BOSTOCK: A History of a Cheshire Village and its People

By Jane McLellan and Tony Bostock

Today's village of Bostock Green is a relatively young village in comparison with the original Saxon settlement of 'Botestoch' noted in the Doomsday Book of 1086.Its residents have fought for their country from Agincourt to the second World War, and it has seen agriculture move from oxen pulling ploughs to the very latest hi-tech machinery. The neat black and white cottages which now stand either side of London Road were built as recently as 1775, but the village's origins lie at least 700 years earlier, probably before William the Conqueror's victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.As a noted Conservation Area, Bostock is probably one of the most perfectly preserved villages in the county, and can trace its history through the various wealthy families who at one time owned over 30,000 acres of land. Through these families there are important connections with world trade, literary figures and eminent architects and landscapers.Lying between Davenham and Middlewich, each with a church, schools and shops, there was little need for Bostock to be anything other than a small farming and residential hamlet, in the very heart of Cheshire.This book traces the history of the village and some of its people from the 11th century through the modern day.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1520895011
• ISBN13: 9781520895017
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 89 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.6" x 0.2" x 6.7"