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Alsager 1848-1939: buildings, places and history
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Samuel Davies
One of the major local builders before proper records were kept was Samuel Davies, who like others in his family trained as a bricklayer. He was born in Church Lawton parish about 1837, and was running a building firm in Alsager by about 1870. The one known location for his
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J J Nelson
John James Nelson (1865-1940) was one of the three solicitors who all built large mansions at the east end of Chancery Lane (the others were Thomas Sherratt, his father-in-law, at Beechwood, and F C Mayer at the Gables). His house, originally known as Inglethorpe but seemingly renamed the Meads during