Bollington Sunday 13th September
White Nancy is the grade 2 listed landmark on Kerridge hill on the opposite side of Bollington to ‘The Nab’. Having seen it yesterday, we had decided to look closer and appreciate the view from there. Very good wide views, I was sure that we could see Stanlow refinery some 35 miles away: Manchester Airport was 10 miles away seemed as if we were looking down from very close by.
White Nancy was built in 1815 as a summerhouse for the Gaskell family who lived below the hill in Ingersley Hall; it may have been in commemoration of the battle of Waterloo. The family are said to have left an endowment for the annual maintenance; of 2/6d (12.5p in new money). Today, using average earnings as the benchmark, the sum would need to be £86.90.
Macclesfield Borough Council ran a contest to see which local attraction was most loved . White Nancy was the clear winner. This could explain two things; the first is that there is nothing else of interest in the Macclesfield area and secondly, the fact that Macclesfield Borough Council ceased to exist on 1st April 2009.
Having dropped in height to that of the town, whilst gazing down at the River Dean, we saw brown Trout and then a Kingfisher; proving that you do not need always to be in rural locations to see wildlife in its various forms.
2009 Totals: 499 Locks – 901.5 miles – 35 Bus pass uses.
