SALFORD HUNDRED 



MANCHESTER 



ton being regarded as an outlying portion of the 

 Cheshire estates. 4 



A branch of the Hyde family had land in Haugh- 

 ton from the time of Edward IV until 1821, when 

 John Hyde of Ardwick sold his estate to John Lowe 

 of Shepley Hall ; it afterwards descended to the Side- 

 bothams. 4 



Another family, of unknown origin, took the local 

 surname, and their residence was called Haughton 

 Hall. It was owned afterwards by Booths, Holfords, 

 and Bentleys in succession. 6 



The Barlows and Hultons, who hare been noticed 

 under Denton, held lands in this township also. 



The principal landowners in 1797 were George 

 Hyde Clarke and Nathan Hyde. 7 



In connexion with the Established Church St. 

 Mary the Virgin's was consecrated in 1876 ; 8 the 

 Bishop of Manchester collates to the rectory. The 

 patronage of St. Anne's, which was built in 1882, 

 and is also a rectory, is vested in Messrs. J. W. and 

 E. J. Sidebotham. 9 



A Wesleyan chapel was erected as early as 1 8 1 o ; 10 

 the Primitive Methodists began services in 1840." 

 These bodies still have churches in the township. 



HEATON NORRIS 



Hetton, 1196; Heton, 1212; Heaton Norreys, 

 1364 ; Heyton and Heaton Norres, xvi cent. 



This township stretches from Cringle Brook on the 

 rorth to the Mersey on the south, a distance of 2 miles ; 

 it measures about a mile and a half from east to west, 

 and has an area of 2,1 1 5^ acres. The highest ground 

 is in the south, with a steep slope to the Mersey and 

 a gentler decline to the north. The south-eastern por- 

 tion has long been a suburb of Stockport, and was in- 

 cluded in the Parliamentary borough in 1832 and in 



the municipal borough in 1835, forming a distinct 

 ward. The central portion of the township, known 

 as Heaton Chapel and Heaton Moor, has also become 

 urban ; the hamlet of Heaton Mersey lies in the south- 

 west corner. The population numbered 26,250 in 

 1901. 



The principal roads are two from Stockport to 

 Manchester, which join within the township ; one of 

 them is on the track of the Roman road between those 

 places. A third road leads west through Hope Hill 

 and Heaton Mersey to Didsbury, while another runs 

 north-east from Heaton Mersey to Heaton Chapel. 

 There are several bridges over the Mersey. 1 The 

 London and North Western Company's railway from 

 London to Manchester by way of Stockport runs * 

 north-north-west through the township, with stations 

 called Heaton Norris and Heaton Chapel. From this 

 a branch turns off north-east to Ashton. From east 

 to west near the Mersey runs the line of the Great 

 Central Company from Stockport to Warrington, witi 

 a station called Stockport ; it is joined and crossed by 

 the Midland Company's line from Derbyshire through 

 Cheshire, with a station at Heaton Mersey, opened in 

 1875. The Manchester and Stockport Canal has its 

 terminus in the township, near the Mersey. 



The industries of the township comprise cotton 

 mills, bleaching works, thread-making, hat manufac- 

 ture, corn-milling, brick, tile, and earthenware mak- 

 ing, saw mills and rope walks. 



At Heaton Norris is the Sir Ralph Pendlebury orphan 

 charity, founded in 1880 ; la at Heaton Mersey is the 

 Barnes Industrial Home, 8 and a hospital for incur- 

 ables was opened in 1882 in the residence known as 

 Mauldeth Hall. 4a 



In 1 666 there were eighty-seven hearths liable to the 

 tax, but no house in the township had more than four. Sa 



At Peel there are remains of a moat. 63 



allowed Robert son of John (sic) de Hyde 

 to make a millpool on land in Hyde for the 

 benefit of Haughton Mill, at a rent of a 

 clove gillyflower ; Harl. MS. 2H2,fol. 165. 

 William lord of Baguley gave a similar but 

 more liberal permission to John de Hyde 

 in free marriage with Isabel his daughter ; 

 fol. 162. These were the John and Isa- 

 bel of the fine above referred to ; thejr 

 occur in an earlier licence of agreement 

 (1306) respecting lands in Haughton; 

 De Banco R. 161, m. 56. 



Simon de Gousill gave Thomas de 

 Macclesfield the wardship of the heir of 

 John son of Robert de Hyde in Denton 

 and Haughton ; Harl. MS. 2112, fol. 162. 



Alexander de Hyde, the brother of John, 

 was ancestor of the Hydes of Denton. 



4 Sir John de Hyde in 1357 made a 

 ?ettlement of his manors, including 

 Haughton, with remainders to Roger son 

 of Margaret daughter of Sir John de 

 Davenport (apparently the first wife of 

 Sir John), and to William, Robert, Ralph, 

 Hugh and Margery, brothers and sisters 

 of Roger; Harl. MS. 2112, fol. 163. 

 Four years later John son of William 

 Hulcockson de Baguley (a feoffee) granted 

 to Sir John de Hyde and Alice his wife 

 the manor of Haughton, with remainder 

 to William de Hyde son of Margaret de 

 Davenport and to Robert, Hugh and 

 Margery as above; fol. 163 d., 163. At 

 this time William the son of Sir John was 

 espoused to Ellen daughter of Richard de 

 Bramhall, and Haughton is named in the 

 settlement ; fol. 1636. 



The feoffees of Robert son of John de 

 Hyde restored to him his manor of Haugh- 

 ton in 1377; ibid. fol. 163^. It thus 

 appears that the elder brothers, Roger and 

 William, had died without issue. Ralph, 

 another brother, was ancestor of the 

 Hydes of Urmston. Robert de Hyde in 

 1401 made a feoffment of his manors, 

 including Haughton ; fol. 165 d. 



A claim for debt was made against John 

 Hyde in 1445 ; Pal. of Lane. Plea R. 7, 

 m. 1 4. His grandson John, the son of 

 Hamlet son of John Hyde, was in 1453-4 

 contracted to marry Margaret daughter of 

 William Booth son of Sir Robert ; Harl. 

 MS. 2112, fol. 1 66. Ten years later 

 (3 Edw. IV) Hamlet Hyde of Norbury 

 made a feoffment of all his manors and 

 lands in Haughton, except certain held by 

 Robert Shepley and others ; this was for 

 the benefit of Joan his wife ; ibid. fol. 

 167. In 1478 a remainder to Peter 

 Hyde for life was granted ; ibid. fol. 

 i66d. 



Settlements of the manor of Haughton 

 with messuages, lands, &c., there were 

 made by Edward Hyde in 1 648, by Edward 

 Hyde and Katherine his wife in 1698, 

 and by the Hon. George Clarke in 1752 ; 

 Pal. of Lane. Feet of F. bdle. 144, m. 

 24 ; 240, m. 67 ; 349, m. 68. 



5 Booker, Denton, 137, and information 

 of Mr. E. J. Sidebotham of Erlesdene, 

 Bowdon, the present owner. 



6 Ibid. 136. To Ralph Haughton 22 

 acres of the wastes of Denton (292 acres) 

 were allotted in 1596 ; ibid. 5. 



323 



' Land tax returns at Preston ; the 

 former paid over a third of the tax. A 

 list of the landowners in 1853 is printed 

 by Booker, op. cit. 135 ; the principal 

 were Edward Hyde Clarke and Edward 

 Lowe Sidebotham. The incumbent of 

 Denton Chapel held 26 acres. 



8 For district see Land. Gaz. 4 July 

 1879. Ibid. 9 Dec. 1881. 



10 Booker, op. cit. 140. u Ibid. 



1 The bridge at Stockport is ancient, 

 and is mentioned in 1292 ; Assize R. 408, 

 m. 39 d ; Ormerod, Ches. (ed. Helsby), iii, 

 797. See 'Wobrythe Bridge ' in a later 

 note. In 1745 it was broken down by 

 the Liverpool Blues to prevent the Young 

 Pretender crossing. In 1 826 a new turn- 

 pike road was opened, it goes from Man- 

 chester to Buxton and is carried on eleven 

 arches over the town of Stockport ; 

 Booker, Didsbury (Chet. Soc.), 185. 



2 There is a great viaduct over the 

 Mersey, on twenty-two arches. 



23 See p. 203, above. 



8 Certified in 1871 ; Land. Gaz. 1 6 June. 



4a The name is supposed to be a corrup- 

 tion of Marled Earth. It was built by 

 Joseph Chessborough Dyer, inventor ai d 

 financier (Diet. Nat. Biog.), and was after- 

 wards owned by Edward Wright. It was 

 purchased in 1854 as a residence for the 

 then Bishop of Manchester ; Booker, op. 

 cit. 183-4. 



5a Subs. R. bdle. 250, no. 9. 



8a Lanes, and Ches. Antiq. Soc. iii, 192 ; 

 xvii, 224-9. It is not certain that there 

 was any dwelling there. 



