Showing posts with label Oswald Fields. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Oswald Fields. Show all posts
Tuesday, 4 January 2022

Oswald Field, five cottages, a slice of rural Chorlton, and a bit of a mystery part 1

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Today I decided to take a walk along one of the old field boundaries. But of course as you would expect I have chosen to take the jour...
Saturday, 10 April 2021

Oswald Field, five cottages, a slice of rural Chorlton, and a bit of a mystery part 3

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I think this will be the last of the stories on Oswald Field. Over the last few days I have walked its field boundary, explored the f...
Friday, 9 April 2021

Oswald Field, five cottages, a slice of rural Chorlton, and a bit of a mystery part 2

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Oswald Road  I  recently walked the field boundary of Oswald Field and today I want to think about the cottages. There were five of...
Saturday, 25 January 2020

What is in a name? Part 1 .... Oswald Lane and Fielden Avenue

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Fielden Avenue today It is often those little roads in the township which intrigue me most. Take Fielden Avenue and Oswald Lane, whi...
Sunday, 23 June 2019

A correction ………… down at Oswald Field with John Anthony Hewitt

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Now, I like the way that stories on the blog are often followed up by contributions by people. And today I am pleased that John Anthony H...
Monday, 26 June 2017

In search of the Black Brook as it flows through Chorlton

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It exists that much I know, because it is there in contemporary accounts from the 19th century and even showed up in a joint local authori...
Wednesday, 12 March 2014

What’s in a name? ........ Part two, fifty years in the story of Oswald Lane and Fielden Avenue

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Oswald lane in 1961 Now as much as Oswald Lane and Fielden Avenue fascinated me I have to admit I had not walked down either of them fo...
Sunday, 27 May 2012

Coming soon, Oswald Field, five cottages, a slice of rural Chorlton and a bit of a mystery

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It started as a simple story of five cottages on the edge of the township, and turned into something much more.  They were the homes of ...