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Knutsford & District Through Time Paul Hurley

Knutsford & District Through Time By Paul Hurley

Knutsford & District Through Time by Paul Hurley


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Summary

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Knutsford and the surrounding areas have changed and developed over the last century.

Knutsford & District Through Time Summary

Knutsford & District Through Time by Paul Hurley

The origins of the name Knutsford have been disputed by historians but there is an ancient and popular explanation. After one of his victories, King Canute crossed the brook known as Birken and the village became known as 'Canute's ford' later to be changed to Knutsford. The Domesday Book gives some credence to this by calling it 'Cunetesford' (Canute's Ford). Canute was the king of England from 1016 to 1035 and his name in Old Norse was Knutr. Over the years Knutsford became popular and affluent with the many wealthy families who settled in the vicinity. In the late 1800s Richard Harding Watt arrived with his money and love of Italian architecture, and used his wealth to build the Gaskell Memorial tower in memory of the town's famous author Elizabeth Gaskell and the Kings Coffee House next to it. So take a stroll through the streets of this Cheshire gem, and see how it has changed.

About Paul Hurley

Paul Hurley has been a freelance writer since 2002 and has been writing professionally ever since. He has had magazine, local and national newspaper credits and has written several books for Amberley on the local history of Cheshire. Since retiring from the police in 2002 he has amassed a CV that takes in a three part article in the Steam World magazine, one in the Backtrack magazine and many other magazine articles not relating to the railway scene. He lives in Winsford with his wife and his hobbies are writing, travel, motorcycling and classic cars.

Additional information

GOR006551898
9781445606101
1445606100
Knutsford & District Through Time by Paul Hurley
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Amberley Publishing
20111015
96
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