Motor franchise 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 (cars and small vans) (larger vans at Hollands Rd)
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)
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 1977 to close of business)
High Street
48 Egg Packing Station
48 Second hand goods (1970s)
25 Doctors surgery
25 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
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15 Ashe & Nephew off licence
Chappells wine bar
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13a Barclays Bank
13 Eagles Newsagents
9 Penny & Robertsons greengrocers
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20a Powells electrical, cycles and haberdashery
Roberts radio and electrical
Erics fishing supplies (late 70s)
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14 Nat West Bank
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12 Mills Radio and Tv (moved to Wallescote Rd (late 60s ?)
Art gallery
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6 ? Wheatsheaf
7a Buckleys shoes
Estate agent
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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
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34? Mills radio & tv (moved from Highst after fire)
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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
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? Lake House Works (Mining engineering)
Mining improvements
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? Mackerness clothing factory (built mid 70s closed mid 80s)
? Doctors surgery (moved from high st mid 80s)
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Main shops 1 to 25 opened 1965/1966
3 Blue Dolphin cafe
Haberdashery
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5 Blue Dolphin chip shop
Theos chip shop
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7 to 15 researching
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17 Bebbingtons newsagent
19 Hairdresser
21/ 23 Fine Fare opened 1965
Healds
Tesco express
25 Laundrette
Additional shops opened late 70s ?
37 Collins DIY
? Off licence
? Bookmakers
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41 Telephone exchange
45 Cobblers shoe repair
47 Ladies hairdresser
49 Ring O Bells
Wallescote County Junior school
140 Salter pub
? Moreton's Meade Residential home (probably listed as Walnut Avenue)
Lime Avenue
1 Worrals grocer
3 Watsons Greengrocer
5 Chip Shop ?
Butchers
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7 ?
9 ?
Weaverham DIY (Opened as Weaverhan Hardware in 1989)
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11 Houghs Hardware and Electrical goods (up to late 70s)
Annes cake shop
Addition to Weaverham DIY
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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
corner station Rd
The Weaverham Gate
The Barrymore Arms
The Gate
The Hanging Gate
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Inglenook Cottage Woodwards (?) cafe
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20 ? Nunns garage
Ackerleys garage
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26 Martin's busses
Warrington Rd
? Woodbine cottage camping and caravan site
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? Rhinegold restraunt
Riverside Inn
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? Gibsons sand (Moores ?)
? Valley Cafe
19 ? Weaver Valley Cruises
Gorstage Lane
? Homestead Garage
Millington Lane
? Oaklands 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
Rear of hospital Hefferston Grange Farm
? 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 House (later renamed church hall)
19 Gleaves transport Haulage contractor
23 Maternity clinic
25 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 closed late 90s?)
Swimming pool
Withins Lane
Weaverham Youth Club
Farm Road
Gleavewood residential care