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Knutsford Road
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Cranage School. The original school was built in 1770 by Thomas Bayley Hall of the Hermitage. It was rebuilt by Lawrence Armitstead of Cranage Hall in 1849. Originally a Blue Coat School, it was later a Church of England School. The school closed in 1990.
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Class at Cranage School c1926
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Class at Cranage School c1929
![](images/KnutsfordRoad/HawthorneVilla.jpg)
Hawthorn Villa, now demolished, taken in 2000. Site of Hawthorn Villas.
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Painting of the old Wesylan Chapel, originally a cottage built in 1787. It was converted into a chapel in 1813. It adjoined the Knutsford Rd Church Yard and went out of use when the Knutsford Road Methodist Chapel was built in 1900.
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The Old Mill (now Massey's Mill).
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View above the wier at the mill bridge on River Dane.
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The wier on the River Dane.
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Laying the foundation stone at Knutsford Road Methodist Church, 23rd May 1900. The first service was held 5th November 1900.