DIRECTORY.] CHESHIRE. .ALTRINCHAM. 21
The Broadheath Institute, in the Manchester road, wards, 3 women's wards, children's wards and one ~;mall Hroadheath, contains reading, library, lecture and billiard ward. It contains 45 beds, of which 31 were occupied rooms. in 1901; the average number of patients for 1895 was 32. The .Altrincham Conservative Working Men's Club in The hospital is managed by Miss Chloe Symonds, lady Greenwood street, erected in r887, is a. spacious brick s!lperintendent, 7 probationer nurses and 6 fully c&tifi building, with manager's quarters attached. cated other nurses, some of whom. are available for at St. John's club rooms, Islington street, in connection tend,mce on out-patients. Adjoining is a Provident dis with St. John's church, are open every evening. pensary and hospital for outside cases. There is also The Oddfellows Hall, Market street, originally belong· a home where the nurses live, formerly tht'l Oddtellows> ing to the Altrincham Permanent Benefit Building Society, Hall. Dr. Luckman attends the hospital on Tuesdays was purchased in rgoi by the Hospital authorities and and Fridays from 4 to 5 p.m. for ophthalmic cases. converted into a nurses' home. Stamford Public Park, comprising 16 acres, was formed Charities. -The Altrincham Workhouse Trust produces 011 t of Hale Moss, a piece of land gi..,.en to the Local Iloard in rB79 by the ]th Earl of Stam.ford and Warrinrr- £230 yearly. The Mayor's Land Charity produces about - ~ £250 a year for public uses, out of which a sum of £45 ton: it has been laid out with walks and flower-beds, is annually given to the mayor. The Cooper's trust, of cricket, football and lawn tennis grounds and a bowling· about £2o, is for distribution in kind and money. g-reen, and a bathing pond has also been formed, at a cost Lloyd's Fever Hospital, in Lloyd street, ~vas erected nf £s,ooo. This park is now under the control of the in r853 at a cost of £6oo, on a site given by the late ll rkm District Council. Earl of Stamford and ·warrington, as a memorial ro The neighbourhood contains a great many detached Edward Jeremiah Lloyd, esq. of Oldfield Hall (d. 185o), villa residences, principally ()Ccupied by Manchester and endowed by Mrs. Lloyd with a legacy of £r,ooo. merchants. The hm•pital, which in 1877 was transferred to the old The Counteog.s of Stamford and Warrington is lady of Local Hoard of Health, is now controlled by the Urban the manor and principal landowner. District Council; it contains 4 wards, 2 bath rooms and 'l'he so.il of the country around is well adapted for the .sitting room, matron's and servants' apartments and the growth of fruit and vegetables, particularly carrots and usual offices. There are 36 beds, of which 19 were occu onions; the former have acquired a universal celebrity ried in 1901. The average number of patients is about and are known as the Altrincham, or green-top, carrot. 6o yearly. The pGpnlatl:ion of the township in r88r was n,249• The General Hospital for accidents and medical and sur in r8gr, 12,44o, and in I9or, r6,83r; the acreage is 662; gical cases, in Market street, built in 1870 from designs rat.eable value, £88,3u. by the late Mr. Peter Pons, of Altrincham, is a spacious edifice of brick and stone which has been considerably Parisb. Clerk, St. George's, Thomas Pritchard, 22 Os borne road improved sine~ its first erection, and now consists of bo-ard room, accident ward, men's medical and surgical Parish Clerk, St. John's, James Berry.
OFFICIAL ESTABLISH~IENTS, LOCAL INSTITUTIONS &c. rost, M. 0. & T. 0., T. ~I. 0., Express Delivery, l'arcel Dcwburst William Arthur esq. Post, S. B. & Annuity & Insu:rance Office, Stamford Warringt()n New road.-"\Villiam J. Holmes, postmaster. Letters Cl arlrl!lm Henry Thoodore esq. Oakley, Bowdon, Altrinchm arrive from Mancheswr; delivery by letter carriers Galloway Edward Nap.ier esq. Normanby, Dunham Mas commences at 7 & 11. IS a.m. 2.30 & 6. rs p.m.; sun sey, .Altrincham clay, one delivery at 7 a. m.. ; callers can get letters Gibb J ames esq. Heyscroft, .Altrincham fmm 8 oa.m. to IO a. m.; d:ispatched at 8.Io, ro. ro, Gill Hobert PI"'Cston esq. Woodhayes hall, .Ashlon-on- 10.40 & I !.25 a. m. & I2. 40, T-40, 3· IO, S. IO, 7. IO, 8. 20, Mersey, Sale, Manchester 9.40 & I0-3S p.m. week days; on sundays, dispatched Cl1·afLon John Hunt esq. Overdale, Altrincham at 8 p.m. only. Money orders &c. granted & paid from II all J ames esq. Edale, Broad road, Sale, Manchester 8 a.m. to 8 p.m · IIa worth J esse· esq. Woodside, Green walk, Bowdon, .Al Telegraph Office· open from 7 a. m. to 9 p.m. week days; irincham 8 to 10 a.m. & 5 to 6 p.m. ·Sundays Joues-Parry Reair-Admiral John Parry, Thelwall hall, Ordinary business.-The office i>~ open to the public for Latchforo, Warrington the sale of stamps & postal orders from 7 a.m. ta 10 Joynson Edward Waiter esq. Dunham house, Dnnham p.m. on week days & (ID sundays from 8 to 10 a.m l\fassey, .Altrincham TelegJ•aph office open fl'om 7 a. m. to 9 p. m. week days ; Kendall John esq. Moorlands, Sale, Manchester 8 tu 10 a.m. & 5 to 6 p.m. sundays Killick Thomas William esq. Townfield ho. Altrindwm Tm1'n Sub-Post Offices, with times or clearing letter KilvBII't Har.ry Vernon esq. The Lodge, .Ashton-