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Extracts from "Old Weaverham, A Pictorial History by the Weaverham History Society"

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This is a typical example of a timber-framed three bay baffle entry house probably built towards the end of the 16th century by a poor hushandman. It possibly lays claim to being the oldest extant building in the village.

Some old timbers and wattle and daub remain, but the thatch was burnt off some years a go.

In 1846. James Hardman and Mary Harrop ran a school here. 70 to 80 years ago, a Virgins' Club met here once a year. The members wore white and marched to a service at the Church and afterwards went to the Star Inn at the corner of Forest Street and High Street, where tradition says. they often feasted less wisely than well.

The cottage was used by the Salvation Army hand at the turn of the century for practice.

In the 1930s. the cottage became a popular cafe for the 'wheelers' or cyclists of that era travelling along the not so busy A49. It was called the 'Copper Kettle'.

The cottage boasts a ghost with a wooden leg. Strange that the last tenant had his leg amputated and an artificial one fitted.

Rose Cottage was built in 1877 at a cost of £100 by a member of the Woodward family who owned the market garden there. It was known as 'Woodwards in the field'. The produce was taken to Warrington weekly, and water was drawn from the well in Well Lane and carried by cart. Miss Mary Woodward's wcckly wage was a box of plants. Opposite in one of the three terraced cottages, Miss Sutton had a school.

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