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©Gary Barber
©Sue Adair
©Sue Adair
Part of the housing for Quarry Bank Mill workers
©Peter Fuller
Looking along the steps of Oak Cottages, towards Styal County Primary School. The cottages and school were built in the early 1820s by Samuel Greg, owner of Quarry Bank Mill, to house the workers and educate the children. They form part of the estate developed by the Greg family and donated to the National Trust in 1939. They form part of the most complete and least altered factory colony of the Industrial Revolution. The school the row of cottages are both Grade II listed buildings.
©David Dixon
A row of seven terraced cottages, built in the early 1820s to house workers from Quarry Bank Mill. They are listed Grade II by English Heritage and are part of the Styal Estate donated to the National Trust in 1939.
©David Dixon
The mediæval village cross rebuilt on this site in 1983. The upper half of the cross has recently (2010) been restored. [[[394170]]], Sue Adair's photograph from 2007, shows it before restoration. The plaque at the base of the cross gives us more information: “This cross was originally located at Cross Farm, Styal. Around 1860 it was moved by Rovert Hyde Greg to Holly Lane where it stood until 1980 when it was demolished in a car accident. The vase, thought to me medieval, was rebuilt in 1983 on this site but the upper column remained a truncated stump until 2010. A campaign, instigated the the Styal Village Association, raised sufficient funds to rebuild the upper half and restore the cross back to its original state.” Styal Cross is a Grade II Listed Structure (http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-414128-styal-cross-wilmslow - British Listed Buildings)
©David Dixon
Remains of a stone cross, believed to be medieval, which originally stood on Styal Green but was moved to its present position in front of Norcliffe Chapel in 1981.
©Sue Adair
Cottages in Styal Village were built by the Samuel Greg for his workers at Quarry Bank Mill.
©Sue Adair
©Colin Park
The Greg family, owners of Quarry Bank Mill, were Unitarians and built Norcliffe Chapel in 1823. It is a Grade II Listed Building (http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-414370-norcliffe-chapel-wilmslow - British Listed Buildings).
©David Dixon
Picture postcard cottage and English country garden.
©Peter Fuller
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©Peter Ward
Dist:0.1km<br/>Oak Farm was bought by Samuel Greg, the owner of Quarry Bank Mill, in 1802. He converted some of the farm buildings to house the workers for the mill and later, as the mill increased in size, used some of the farmland to construct purpose-built housing for the workforce. The rest of farm continued to provide meat, eggs and dairy products for the village. The farm and village formed part of the estate donated to the National Trust in 1939, They form part of the most complete and least altered factory colony of the Industrial Revolution.
©David Dixon
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©Trevor Harris

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