entitled 'Newspaper Cuttings', where I
have placed a few newspaper cuttings
from the 1800's. There are also some more
recent dated cuttings that have just been added. The articles relate to
the Summerseat area.
I do hope that you enjoy your visit to the Summerseat web site.
This site is dedicated to
information about Summerseat, which is a village about 8
miles North of Manchester, and 2 miles North of Bury, which are in
Lancashire, UK.
I have had many really nice e-mails from many
people from around the world that have enjoyed their visit to this site.
Richard Hamer who is the 3xGreat Grandson of the Richard Hamer
who had many interests in the village of Summerseat, made a short
visit to Summerseat at the end of April 2007. It was great to meet him, and also a
pleasure to have been able to give him a tour of the village, he
even managed to see inside Summerseat House, Richard was really
grateful to the staff who had made this possible, Summerseat House
was the home of his 3xGreat Grandfather. Richard also enjoyed lunch
in the Hamer's Arms Public House and enjoyed chatting to the Landlord
& Landlady about the history of the area.
Richard lives in the USA, and was in Europe
on his holidays when he decided to make a short visit to see the
area that his ancestors came from. Richard does hope to make another
visit to the area in the future.
We have become very good friends.
Richard Hamer at Hamer Terrace, Summerseat.
You can read more about the Hamer family on the 'Mills of
Summerseat' and the 'About Summerseat' pages of this site. Richard
has supplied me with some lovely pictures and information, and has given me
permission to share these with you all on the Summerseat website,
and I am really grateful to him. I have also added a small family tree of Richard Hamer, who was
born in the mid 1700's.
I am sure that you will find it interesting.
I have placed Transcriptions that
I have done of the 1841, 1871 & 1881 censuses of Summerseat on this
site, I do hope you find
some of your ancestors here.
I have now added a couple of extra pages to
this site, you can see them on the 'Opening of the ELR' page, I have
placed a few very old newspaper cuttings that I have come across
which relate to the opening of the railway, and also one that
relates to a fatal railway accident which occurred close to
Summerseat station in 1855.
You can also take a train ride from Bury to Summerseat, by
watching this interesting piece of old film that was taken during
1966, Click Here to see the film.
I have been sent this very good photo which shows the
Summerseat Wesleyan prize choir, 1st May 1920.
We only know 1 person in the photo, front row 4th from left,
Emily Haworth (married Daniel Bamford). It would be great if we can
place more names of the people who are in the photo, so if you
happen to know any of the choir members,
Many thanks to Jen Grady who sent me the copy of the photo, and
also for allowing me to place it on the Summerseat Web Site.
If
you happen to have any information that you think would go well on
this site, including photos, then please contact me, as I would be
only to pleased to accommodate further interesting pieces about
Summerseat.
This
site is a branch from our main Ward Family Website, and I do hope
that you make a visit to our main site when you have finished here,
as we have so much information there for you to see, not only about
our family history, but also there are sections on Britain in the
1800's, also a Military section, plus many census extracts, and so
much more, it is a very popular site.
I have tried to make this site easy to get around, and have placed
many photos to show how our village looks.
Well
I think it is now time for you to enjoy your trip around our
Summerseat website, I do hope that you enjoy your visit, and please
call back from time to time, as this site will be growing all the
time, as I add more interesting information for you about our lovely
village of Summerseat.
Please spare a few minutes to sign our guestbook when you have had a
look around, as I would really like to know your views on this
site.
If
you have come here via our Ward Family Website, you can easily get
back by using the Ward Family Website link on the navigation bar on
the left, when you have finished here.
Here is a lovely bit of history, as you can
now travel on this short train ride from Bury to Stubbins, stopping
at Summerseat and Ramsbottom stations. This film was taken in 1966.
These are not personal recommendations, and I cannot rate them,
as I have not myself stayed in any of the establishments.
If you have stayed at one of the following places, then I would
welcome any comments, so as I can pass these on to others who plan
to visit our lovely part of England, Thank You.
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