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Originally Posted by steeljack
Katex , not wanting to disagree with what you posted "following the hill to the south between Hindit Hill and Haislack" if you check 'google earth' its easy to see there is no hill to the south of the Chequers/Hygiene , in fact its a clear open view over what used to be a flat field to the English Electric works,and beyond that the Dunkanhalgh area , from google earth it seems warehouses have now been built on the back field which I remember as a kid from my 'Auntie Maggie/Uncle Thurston (Smith's)' back garden .
question ... did the 'handloom' weavers die out before or after the construction of the canal , know the canal aided the mechanisation of the mills ... thanks
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Sorry for delay .. have been in deep thought ..just emerged. Basically not a clue, but one or two helpul points.
Think 'the hill to the South' only described another location, not the one in Clayton.
The only other reason that I can think of, as to how to Chequers got its name, is that there is a tree indeginous to England called the Chequers Tree .. perhaps they were growing there before development ?
Re. handloom weavers .. only gone off what other researchers have said ... what evidence, I don't know. The canal was certainly there on this map (1845), but only a small block ... the other was added later. There is a cotton mill there too. Which came first ? Notice two Chequers - Further and Middle.
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Also chemical factory ...did this lead to Hygiene being named then ? Chemical Factory not showing on map of 1890.
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