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- Sarah Handford was the mother of William .
1851 Census Adlington Cheshire.
Bradley Brow.
Samual Hardford.Head Married, 46.Coal Agent & Farmer of 65 Acres employing 11 Labourers ,born Mellor Derbyshire.
Elizabeth Handford, Wife , 38, born Leeds.
Sarah Handford,Daughter,Unmarried,22, Farmers Daughter, born Stockport.
Joseph Handford, Son, 7, Scholar, Born Stockport.
Elizabeth Handford, 4,
Mary Handford, 3
Joseph Downs ,Servant, unmarried, 27
1861 Census Butley. Cheshire
Old Admiral Rodney.
Thomas Shadwell, Head, 39, Publican, born Adlington.
Sarah Shadwell, Wife, 32, Publicans wife, Born Stockport.
John W .Shadwell, 12 , Scholar, born Hucarkin ?, Manchester.
George H. Shadwell,5, Scholar, " " "
Thomas H, Shadwell,4, " " "
Adam Shadwell,2, born Butley Cheshire.
Samuel Shadwell, 1,born Butley.
William Handford, 6, Adop son, scholar, born Butley.
1871 Census, Butley, Cheshire.
Thomas H Shadwell, Head, Mar, 49, Publican, born Adlington Cheshire.
Sarah Shadwell, Wife, 42, born Stockport.
Henry Shadwell, Son, Unm, born Manchester.
Thomas H Shadwell, Son, 14, Scholar, born Manchester.
Adam Shadwell, Son, 12, Scholar, born Butley.
Samual Shadwell, Son, 10, Scholar, Born Butley.
Ann M Shadwell, Daug, 9, Scholar, born Butley.
Elizabeth Shadwell, Sister, Unmarried, 53, born Adlington.
Tom Shadwell from nearby Adlington became the innkeeper here. With the arrival of the railway Prestbury became a popular place to reside. In 1861 he is described as the publican here with his wife Sarah. They had seven children and employed a servant. There were many silk weavers in the vicinity at this period. Tom Shadwell died here on April 12th 1875 aged 53. His ghost is reputed to be one of the ghosts that haunt the Admiral Rodney.
The sound of children whispering, are alleged to have been heard also. At one period there were six alehouses and inns to be found in the village of Prestbury. In 1881 Sarah Shadwell lived here, and is described as a licensed victualler, with her daughter Ann, who helped at the inn and her son Will, who was a tea dealer, she employed Martha Bracegirdle aged 15 as a servant. Like a lot of properties in the village, The Admiral Rodney had been for some considerable time the property of the Legh Family of Adlington Hall. Prestbury "wakes" were held on the village roads, where roundabouts, Morris dancers, a greasy pole with a leg of mutton on top, swing-boats, coconut shies, and a performing monkey, between the 11th-17th July. In the village stood a bake house, where housewives took their own loaves to be baked in an oven heated by burning logs. Twice a year, Fairs were held on April 28th and October 22nd. The April Fair is noted for a large show of cattle. An annual event was the arrival of "Pig Nellie", an enormous woman, who came from Mobberley. She drove herself in a donkey cart and usually had six pigs to sell near the churchyard.
1881 Census Cheshire.
Dwelling: Admiral Rodney
Census Place: Butley, Cheshire, England
Source: FHL Film 1341835 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 3487 Folio 43 Page 1
Marr Age Sex Birthplace
Sarah SHADWELL W 52 F Stockport, Cheshire, England
Rel: Head
Occ: Licensed Victualler
Ann M. SHADWELL U 19 F Butley, Cheshire, England
Rel: Daughter
William HANDFORD U 26 M Butley, Cheshire, England
Rel: Son
Occ: Tin Dealer
Martha E. BRACEGIRDLE 13 F Prestbury, Cheshire, England
Rel: Servant
Occ: Domestic Servant
1901 Census.
William Handford 46 born Cheshire Butley,living at Staffordshire Hanley Grocer Shop Keeper.
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