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Pickering Family Locations

Prominent Pickering Locations from the 1500’s to 1800’s

It seems as if our family traveled far and wide in the early years, however if you travel from Thelwall to Daresbury to Crowton to Frodsham, the entire trip is only 21 miles. Our early Pickering families resided for hundreds of years within this area until the early 1700’s when William Pickering [1782-1856] was born in the tiny village of Bradley and eventually became Consul to Mecklenburg, Prussia and a wealthy corn merchant. He had his business at 14 Henry Street Liverpool, and his home at Derby Breck. His younger brother, Peter was born at Sutton Mill near Frodsham and eventually settled in Muggau, Prussia near Danzig.

William’s son, Charles William Harrison Pickering [1815-1881] built his mansion, “Montebello” in Wallasey, which is shown on the tip of the peninsula on the top map. He was a Liverpool corn merchant . From there his eleven Pickering children settled in homes scattered around the world  with a few settling in the U.S.

 

Parish map

Frodsham Parish
Frodsham
Norley

Weaverham Parish
Acton
Crowton (2 mi. west of Weaverham)
Sandyway

Runcorn (Western District)
Halton (Runcorn parish church)
Over Walton

Daresbury District
Action Grange
Daresbury (chapelry)
Halton
Kekwich
Newton ( by Daresbury)
Preston (on the Hill)
Walton Inferior
Walton Superior

Grappenhall Parish/District
Grappenhall
Latchford

Runcorn (Eastern District)
Cdrowley Lodge (or under Great Budworth)
Thelwall Hall

Aston Chapelry
Aston by Sutton
Aston Grange (with Middleton Grange)
Sutton (juxta Frodsham)

Great Budworth
Acton
Anderton
Antrobus
Appleton
Aston (by Budworth)
Barnton
Barterton (1709 BT ex)
Bartinton
Brownslane/Brownslow 9a small place close to Great Budworth chapel)
Budworth (Gr.)
Cogshall
Comberbach
Crowley
Deaconham
Dutton
Great Budworth
Hartford (see Witton)
Higher Whitley
Hurst (in Appleton
[Little] Leigh/Lee ch. a village in G. Burworth, see Crowley [Lodge]

 

Great Budworth (cont’d)
Lower Whitley Ch.
Lodge
Marbury
Marston Pt.
Middlewalk?
Northwich
Higher Whitley (OverWhitley)
Pickmere
Plumley (see Lower Peover Chapelry)
Seven Oaks
Stretton
Tabley Inferior (Nether)
Whitley Superior
Wincham
The Lordship of Over Whitley

Thelwall (twp) (parish from 1870)
Thelwall – Pickering Arms noted but not detailed)

Witton Chapelry
Hartford
Northwich (& Castle Northwich)
Winnington
Witton (cum Twambrook)

Lower Peover Chapelry
Neigher Peover
Plumley

Lymm Parish
Lymm

Rostherne Parish
High Legh
Mere
Tabley Superior

Aston Chapelry (later parish to the south)

Davenham Parish
Davenham

Chester (City)