Styal Cottage Homes
The cottages were actually quite large houses.
Styal cottage homes. Styal cottage homes was founded in 1898 for the care of children under the control of the chorlton board of guardians. My parents bill and jean doherty were houseparents there for quite a few years and i lived there also. In styal village you can discover the domestic lives of the mill workers.
Zillow has 21 homes for sale in pensacola fl matching cottage style. Wilmslow styal cottage homes memories fiona hall. They continued to function as children s homes until the 1950s.
Home maps search site email me. This page has memories and pictures contributed by fiona hall. The foundation stone for the homes was laid on 31 august 1896 by arthur balfour who was then mp for east manchester.
Styal village hub and the worker s cottage. The property is conveniently positioned in styal village only minutes from the motorway network and wilmslow town centre. The village hub houses a permanent exhibition about life in styal and a video about how we restored one of the cottages which you can visit on a guided tour.
It is known locally as the pickled cottage because it has been literally pickled and left untouched and unaltered and empty since the late 1970s. Styal cottage homes were built by the chorlton board of guardians one of many charitable organisations that ran what were called workhouses. 330 000 offers in excess of 4 bedroom mews for sale clarendon cottages styal cheshire situated in the heart of styal village close to the train station this deceptively spacious four bedroomed mews property by wimpey homes was built in 2014 and forms part of a select development of similar properties.
Initially there were 14 cottages and various other buildings housing around 300 children. My name is fiona hall and i have many memories of styal. Styal cottage homes were open from october 1898 to 1956 and housed destitute children from the manchester area.