Photographs of Cheadle in the 1880s
A view of the original Abney Hall pond in the foreground with the imposing Abney Hall in the background
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View of the original pond in Abney Hall Park
Abney Hall gardens with Abney Hall in the distance
View of the main gates, driveway and caretakers lodge at Abney Hall, with the hall visible in the background
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One of the horse drawn delivery carts which brought coal from the mines around Buxton back to Cheadle in the late 19th Century
A horse drawn bus waits outside the White Hart Hotel
The old Boswells horse drawn bus which operated on the Cheadle to Manchester route. The bus could carry up to 30 passengers, including 12 sitting on the cheaper seats on the roof
View of the railway bridge and Manchester Road taken from the road by Cheadle Green in 1885
A special service with a large crowd in attendance to mark the completion of the new memorial to Dr Robert Ockleston which has been erected next to Cheadle Green
Boys of the St. Mary's church choir pose for a group photograph in 1883.
Toll gate near the Farmer's Arms pub at the junction of Stockport Road and Edgeley Road in Cheadle Heath in 1890
A view along Wilmslow Road with the White Hart Hotel and St Mary's church in the distance. The old Cheadle rectory wall is on the left, while a woman stands in a doorway on the right.