Wednesday 17 June 2020

Photographs of Egerton from 1983

These photographs were loaned to us as part of the research for our recent Egerton publication.  They were taken in 1983 for an essay called "Egerton a Changing Village" by Jane E. Jenkins, and are reproduced here with her permission.

Egerton Post Office
Egerton Post Office - 218 Blackburn Road


Blackburn Road, Egerton
Bassett's grocery store (striped door) - 282 Blackburn Road.  

Briggs Fold Cottages, Egerton
Briggs Fold Cottages

Cox Green Road, Egerton
Cox Green Road

Cox Scar, Egerton
Cox Scar

The Cross Guns, Egerton
The Cross Guns

Deakins Industrial Estate, Egerton
Deakins Industrial Estate

Dewhurst House, Egerton
Dewhurst House

Dimple Hall
Dimple Hall

Egerton Cricket Field
Egerton Cricket Field

Egerton Cricket Club
Egerton Cricket Club

Egerton House Hotel
Egerton House Hotel

Egerton Park
Egerton Park - Shelter now demolished

Egerton Quarry
Egerton Quarry

Egerton United Reformed
Egerton United Reformed

The Gatehouse to Egerton House
The Gatehouse to Egerton House

King William, Egerton
King William, Dimple

Masons Row, Egerton
Masons Row Cottages

Old Swan Cottages, Egerton
Old Swan Cottages

Walmsley School
Old Walmlsey School



The Farmhouse Kitchen, Egerton
Shopping Precinct

The Globe, Egerton
The Globe (now The Thomas Egerton)

Water Street, Egerton
Water Street