Alderley Edge Village Walk-about Multi-Cache
Romany4: Seems like this one disappeared when the council cut back the undergrowth so time to archive. Thanks to all who found it.
Happy caching!
Alderley Edge Village Walk-about
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A straightforward Puzzle cache:
The cache is not at the listed co-ordinates but is at:
N 53 A(Dx2).ABB , W 002 AD.CDA
A = At listed co-ords, deduct first digit from the second, (No. of 'spaces')
BB = last two digits of year, in stone, on the Bank on the main road (there are three Banks, only one has a date)
C = No. of Trees in Pavement between Clifton Street & Stevens St. Just on the one side of the main road that the two side roads are on.
D = No. of days Library is open each week.
Small lock & clip box, suitable for small swaps, TBs etc.
A little local History
The first written evidence of Alderley Edge, known then as 'Chorlegh' (later spelt as 'Chorley') appeared in the 13th century, with the likely derivation coming from Ceorl and Leah, meaning a peasants' clearing.
In the 13th century and during the Middle Ages, the area comprised estates that had many different owners, since the 15th century most of them have belonged to the De Trafford baronets.
By 1830 ‘Chorley’ consisted of only a few cottages, the De Trafford Arms Inn – still obvious in the Village - a toll bar, and a smithy, straggling along the Congleton to Manchester Road. The coming of the railway in 1842 changed all this.
The Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company built the line through Chorley, offering free season tickets for 20 years to Manchester businessmen including wealthy cotton barons who built houses with a rateable value of more than £50 within a mile of the station, this 'season ticket' was in the form of a small silver oval which could be worn on a watch chain. The railway also gave Alderley Edge its current name, the railway company did not want its new station called Chorley because of the possible confusion with Chorley in Lancashire, so, in 1880 they renamed it Alderley Edge railway station against much opposition, taking the old name for the village, as it first appears in 1086 as 'Aldredelie' and the name of the sandstone escarpment already known as The Edge.
This period also saw the appearance of buildings which are now landmarks, St Philip's Church, Alderley Edge with its 175 ft (53 m) spire was built in 1853 and the village primary school a year later. Two all-girls schools were opened, St Hilary's in 1876 and Mount Carmel in 1945, which then merged in 1999 to form Alderley Edge School for Girls. A boys' school, The Ryleys School, was opened in 1877. The Methodist Church in Chapel Road was built ten years after St Philip's.
The village itself winds up a high street bristling with restaurants, designer shops and speciality food shops. Around the village, winding lanes are covered in their original sandstone setts and front boundary walls are usually built from the same local sandstone.
Alderley Edge is now probably better known as part of Cheshire's Golden Triangle (named after LA's Platinum Triangle in the US), and is noted for its expensive properties, pleasant countryside, celebrities and entrepreneurs, attracting numerous Premier League footballers, actors and multi-millionaire North-Western business people. It is now one of the most expensive and sought-after places to live in the UK outside of central London.
*** Congratulations to BandMandAandA on FTF ***
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