Our list of names of WW2 servicemen and women comes largely from the Parish Magazine of the time. It listed the men and women from each village who returned to […]
Read moreYear: 2020
Remembrance 2020
Our soldiers are not forgotten, nor are their families or the villages they left behind. Remembrance services will be restricted this year, but find out how you can be a […]
Read moreMiss Mary Green
Mary was a schoolmistress at Hatton. Read about her here
Read moreCharles Dodgson – a walk
Here is a delightful walk for you. It follows the route that Charles Lutwidge Dodgson would have taken from the vicarage to the church in Daresbury. He later went to […]
Read moreMort’s Wood
Mort’s Wood is in Daresbury and a small part is accessible via a permissive footpath. It was named after James Mort, a tenant farmer in the mid 19th century. Read […]
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VE Day
We are not able to celebrate the 75th anniversary of VE Day as we intended, but nevertheless, some celebrations will take place around the parish. We’d love to collect photos […]
Read moreFiddler’s Ferry
Here’s the article I’ve been promising about Fiddler’s Ferry power station. Read about it here.
Read morePitts Heath Wood
A real piece of ‘Hidden Nature’ – difficult to find, difficult to access – please preserve it. Read about it and see some pictures here.
Read moreHidden Nature
There is a new series of pages being developed online to celebrate ‘Hidden Nature’ within the parish. This was to be the theme for Heritage Open Days 2020. We are […]
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A letter!
To all DDHG members and followers Hello! You may have seen my post on Facebook or the news post on our website, saying that we have decided to postpone the programme […]
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