and there’ll be one or two other events as well.   But can you help? […]

Here is our new programme for 2023-2024. We hope you’ll join us at some of our events  

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 so that they may be part of the anniversary celebrations.  Are you one of them?  Do you know who they are?  Please email me at […]

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 local area. As part of this work we visited Appleby’s dairy, the last place making Cheshire cheese in the traditional way. An exhibition is to […]

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 with the coming of the canals and railways. Meet in the Milner Institute car park at 6.30pm.  There’ll be more talking than walking – less […]

Our programme for 2022-2023 is available here I hope you’ll be able to join us at some of the meetings, displays and walks

I’m sorry, but our talk tomorrow evening has had to be cancelled.  Our speaker has Covid and now so does our stand in speaker!  See you in April

‘Farms and Gardens’ – a talk   Wednesday January 26 in the Lewis Carroll Centre   You may well have seen our display at Hatton Show that introduced our theme of ‘Farms and Gardens’. This talk will bring more information about our local agriculture, briefly tracing its history from Anglo Saxon times and looking at […]

Who would have imagined that there would be a long case clockmaker in Hatton?  Who would have imagined that there would be a cotton mill in Hatton?  And who would have known that they were connected by the Clare family?  Come along to Valda’s talk on  25 October and find out all about them.  7pm for […]

At last we can meet again!  Our meetings resume on Wednesday September 22, when we will be talking about our new project to record the agriculture and horticulture in the parish. Come along and share you stories with us or just enjoy being back together again.  Click here for more details September 2021

At last we are able to restart our programme of events.  We’ll be at Hatton Show with a display about ‘Edible England’ on Saturday September 11 and back in the Lewis Carroll Centre on Wednesday September 22 for a chance to catch up with each other after all this time.  You can find our full […]

Sadly, Neville Frodsham died when HMS Hood was sunk by the Bismark.  But here’s an interesting story about HMS Hood from the north coast of Scotland where I spent a recent holiday.

Here is the Chairman’s Report for 2021.  All documents relating to our AGM have been emailed to members.  Details of our programme for 2021-2022 will be published as soon as we know when we can resume our activities.  Looking forward to seeing you again soon. Chairman’s Report 2021

Hatton Show September 11 2021 Most of you will know that we mount a display at Hatton Show each year. Last year was, of course, difficult and the show became a ‘virtual’ show. This year, the plan is for it to take place as usual in Daresbury. We will be there too, with a display […]

I’ve uploaded pages today about Hatton Common, The Hatton Arms and John James Whitley, together with pictures of Hatton Sunday School c1950 and All Saints’ Choir c1950.