Boulderdash Traditional Cache
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This is a cache n' dash which is distinguished by being placed close to a very large and famous local boulder. Although easy to see, access to the boulder is limited so the cache has been placed in the woods close by. Access by foot and bike is ok and parking is available by the side of the road opposite the Manor.
For those who are interested here are more details:
In the grounds of Rose Hill Manor (Grade II, 11.4.91) is a huge glacial boulder mounted on a tree stump. It is said to have come from Woodhouse Lane Farm about 1892. The measurements of the boulder are:
Height 1.220 metres
Estimated Weight 12.2 metric tonnes
Girth 8.540 metres
Rose Hill is a good example of a nineteenth century merchant’s house. It was at one time the residence of Absalom Watkin, J.P. for Lancashire, who describes the buying of the house and land in his Extracts from His Journal 1814-1856. Absalom Watkin was born in London on June 27th 1787.
‘Extracts from his Journal
1832, April 2nd. Went with Joseph Johnson to Mr. Torkington and bought the House and Land (Rose Hill, which he describes as) on a little knoll overlooking the surrounding country and commanding a fine view of the river ... the land is some of the best in Northen. (His wife liked it too. He was able to use the existing house but made many additions to house, outbuildings and gardens).
1843, Aug. 15th. Much pleased with the place although the neighbourhood of so much flooded land and the thick wood on the low grounds are certainly not favourable to health I like the place on account of its apparent loneliness - the depth of the wood in front which shuts all view of road or dwelling.’
On 16 Dec 1861 Absalom Watkin died at Rose Hill and was buried in the churchyard at Northenden. Sir Edward and Lady Watkin lived at Rose Hill where many further improvements were carried out until Sir Edward’s death in 1901.
Sir Edward William Watkin, 1819-1901, typifies the enterprise of the Victorian business man. He was known as the Railway King or more accurately the Railway Doctor because of his special skill in treating cases of financial distress in railway companies. He became a Knight in 1868 and a Baronet in 1880, and was certainly our area’s most distinguished citizen. Many great men such as Gladstone visited Rose Hill during this time.
The Rose Hill estate was sold in 1901 by Alfred Mellor Watkin, the 2nd Baronet. During the first World War Rose Hill became a Convalescent Home for the Wounded and an opthalmic hospital for sick children. Later it became an orphanage. In the 1970's it was now used as a Remand Home. It has now been converted to private apartments.
There is a stone monument opposite the main entrance commemorating the death of Absalom Watkin.
(extracts from A History Of Wythenshawe - WH Shercliffe, 1974)
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