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From: "Trena" <>
Subject: Re: [CHS] Buerton Hall, near Nantwich
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 13:40:58 -0400
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----- Original Message -----
From: "allen williams"
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 4:58 AM
Subject: Re: [CHS] Buerton Hall, near Nantwich


> My guess, therefore, is that Buerton Hall has had several incarnations,
> possibly on or near the present site, with a notable house demolished
> sometime around 1800 being one of them. I say this simply because those
> writing the documents in the 1840s clearly knew of the former existence of
> the house and its site had clearly not been put to another use by the
> 1840s (or they would have referred to it in the then new use to which it
> had been put).

Your comments above caused me to chuckle, as they reminded me of our visit
to my husband's great-grandparents' graves at St. Peter's Church in
Melverley Shrops. The Vicar and the Groundsman kept referring to St.
Peter's as the 'new' church, with mentions of the 'old' church having burnt
to the ground. The 'new' church looked extremely old to us ... even to my
Sussex born/bred husband. Our [then 18y old] daughter eventually asked the
Vicar when the 'new' church had been built? His answer was 1406.

Un-interrupted services have been held on the exact spot since sometime
around the 12th C, to this day.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tudorbarlow/3459098337/ which says 1408, not
1406. (G-grandparents' gravestones can be seen in the photo. They lived
next door, at Church House.)

As you say, if another use had not replaced the original, locals would still
refer to the old.

Toni

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