record 1494/1 - Bollin Hall

Bollin Hall, the manor of the Booth family. In the early 13th C, Sir Richard Fitton granted the manor of Fulshaw (RN:1475/1) to the Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, but retained that part of the lordship of Fulshaw, which became the manor of Bolyn. The first mention of the 'lordship of Bolyn' appears in the 13th C. In 1421, Bolyn lordship was again divided, Styal & Dean Row & the mills on the river Bollin became the portion of the Booth family, who retained their old manor house of Bollin Hall, as an occasional place of residence. The Hall stood c.0.25 mile E of Wilmslow Church. It was a large, square brick building, which probably occupied the site of the old hall of the Fittons & the Venables. There were remains of extensive gardens around it. It was pulled down when the railway was built & part of the site is now occupied by the railway viaduct (1).

<1> Earwaker, J P, 1877-1880, East Cheshire Past & Present, 1/1877/43+52+60-61 (Y) (Book). SCH1080.

<2> Pearson A, 1901, Wilmslow Past and Present, /31 (Book). SCH3714.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ88SE3/1964 (Index). SCH2487.