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Tatton
Official visitor guide produced in association with the
Visit Chester & Cheshire regional tourist board.
Saturday, 31st July 2010
Mills and Mansions
The Textile Triangle area is full of architectural gems from a bygone era, which still have many of their original features. Majestic mills, humble weavers cottages and grand houses. Imagine life in the mills and find out about the fabrics in the setting of luxurious homes such as Capesthorne Hall. Learn about the beautiful fabrics that are still used in their original rooms.
Visit the mansion at Tatton Park and see the powerhouse that was the huge kitchens, giving you a contrasting view of domestic life in the 1800's. Learn about the working conditions during the 1930’s when the mills prospered, at the award winning Silk Museum: Paradise Mill with its 26 jacquard hand looms. Or step back in time, over 500 years and marvel at the delights of the picture book moated manor-house named Little Moreton Hall, with its Elizabethan long gallery, cobbled courtyard and Great Hall.
See Brindley Mill a restored water-powered corn-mill built by James Brindley, the celebrated engineer who lived from 1716 to 1722 and visit the small museum dedicated to Brindley’s life and achievements. Waterpower was the wonder of the late 18th Century, and today you can see this technological breakthrough in action at Quarry Bank Mill & Styal Estate. Award-winning galleries are devoted to water and steam power, with hands-on displays and exhibits, an 1830s Beam Engine and a Horizontal Steam Engine which steam daily.
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Macclesfield
Dating from 1719, Capesthorne Hall dominates the landscaped park punctuated with groups of trees and three serene lakes.
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Historic House / Palace
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Knutsford
With forty indoor servants to spit and polish, cook and clean, wash and iron, this elegant Regency mansion was a constant bustle of activity in the days of the Egerton family which owned the house from the turn of the 18th century. With its impressive south-facing portico dominating the view of the...
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Historic House / Palace
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Audlem
The ground floor has gifts, canal guides and books set amongst the hoppers and chutes of the mill building. You will find gifts for most occasions, as well as canal souvenirs and gifts, and probably the best selection of canal books.
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Shop / Shopping Centre
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Styal
One of our garden’s greatest secrets has been revealed!
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Water Mill
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Congleton
Step back in time, over 500 years.
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Historic House / Palace
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Knutsford
The Old Hall is set in an enclosure in the parkland between the beautiful mere and the site of an Anglo Saxon village with its landscape history trail.
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Museum
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Leek
The Brindley Mill Preservation Trust maintains and operates this restored water-powered corn-mill built by James Brindley, the celebrated engineer who lived from 1716 to 1722.
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Water Mill
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Congleton
Come and spend time at the new Victoria Mill Arts Centre in Congleton which hosts a variety of free arts and crafts workshops throughout the year as well as an excellent exhibition area, studio space for artists, a cafe, an art and craft shop and fra
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Arts Centre
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Stoke on Trent
A 17th century timber-framed farmhouse with an outstanding collection of textiles, ceramics and furniture.
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Historic Site
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