Ashton Freehold

Victorian suburb in Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston, created by a Freehold Land Society. Researching its development over time. PGR @UClan. Heritage interpreter.

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

Hidden in plain sight - a freehold land society estate laid out in the 1860s in #AshtonOnRibble, just outside #Preston. Who was behind it? Who bought plots? Who lived here? Were they Liberal voters? Teetotal? Working-class? So many assumptions - looking for the evidence.

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

Am intrigued and looking forward to finding out more about this aspect of @Newnham_College's history.

[IHR Women's History Seminar @IHRWomen]

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[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

@EskdaleMill - brilliantly explained and brought to life. Winner of an @AHI_Social Engaging People Award in 2021.

[Eskdale Mill @EskdaleMill]

Complete with original working milling machinery, Eskdale Mill is one of the few places in the UK where you can find double overshot waterwheels, a traditional oats drying rack and ingenious mechanisms made from local wood, metal and stone.

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

@east_raintoncc @neheritagelib These people would love to know about them:
https://t.co/JI1YJq4UoK

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

@dgallagher000 @CHPPC_IHR @OnePlaceStudies Yes! Thanks to the amazing @natlibscotmaps. This should link to the whole map covering Cannon Hill and Tulketh Hall https://t.co/dscoGgTwpH
And even better, there's a town plan https://t.co/qhjEKJLmiX

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

Hidden in plain sight - a freehold land society estate laid out in the 1860s in #AshtonOnRibble, just outside #Preston. Who was behind it? Who bought plots? Who lived here? Were they Liberal voters? Teetotal? Working-class? So many assumptions - looking for the evidence.

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

@gilmount101 @bushontheradio Stanfield?

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

@LBFlyawayhome I had to fracture my big toe to get a pair of those open-toed sandals. Not intentionally, but an unexpected benefit...

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

@jimlux @oldenoughtosay Whereas Sough (in Craven to avoid wars of the roses) is pronounced Suff.

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

@toria_jay @oldenoughtosay The middle ground is Slathwaite...

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

@MrsNiddyNoddy @oldenoughtosay Not forgetting the other Claughton (Lancashire). And Aughton (Lancashire) and Aughton (Lancashire) - the second one does at least rhyme with the nearby Claughton.

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

@thefleetman @1418research Also this earlier example from the Crimean War https://t.co/e2v6Qb66wE
More information in the link to the story.
@artukdotorg @hunterian

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

@hiddensouthport @natlibscotmaps I also suspect it has something to do with Cockersand Abbey and routes across the Fylde. And interesting that it seems to mark the boundary between Amounderness and Lonsdale hundreds. Ask Wyre Archaeology on FB.

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

Miss St John Conway is better known under her married name, Katherine Bruce Glasier. https://t.co/TdMzO0R2Fp
#Newnham

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

Miss K St John Conway of @Newnham_College's 'impassioned address was listened to in the most attentive manner, the spectacle of a large number of men following the words of a lady speaker with such thoughtfulness being rather uncommon in Preston'!
https://t.co/rMcdTDp1Rf

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

Hoping to see the old road through the @Newnham_College site...

[HistoricTownsTrust @hist_towns]

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[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

@simondmd @OnePlaceStudies Lovely to see pictures of the mill and river. I think they also inspired Minnow on the Say which was my favourite book of hers.

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

@LFBMuseum Have always been fascinated by the working life at Euston fire station, seen from the bus at the traffic lights. But now realise that I've missed some of the lovely architectural details. Those gateposts! https://t.co/UOyBJ4DXGt

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

@thelonningsguy @OnePlaceStudies Sounds and looks brilliant. And a chance to visit the wonderful @EskdaleMill beforehand for a cracking day out.

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

Amazing woman, but a suffragist not a suffragette. For most of her life she lived in Lancashire and her papers are @LancsArchives. @JillLiddington wrote an excellent biography about her - worth tracking down.

[The Women of Wessex #XX @WomenOfWessex]

Pelted with eggs by men in Haworth in 1913 for speaking up for women, Cornish suffragette Selina Cooper declared "I'm stopping here whatever you throw, so go and fetch all the stuff you've got. This blooming village would never have been known but for three women: the Brontes.”

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

@findmypast Found the only reference to the house name 'Happy Cottage' in the 1885 Urban Ashton Valuation Book. Love what it says about the owning/occupying family. Six years later, new occupants and it was called Brentwood... #HouseHistoryHour

[Ashton Freehold @AshtonFreehold]

While everyone is settling in for #HouseHistoryHour...
Just realised it's #WorldMilkDay and remembered one of the best history talks ever. Discover the world of cowkeepers and their distinctive buildings and history. Start here https://t.co/Rtv6RP04PK. Better - go to a talk!