Catalogue description JOHN WHITE AND CO., ESTATE AGENTS

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Reference: DWW
Title: JOHN WHITE AND CO., ESTATE AGENTS
Description:

The collection includes a large number of maps, which have been listed under the ref DWW 1. This section is arranged as follows:-

 

Tithe maps (drafts), in alphabetical order of township c1827-1849

 

Blackburne estate: Hale, Halewood, Ditton, Tarbock and Warrington c1758-1947

 

Fox estate: Appleton, Lymm, Statham, Pickmere, Reddish 1818-1941

 

Greenhall estate: Daresbury, Moore, Preston Brook, Warrington 1885-1912

 

Greenall, Whitley & Co: Stockton Heath, Warrington 1877-1916

 

Lyon estate: Appleton, Cronton, Warrington, Wigan 1835-1954

 

Wilson-Patten estate: Catterall, Landican, Poulton-le-Fylde, Preesal, Rixton,-cum-Glazebrook, Warrington, Winmarleigh 1748-1914

 

General series: in alphabetical order of township 1747-c1950
Date: 1827-1950
Held by: Cheshire Archives and Local Studies, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

John White and Co, Warrington, estate agents
Physical description: 8 Series
Subjects:
  • Blackburne family of Hale, Lancashire
  • Lyon family of Appleton, Cheshire
  • Wilson Patten family of Winmarleigh
  • Fox family of Girsby
Administrative / biographical background:

The firm of John White and Co. estate agents were established in Bold Street, Warrington in the early 19th century. The founder of the business was Henry White, a noted land surveyor in North Cheshire and South Lancashire in the 1830s and 1840s. He was responsible for many of the tithe commutation maps in that area. In the latter part of the 19th century the firm was known as John White, MacIver and Co.

 

The principal clients of the firm were the Blackburne family of Hale, Lyon of Appleton, Wilson-Patten of Winmarleigh and Fox of Girsby.
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