Weaverham Shops And Busineses

A Summary

About Us
This project started in 2016 after meeting friends for a coffee, and we found ourselves remembering the shops and busineses that used to be around Weaverham. When we next met  there was discussion on varying conflicting opinions from other friends. We started a paper copy of what we knew and some time later a website was built in an attempt to collect all the information in one place. 
www.arthur1955.simplesite.com/435237986
Simplesite was bought out by another company and the webpage was lost.
Until now and here we are.

Whilst we don't expect to get 100% accuracy, updates and corrections rely on information being passed to us. We thank all those who have generously contributed and hope new readers to these pages will support the project.
Our biggest problem is with dates busineses came and went, quite a few are estimated (with an "e" after the date,)
It was also decided on migration to this new site to include other buildings around the village which may be of interest
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West Road

              Elston                   Cara's Dental practice

               2                          Fosters hardware store (closed around 1970)

               4                          West Road garage (closed early 1980s)

                                           Car sales  (Adamsons Cars ?) (early 1980s until 2018e)

                                           Converted to residental property (2018e onwards)

                              

               Opp 22                 Mainwarings Garage

               22 Rose Cottage  Woodwards nursery (from around 1910 to 1952) 

                                           Residential property (from 1953)

Station Road


               1                         Gerrards grocery store

                                         Whites Taxis     (approx 1974e to 1977e)

                                         Ditchfield motors ( ? )

                                        Office as part of West Road Garage (approx 1978 to close of business)





     High Street


 48                      Egg Packing Station

                           Second hand goods (1970s)

   25                    Doctors surgery

                           Converted to residential property (1980e)

  24 / 22 ?          Co-Op 

   23               Hornby's grocery (closed 1970e)

                       Hairdressers

  23 (rear of shop)          Woodwards coal merchant

17                              Post Office with Telephone exchange at rear (acces to exchange via Chapel St)

                                   Garners butchers

                                   added to Chapells wine bar

15                              Ashe & Nephew off licence

                                   Chappells wine bar

13a                    Barclays Bank

13                        Eagles Newsagents

9                    Penny & Robertsons greengrocers

20a                         Powells electrical, cycles and haberdashery

                              Roberts radio and electrical  

                             Erics fishing supplies  (late 70s)

14                          Nat West Bank

12                         Mills Radio and Tv (moved to Wallescote Rd (late 60s ?)

                              Art gallery

6 8 or 10 ?                    Wheatsheaf

7a                              Buckleys shoes

                              Estate agent

7

5                              Ironmongers ?

3

1               Catleys chemist


              Forest St

Corner of High St          The Star Inn

               2a          Fleets barbers

               9               Brooks barbers

               11          Dry cleaners

               2?          Carpet sales

               6               Methodist church

               8               Hall

     Opp 10/12     Weaverham County Primary School

               15          Barrymore institute

               34          Police Office

               38          Weaverham Grammar school

                              

Chapel Street (The Wynt)


                              Weaverham telephone exchange (moved to Northwich rd 1950s ?



Wallescote Rd


16                         Perrys chip shop

                              Buckleys radio and tv

34?                         Mills radio & tv (moved from Highst after fire)

30 ?                         Robinson's fruit and veg

20                         Off licence

15                              Newsagent ?

                              Weaverham Cricket Club


Esters Lane

21                         Newsagent


Keepers Lane


>                         Iris Bourne centre

                         St Bede's RC Aided infants school







Northwich Rd


  Corner church st           Lake House farm

                              Weaver Service Station

?                              Lake House Works (Mining engineering)

                              Mining improvements

?                              Mackerness clothing factory (closed early 80s)

?                             Doctors surgery  (noved from high st early 80s)

3                              Blue Dolphimn cafe

                              Haberdashery

5                              Blue Dolphin chip shop

                              Theos chip shop

17                         Bebbingtons newsagent

19                         Hairdresser

21/ 23                    Fine Fare

                              Healds

                              Tesco express

25                         Laundrette

37                         Collins DIY

                              Off licence

                              Bookmakers

41                          Telephone exchange

45                         Cobblers shoe repair

47                         Ladies hairdresser

?                              Ring O Bells

                         Wallescote County Junior school

?                              Salter pub     

?                         Moreton's Meade Residential home



Lime Avenue


1                         Worrals grocer

3                         Watsons Greengrocer

5                         Chip Shop ?

                         Butchers

7                         ?

9                         ?

                              Weaverham DIY (Opened as Weaverhan Hardware in 1989)

11                        Houghs Hardware and Electrical goods (up to late 70s)

                             Annes cake shop

                               Addition to Weaverham DIY

13                         Post Office

15                         Haberdashery

                         Weaverham County Secondary Modern school


Barrymore Rd

19                    Post Office

?                         Chip shop ??

?                    Owley Wood club


Owley Wood Road

?                              Scout Hall

Sandy Lane


                         The Weaverham Gate

                         The Barrymore Arms

                         The Gate

                         The Hanging Gate

Inglenook Cottage      Woodwards (?) cafe

    20 ?               Nunns garage

                         Ackerleys garage

     26               Martin's busses

     

Warrington Rd


     ?                    Woodbine cottage camping and caran site

     ?                    Rhinegold restraunt

                         Riverside Inn

     ?                    Gibsons sand (Moores ?)

                         Valley Cafe

     19 ?               Weaver Valley Cruises

Gorstage Lane


?                              Homestead Garage


Millington Lane


?                              Oakland Hotel


Grange Lane


     ?                         Hefferston Grange Isolation Hospital (Built 1741 as a country house, Sold to Warrington Borough Council for use as a TB sanatorium in 1921, Transferred to NHS in 1948 becoming Grange Hospital, Nursing home with 84 beds for mainly geriatric patients  in 1983,  sold by NHS in 1986. to developers. Now residential properties


     ?                         Horners creamery (started in 1870s )

                              Express Daires (purchased by Express in 1963)

                              Eden Vale (Conversion to Yoghurt factory 1965)

                              Nestle (purchased 2002, ceased manufacture in 2007)

                              Land Converted to residential property

Church St
     3                         Post office  

   14 / 16 ?               Dental practice 

         ?                        Bread and cake shop

     42                         Minshulls butchers

     24                          Beauty salon

                                   Weaverham scouts

                                   St Mary's church


next to St Mary's         Ring O Bells (closed and relocated to Northwich Rd)



Church Lane
                         

                    Church Hall

                    Gleaves transport  Haulage contractor  

                     Maternity clinic

                    St Bedes Catholic Church

Forsters Avenue

  Opp Keepers Lane               Gospel Hall

                                             The Hub / Stronghold


Middlehurst Avenue

                                             Wallescote County Infants School (closed early 80) merged with Wallescote Junior

                                             The Russettt School (Opened early 80s)


Russett Road

                         Library

                         Weaverham Community Centre

                         Doctors surgery (sometime mid 1980s)

                         Swimming pool


Withins Lane

                         Weaverham Youth Club


Farm Road

                         Gleavewood residential care

     


Motor dealers Northwich area


As an extra to Weaverham history there has been discussions regarding motor dealers of the past, but relating to a wider area. The information below relates to 1970s or thereabouts.  


West Road Garage Weaverham

          Austin Morris until around 1975 then Peugeot

Birtwisles Chester Rd Hartford

          Hillman, Chrysler, Talbot, Peugeot

          Moved to site in Northwich around 1998

Sexton Motors Greenbank

          Volkswagon

Lookers Castle St Northwich (seperate parts department Hollands Rd)

          Austin Morris BMC

Chester Engineering London Rd Northwich (Became Dane County Motors 1980s ?)

          Vauxhaul Bedford

Knutsford Motors Chesterway Northwich

          Ford

Barbers Garage Station Rd Northwich (closed circa 2011)

          Rover Triumph (later VW or Audi ??)

Redmans Garage Station Rd Northwich & Onston Lane Onston

          Fiat

Willows Garage Runcorn Rd Barnton

          Renault

Lostock Garage Ltd

     Austin Morris (Leyland /BMC)

Pattersons Middlewich Rd Northwich

     (no one can remember  who they were dealer for but certain it was a foreign manufacturer)



Other business in Weaverham 



P E Blake & Sons     Haulage business (moved to Comberbach early 60s.)






Further work -

We are looking at listing farms of the area at a later date, more research needed.


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