Land Sales In Culcheth, Glazebury & Croft in 1905

THE LONDON GAZETTE
NOVEMBER 10, 1905

In the High Court of Justice – Chancery Division.
Manchester District Registry.
Re LORD, deceased.
HINMERS v. TAYLOR.
1902. Letter H. No. 1040.
Glazebury, Culcheth, and Southworth-with-Croft, Lancashire.
 Valuable freehold fully-licensed Hotel, well secured chief and ground rents, excellent country cottages and gardens, and compact and fertile Farms.
PURSUANT to Order made in the above action;
Mr. John Mainwaring (the person appointed by the Judge) will offer for sale by auction, at the Lion Hotel, Warrington, on Wednesday, 22nd November, 1905, at 3 o'clock P.M. prompt, the following lots :-


 In Glazebury.       
Lot 1 .- Seven cottages, Nos. 247, 249, 263, 265, 267, 269 and 271,Warrington Road, with the gardens and appurtenances thereto, producing a gross annual rental of £48 10s. Site, 3,231 square yards or thereabouts.
Lot 2 .- (a) Six cottages, Nos. 234 to 244, even numbers inclusive, Warrington Road, with the gardens and appurtenances thereto, producing a gross annual rental of £36 10s. Site, 2,057 square yards or thereabouts.
(b) The detached dwelling-house, No. 228. Warrington Road, with large garden thereto, producing the gross annual rental of £9 10s. Site, 1,487 square yards or thereabouts.
(c) The pair of semi-detached cottages, Nos. 220 and 222, Warrington Road, with the gardens thereto, producing a gross annual rental of £11 19s. Site, 2,050 square yards or thereabouts.


NOTE - The nine houses comprised in this lot will, in the first instance, be offered as one property, and if not so sold, then in the separate portions above specified
 
 Lots 3, 4, 5, and 6 - The following ground rents reserved upon leases for 999 years, with the freehold reversions to which they are incident :-


Lot 3
Two houses, Nos. 208 and 210 Warrington Road(448 Sq. yds. Rent £2 16s)
One house, No. 206 Warrington Road (224 Sq. yds. Rent £1 8s.)
One house, No. 204 Warrington Road (224 Sq. yds. Rent £1 8s.)
One house, No. 202 Warrington Road (243 Sq. yds. Rent £1 15s. 6d.)
One house, No. 200 Warrington Road (221 Sq. yds. Rent £1 15s. 2d.)
Two houses, Nos. 212 and 214 Warrington Road (451 Sq. yds. Rent £2 16s. 4d.)


Total Rent £11 19s. 0d.
 
Lot 4
Glazebury Branch of the Leigh Co-operative Stores, with cottage and barn adjoining (1538 Sq. yds. Rent £24)
Lot 5
Glazebury Post Office and house adjoining Nos. 176 and 174 Warrington Road (368 Sq. yds. Rent £3 1s. 4d.)
Lot 6
Five houses, Nos. 164 to 172, even numbers inclusive, Warrington Road (828 Sq. yds. Rent £6 18s.)


Lot 7 - The perpetual yearly rent charge of £50 issuing out of a plot of land containing 7A. 0R. 27P. or thereabouts, on the easterly side of Warrington Road, and the northerly side of the London and Northwestern Railway, on which are erected the cotton mill of Messrs. Gill and Hartley, a dwelling-house called
"Brook House," and 44 cottages in and near Warrington Road.
With this rent charge are included the mines and minerals under the said plot of land as excepted and reserved by the Indenture of Feoffment limiting the said rent charge.

Lot 8 The Chat Moss Hotel. Photo courtesy of Ray Urbani

Lot 8 - The old established and fully – licensed country Inn called the "Chat Moss Hotel," immediately adjoining Glazebury Railway Station, with the outbuildings, bowling green and land occupied therewith lying on the easterly side of Warrington Road, the total area being 5A, 3R. 37P. or thereabouts.
These premises are let on lease expiring 25th December, 1909, and produce a rental of £81 per annum.

Also the two cottages, Nos. 231 and 233 Warrington Road, with gardens thereto, and another detached garden (now occupied by the tenant of No. 247).
These premises produce the further gross annual rental of £13, and the site, containing 1,752 square yards, forms an important addition to the "Chat Moss Hotel," completing an extensive and valuable frontage to the high road.

Also the perpetual yearly rent charge of £15 receivable in respect of the private road which intersects part of the foregoing premises, and leads from Warrington Road to the "Light Oaks" estate. This rent is secured upon the said "Light Oaks " estate, containing nearly 400 acres.

Lot 9 - The valuable farm containing about
40A. 3R.14P. with the dwelling-house and farm buildings thereon, occupied by John Peters, as yearly tenant, at the rental of £103 5s. The land lies on both sides of Warrington Road, to which it has important frontages, and can be advantageously developed for building purposes.


In Culcheth and Southworth-with-Croft.

Lot 10 - The three cottages (one used as a shop) in Warrington Road, Culcheth, occupied by Messrs. Capper, Clare, and Ball, and producing a gross annual rental of £20 14s.
The site contains 3,055 square yards or thereabouts.


Lot 11 - The two well-built and convenient dwelling houses, with large gardens, situate in Cinder Lane, Culcheth, known as the "Model Cottages," and occupied by Messrs. Barlow and Gibbons. The gross annual rental is £16, and the land (including a strip on the northerly side of Cinder Lane, forming an osier bed) contains 10,970 square yards or thereabouts.


Lot 12 - The following compact and desirable farms, situate at Culcheth, with the dwelling houses and farm buildings thereon,
let to yearly tenants as under :-

a. Four Lane Ends Farm, occupied by Mr. Benjamin Gibbins.
Area, 25A. 1R. 33P. Rent, £64.
b. Orchard Farm, occupied by Messrs. Daxon.
Area, 41A. 3R. 24P. Rent, £99.
c. Cinder Lane Farm, occupied by Mr. Joseph Gibbins.
Area, 14A. 2R. 20P. Rent, £48.
d. Yew Tree Farm, occupied by Mr. John Wood.
Area, 49A. 1R. 37P. Rent, £103.
e. Cross Lane Farm, occupied by Messrs. Savage.
Area, 50A. 2R. 2P. Rent, £107.
f. Oak Farm, occupied by Mr. William Carr.
Area, 71A. 2R. 28P. Rent, £160 10s.
g. Two Butts Farm, occupied by Mr. Henry E. Southern.
Area, 31A. 0R. 34P. Rent, £66 15s. (This has no dwelling-house.)
h. Springfield Farm (in Southworth-with-Croft), also occupied by Mr. Henry E. Southern.
Area, 27A. 2R. 8P. Rent, £62 5s.


This group of fertile and convenient farms lying practically in a ring fence, and having extensive frontages to good roads, will in the first instance be offered together. If not so sold they will be offered separately, except that Springfield Farm and Two Butts Farm will in any case be treated as one.

Four Lane Ends Farm includes a yearly rent of 8s., payable in respect of land held by the Trustees of Risley Chapel.

Portions of Cross Lane Farm, Orchard Farm, and Two Butts Farm, containing altogether about 54 acres, are subject to a reservation of one-half the net proceeds of working the coal thereunder.

Lot 12b Orchard Farm - Now Birchwood Golf Club

Lot 13 - The following excellent and productive farms, with good dwelling-houses and buildings thereon, situate in Southworth-with-Croft, and let on yearly tenancies as under –
 
i. Eaves Brow Farm, occupied by Mr. William Hunt.
Area, 54A. 1R. 20P. Rent, £105.
j. Oak Tree Farm, occupied by Mr. Lewis Birchall.
Area, 75A. 0R. 9P. Rent, £176.
k. Mount Pleasant Farm, also occupied by Mr. Lewis Birchall.
Area, 18A. 2R. 17P. Rent, £54.

These three farms will first be offered in one group, and if not so sold, Eaves Brow Farm will be offered separately, and Oak Tree and Mount Pleasant Farms together.
 
With Eaves Brow Farm are included three receivable yearly rents of £3 5s., £3 5s., and 4s. 6d.
 
Lot 14 - The two cottages situate in New Lane, Southworth-with-Croft, occupied by Messrs. Lythgoe and Waywell, and producing a gross annual rental of £12. The site contains 2,775 square yards or thereabouts.
 
Lot 15 - The two cottages known as "Moss Cottages”, Southworth - with - Croft, and about 2 acres of land occupied therewith. These are let to Messrs. Miller and Whitefield, and produce a gross annual rental of £14.
 
For further information, application may be made to
Messrs. James Atherton and Son, Surveyors and Land Agents, 13, Mawdsley-street, Bolton, and (as to the farms and cottages) to Mr. Henry E. Southern, Springfield Farm, Croft.
 
Particulars, plans, and conditions of sale may be had from
Messrs. Atherton and Son;
from the Auctioneer, Bridge Street, Warrington;
Messrs. Grundy, Kershaw, Samson, and Co. Solicitors,
31, Booth Street, Manchester;
Messrs. Clowes, Hickley, and Steward, Solicitors,
10, King's Bench Walk, Temple, London, E.C.;
Messrs. Miller and Smiths, Solicitors, 3, Salters' Hall Court,
London, E.C.;
or from the Vendor's Solicitors,
Messrs. Gill, Radford, and Co., 79, Fountain-street, Manchester.
 
W. H. S. WATTS, District Registrar.

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Lot 4 - Glazebury Co-Operative Stores

Below is the only image i have of the Glazebury Co-Op store, which is of very poor quality. The notes that came with it are from the Leigh Friendly Co-Operative Society Limited Jubilee 1857 - 1907 and state

'In October of 1860 another branch shop was opened at Bury-lane (Glazebury), in a small shop at the end of Hurst Hall-lane, owned by Mr. W. Hill.
In February, 1862, the business was transferred to the premises owned by Messrs. Gill and Hartley at the south end of the block of cottages adjoining their mill. The rent paid for this shop was £24 a year, continued at this sum for 42 years, until the society erected the handsome shop on the opposite side of the street in 1902. Over this shop, as at Lowton, a commodious reading room is provided.'

Glazebury Co-Op, Date Unknown

From the notes and the date they were written, I assume the picture is of the lot for sale. It seems that the first branch was near the top of Hurst (Hall) Lane, moving in 1862 across the road near the mill and then finally to the new location in 1902. I assume from the sales list that this was next to the post office, which is marked on the map below, placing some of the house numbers in different places than they are today.
​If anybody can correct me on this, or has any more information, I'd love to hear from you!

Map with the Post Office (PO) labelled nearly opposite the mill

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