Antrobus is a township, and with Seven Oaks is a parish, formed in 1848 from the of . The township of Antrobus is 5¼ miles north-west from station on the Lines and London, Midland and Scottish railway, and 6 south-east from , in the division of the county, hundred of Bucklow, rural district, Northwich county court district, petty sessional division of Leftwich, rural deanery of and archdeaconry and diocese of . The church of St. Mark, erected in 1848, is a building of red sandstone, in the Early English style, consisting of chance, nave, south aisle, south porch, and a small central turret, with spire containing one bell: the chancel was beautifully decorated in 1863, and three stained windows added, at the sole expense of Samuel Higginbottom esq. of Glasgow, in memory of his wife: two other stained windows were erected in 1878, by the tenants and friends of the late Rev. George Eaton MA of The Pole: there are 220 sittings. The register dates from the year 1848. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £340, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Great Budworth, and held since 1932 by the Rev. Oliver Mordaunt Tyndale BA of Worcester College, Oxford. There is a Methodist chapel. Selby’s charity of £2 10s 8d is for distribution. The Pole, occupied by Henry Steward Brown esq. is a fine mansion in extensive pleasure grounds. The Crown claims the manorial rights. The land is mainly owned by the farmers. The soil is clayey: subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and potatoes. The area of the parish is 2,745 acres, and the township 2,114 acres: the population in 1931 was 380, and of the ecclesiastical parish in 1921, 500.

By Local Government Board Order in 1881, a detached part of Antrobus was added to Seven Oaks, and a detached part of Seven Oaks annexed to Antrobus.

Post & Tel. Call Office. Letters through Northwich. Great Budworth, nearest M. O & Arley nearest T office.

SEVEN OAKS is a township and very small village 5 miles north-west from Northwich. The Society of Friends have a meeting house there, near an old oak tree, where tradition says, George Fox preached 250 years ago. The farmers are the principal landowners. The soil is mixed, and the subsoil is clay and sand; the chief crops are wheat, oats, potatoes and turnips. The area is 631 acres; the population in 1931 was 163. Letters through Northwich. Comberbach is the nearest M.O & T office.

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ANTROBUS Marked thus* letters through Higher Whitley, Northwich

Private Residents (For TN see general list of Private Residents at end of book) Brown Henry Stewart, The Pole *Kinder William, Fir Grove Tyndale Rev. Oliver Mordaunt BA (vicar), vicarage

COMMERCIAL Bell Frank, farmer, Fairbank Farm Bennett Bertram, farmer, Peel Hall Farm Bennett Ellen Jane (Mrs), farmer, The Flash Birkenhead Harry, smallholder. Reed Lane Bland Herbt, smallholder Bolshaw Jn. Farmer, Brow Farm. TN Arley 29 Bolshaw Rd. farmer, Fox Farm. TN Comberbach 52 Brocklehurst Edwd. Haulage contrctr, Oaks Lodge TN Arley 7 Buckley Jas. Head gardener to Col Oswald Mosley Leigh TD., J.P. Brook Cottage Burgess Jn. Farmer, Old Pole Farm Burgess John Henry, farmr. Nook Farm Burgess Jsph. Farmer, Morris Farm Burgess Thos. Farmer, Fir Tree Farm Collins Geo. Edward. Manley Farm Eaton Jn. Edwd. Farmer Edgerley Louis Alfd. Farmer Frith Oswald, farmer, Foxley Brow Fryer Jsph. Farmer, Shaw Brow. TN Arley 10 *Gough Wm Hy. Farmer, Ashwood Brow Farm Hardman Jsph. Plasterer TN Arley 9

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Hardy Jsph. Farmer, Moss Side Farm. TN Arley 27 Hindley Jsph. Shoe mkr Hurst Chas. Smallholder, Nook Lane Jackson Wltr farmer, Sunnyside Farm Littler Sam, smallholder. Reed Side Farm Moore Jsph, farmer. Grandsire’s Green. Moseley Thos. Jas. Frmer Hill Farm Mounfield Leonard, frmr, Paynes Farm Painter Martha (Mrs), shopkpr, Reed House View Plumb Edwd, Wheat Sheaf PH Rowlinson Mary Ellen (Mrs.), frmr. Laurel Farm, Whitley Reed. *Stock Wm. Blacksmith *Stringer Rt. David, farmer, Pump House Sutton Chas. Harris, farmer, Reed House TN Arley 21 Sutton Wm. Hy farmer, Hollies Farm TN Arley 16 Taylor Fras. Smaller holder, Hades Nook, Whitley Reed Thomason Walt. Smallholder, Whitley Reed Tuson Roger, farmer, The Poplars Walker Wm. Grocer, Post Office Wilkinson Ernest, farmer, Pools Platt TN Arley 28 Wilkinson Thos. Wilfred, farmer, Antrobus House Farm Wood William farmer Woodcock, Geo. Farmer, The Pole Farm *Wright Jas. Farmer, Antrobus Farm TN Norcott Brook 50 Wright Wm. Farmer, Antrobus Hall TN Arley 26

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