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Unwin family (Anglican)

Disambiguation – There was more than one Unwin family, at least two possibly more. Two of these families were very active in Bollington and we know quite a bit about both. The only significant feature to differentiate between them was their religion – one family was Catholic, the other Anglican. This page describes the principal Anglican family.

Samuel Unwin ()

Samuel UNWIN had a grocery shop at No. 5 Chancery Lane, Kerridge, just round the corner from the Red Lion inn which the family also owned at one time.

Rare example of a Samuel UNWIN flour bag which would be filled and weighed in the shop. The crumpling of the paper appears to have been put in as part of the manufacturing process.

Sam & Emily UNWIN for some time between c.1923 and c.1939 kept the corner shop grocery store at 1 Moss Brow, Bollington Cross.

Various members of the Unwin family owned a significant estate of properties across Bollington and elsewhere.

	Division of Properties	The document (left) shows the division of properties after the deaths of Mary Ann UNWIN in 1936, her son Sam UNWIN in 1947, and her son Stanley UNWIN in 1958. The second page includes a list of properties from which the author, F P UNWIN, collected rents in 1946/7 on behalf of his father, Fred Ridgway UNWIN. The yellow highlights are on the original document, reason unknown. The yellow sticker has been added in modern times, it’s not known who by, or the veracity of the information contained therein. Click on the pics for a larger view.

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