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46. John Pedley
Confirmed - J Pedley Scroll 10/3/01; precise birthdate and death added.
1881 census gives him as resident of Brassey Hall
Of Tarporley (source: copy of family tree from Gary Hnatowich, receivedAugust, 1998)
64. George Wilson
Bachelor
65. Elizabeth Wilson
Spinster
49. Richard Pedley
aka: Richard "The Dipper" Pedley. Lived at Wheelock 1830 - 1871.(source: copy of family tree from Gary Hnatowich, received August, 1998)
J Pedley
Written by Samuel Pedley
My grandfather, Richard Pedley, was a Cheshire farmer, born in 1800 in the village of Barthomley near Crewe. On leaving Bridge House Farm, (the ancestral home since 1712) to get married, he took a farm "Hall o’the Heath" Haslington, where he had a family of ten children; four Sons and six daughters. He was a man of fine physique, six feet four and a half inches in height. He attended the village church (C of E) Barthomley, where, in the grave-yard, the family tombstone of the Pedleys dates back to 1772. The church may be reckoned among the handsome churches in Cheshire. My grandfather became troubled at the religious ignorance of the village peasantry and their neglected condition in those days. He started tract distributing and preaching in the open air and the people gathered to hear him. After study of the New Testament, he came to the belief, held by Baptists, of confession of faith before baptism. At a village, Wheelock Heath (about three miles away) there was a small Free Church building, erected in 1704, where Presbyterians and Congregationalists worshipped. Here the Rev. Matthew Henry, the well-known Biblical commentator, ordained the first minister in 1706. In my grandfather’s time it was used for preaching and worship on Sundays once a fortnight. By a friendly arrangement a new Trust Deed was granted and a Baptist Church started in this old brick-walled building with thatched roof. Here my grandfather acted as a lay minister for forty one years, where the villagers and farmers gathered for worship on Sunday mornings and late afternoons. He held dedication services for infant children. For a time until a baptistry was built, he baptised believers in an adjacent mere known as Winterley Pool, earning the name of ‘Pedley the Dipper" from his fellow farmers in the district., Later he became one of the first temperance advocates in the north of England, he was present when the first train passed through Crewe in 1840 and made a temperance speech there to a large assembly from a railway goods wagon. My grandmother though a busy dairy farmer’s wife and mother, gave him her loyal support.
From the Baptist Times 18 November 1954250th ANNIVERSARY OF WHEELOCK HEATH EAPTIST CHAPEL
A framed document hangs in the vestry giving a list of ministers over a period of 200 years from 1704 to 1904. One of these, Richard Pedley, held the pastorate for 41 years, his son continued in the ministry for 25 years. He was the great-grandson of an earlier minister, Cornelius Gregory, who ministered for 28 years. Thus grandfather, grandson and great- grandson served the church between them for 94 years. Surely it would be difficult to find a parallel to this record in any part of the country. The average length of the pastorates during the first two centuries was 18 years. The present church was erected in 1860.Wheelock Heath Ministers
1704 to 1731 SILAS SIDEBOTTOM.
1731 to 1742 WILLIAM BOND.
1742 to 1762 EDWARD HARWOOD, D.D.
1774 to 1790 CHAPEL CLOSED.
1790 to 1818 CORNELIUS GREGORY.
1818 to 1824 JOHN COOPER.
1824 to 1830 DAVID GAYTHORPE.
1830 to 1871 RICHARD PEDLEY (Great Grandson of Cornelius Gregory)
1871 to 1879 RICHARD KENNEY
1879 to 1904 RICHARD PEDLEY (Son of above Richard Pedley)
1904 to 1911 BENJAMIN BOWKER
1911 to 1922 No MINISTER but Rev. J. Thomas of Crewe acted as Moderator.
1922 to 1925 A. HILL LEWIS
1926 to 1931 JOHN CHILD
1933 to 1938 G. FRASER CAMPBELL
1946 to 1952 WILLIAM S. SHAW
1954 GORDON ESTONBIOGRAPHY: FROM SAMUEL PEDLEY'S BIOGRAPHY
My grandfather, Richard Pedley, was a Cheshire farmer, born in 1800 in the village or Barthomley, near Crewe. On leaving Bridge House Farm, (the ancestral home since 1712) to get married, he took a farm near "Hall-o-the-Heath" where he had a ,
family of ten children; four sons and six daughters.
He was a man of fine physique, six feet four and a half inches in height.
He attended the village church, Barthomley, where, in the grave-yard, the family tombstone of the Pedleys dates back to1772.
The church may be reckoned among the handsome churches in Cheshire, though not a large edifice. It is of several types of Gothic architecture. The chancel is the oldest part of it, probably erected about the reign of Edward I, 1300. On a corbel over the Crewe Chancel is the date 1589, when Elizabeth was queen.
My grandfather became troubled at the religious ignorance of the village peasantry and their neglected condition in those days. He started tract distributing and preaching in the open air, and the people gathered to hear him. After study of the New Testament, he came to the belief, held by the Baptists, of confession of faith before baptism.
At a village, Wheelock Heath (about three miles away) there was a small Free Church building, erected in 1704, where Presbyterians and Congregationalists worshipped. Here the Rev. Matthew Henry, the well-known Biblical commentator, ordained the first Minister in 1706.
At my grandfather's time it was used for preaching and worship on Sundays once a fortnight. By a friendly arrangement a new Trust Deed was granted and a Baptist Church started in this old brick-walled building with thatched roof.
Here my grandfather acted as lay minister for forty-one years, where the villagers and farmers gathered for Worship on Sunday mornings and late afternoons.
He held dedication services for infant children, for a time, until a Baptistery was built, and he baptised believers in an adjacent small lake known as Winterley Pool, earning the name of "Pedley the Dipper" from his fellow farmers in the district.
Later, he became one of the first Temperance advocates in the North of England. My grandmother, though a busy dairy farmer's wife and mother, gave him her loyal support.
Of Brassey Green (source: copy of family tree from Gary Hnatowich,received August, 1998)
72. Elizabeth Pedley
Fields Farm, Crewe. looks like this was turned into a golf course
http://www.crewegolfclub.co.uk/aboutthe.php
Partly reprosuced here:History
In the beginning...
The earliest beginnings of golf in the Crewe area are shrouded in the mists of time. There is, for instance, some tantalising evidence of Golf being played at various sites in Crewe before 1893. Also, in the day books for 1911 - 1914, which survived the Club House fire of 1969, visitors were naming home clubs at Nantwich, Alvaston, Alsager, and Barthomley as well as such still-thriving clubs as Sandbach, Mossley and Wolstanton.
Of one thing, however, we can be certain, our present Club's origins can be traced back to November 1910 when a group of people, of whom Dr. E. C. Bailey was elected chairman, met at the Euston Coffee Tavern in Earle Street to discuss a proposition that a golf club should be formed. A Provisional Committee was set up to hunt around the vicinity for a suitable site.
By December 1910, Bailey and his committee had examined a number of possibilities, the most suitable being at Mr. Booth's Fields Farm, Haslington. The proposition was:
Rent - £4perannum
Fairways to be mown 60 yards wide beginning 100 yards from the tees
Greens to be made and fenced - not more than 25 sq. yards in area
Bunkers to be allowed provided they did not interfere with cattle grazing
A Club House and tool sheds to be allowed
Also grazing rights for one horse, but
No dogs and no play on Sundays.
In January1911, a General Meeting was called and the proposal was accepted on the basis of a 14 years lease. A Founder Committee with Mr. R. Baxter Booth as its Chairman was elected. This committee set to work to turn the outline proposition into a real golf course.
After a great deal of work and preparation, the formation of the new club was agreed and the first groundsman, Samuel Burgess, was appointed at a wage of £1 a week. Later, his son was employed at 5 shillings a week. By the 9th of May the Founder Committee had completed its work and once more a General Meeting was called at the Euston Coffee House at which the first officers of Crewe Golf Club were elected. They were:
President: W. W. Warneford
Captain: R. Baxter Booth
Treasurer: W. H. Hughes
Secretary: W. Boyle
BIOGRAPHY: OF Clay Lanes, Haslington
51. Thomas Pedley
Confirmed - J Pedley Scroll 10/3/01; precise birthdate added
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