Mrs Gaskell’s House
Locations 2: The Rest of Cheshire
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Havannah, Congleton
Havannah is known as the deserted village – when the mill closed everyone moved out.
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Congleton NSR station
View through Congleton NSR station from the south. The level crossing was eliminated by the construction of the main road flyover.
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Knutsford 1865
While taken in Knutsford, Cheshire, the title of this postcard in ‘The High Street, “Cranford,” 1865’ alluding of course to Elizabeth Gaskell
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‘Kainit’ promotion
Back of a promotional card. Description of Kainit and how to use it to grow mangels. See 134-29 for more on this.
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‘Kainit’ promotion
A promotional card for Kainit, a potash rich addition to the fertiliser put on the land to increase crop production. The crop in question is Mangels, a root crop that used to be grown to provide winter feed for cattle and sheep. The crop has gone out of favour and is rearly grown from the 1960s on. Picture taken at Henshaw Hall, Siddington. See 134-29 for a description which is printed on the back of the card.
