An Industrial and Pottery Walk round Buckley - Number 30 and 31"

Hawkesbury Hall, Mill Lane, Buckley

1967

see entry 1.239

AN INDUSTRIAL AND POTTERY WALK ROUND BUCKLEY - NUMBERS 30 AND 31

30. Adjacent to the school is Hawkesbury House, now derelict. It was a poineer of a community centre, bought by a small group of benefactors and handed to the community for cultural activities. Its upkeep was maintained from the income derived from the Buckley Amateur Pantomime Company as well as additional sums from from the efforts of the participating groups using it. It was built by Jonathan Catherall II in 1801 when he moved from his dwelling place amongst the kilns at the Hope and Anchor Public House. The dining room was registered by Catherall as a meeting place for dissenters. The parliamentary procedure for this act was assisted by a Lord Hawkesbury. Catherall, in appreciation, named his residence Hawkesbury Place. It is the only genuine place of heritage left in Buckley. A small outdoor museum of industrial relics was established in the grounds which had been established in the quadrangle of the school.

31. The construction of the playing fields behind the school disturbed the waster heaps of Charles Price's Pottery. The kilns were destroyed about 1960.

Author: Bentley, James

An Industrial and Pottery Walk round Buckley - Number 30 and 31"

Hawkesbury Hall, Mill Lane, Buckley

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