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Shops & Businesses

These pages are about historical shops and businesses. Present day shops are not noted on this website, mainly because of the onerous nature of collecting and maintaining the data. Some information on existing shops and businesses may be found on the Bollington Town Council website.

Co-op store on the corner of Albert Road

In 1928 the Bollington Wesleyan Bazaar published a Recipe and Quotation Book. This was designed to promote, in particular, Bollington retailers, and to raise funds for the Wesleyan Methodist church in Wellington Road. This page began as a list of the historic Bollington shops mentioned in the book. The individual pages of the book can be seen here. However, the page has been expanded to include historical services, traders, and businesses.

Where possible a date is shown after each entry to indicate when the business was trading. This is a date for which we have evidence. They may, of course, have been in business in the decades before and after the date shown.

Adlington Road

2	… Drabble	Grocer (1970s)
14	A Cooke	Coach & Car Hire (1920s advert)
20	E Cook	Confectionery & Groceries (1920s advert)
Industrial estate	Bollington Brewery	Brewers (2008 – 2024). Removed to larger premises in Macclesfield

Albert Road

1	Macclesfield Equitable Provident Society Ltd	(Co-op) Groceries and general store – pictured above (1920s), closed mid-1960s, demolished, new store built, demolished mid-2010s and replaced by housing (Advert)
Lowerhouse Mill	Samuel Greg Jnr	Cotton spinning, weaving and dyeing (1832 on)
Lowerhouse Mill	Henry & Leigh Slater Ltd	Paper & Card coaters from 1920 Since 2020 merged to become Amalgamated Paper Mills Later became Associated Paper Mills Business closed 01/2025

Bollington Cross

C Goodwin

Cycle Goods, Wireless, Hardware and Ironmongery (1920s advert)

Bollington Road

Orchard House	Silcock’s	Grocery, provisions (1960s)
	Thompson’s	Grocery, provisions (1900 – 1960s)
	Taylor’s	— ditto — [later generation of same family]; closed c.2020

Chancery Lane

Samuel Unwin

Family Grocer, Tea, Coffee and Provision Merchant

Church Street

40	Joseph Leigh	Groceries and Provisions
Higher Mills	Radions Ltd	Radio Valves, manufacture and repair
Higher Mills	Neaves	Felt Hat makers
Brewery, Higher Mills	Parrott & Horsfield	Beer brewers (1870s)
Brewery, Higher Mills	Thomas Parrott	Beer brewers (1890s) [after death of Horsfield]
Brewery, Higher Mills	Heaver Brothers	Beer brewers (1900s)
Higher Mills	Ind Coope	Beer Bottlers (1920s – 1931)
Higher Mills	Shrigley Dyers	Dyeing & Finishing of Knitted Fabrics (1947 advert)
Lower Mill	Various companies Martin Swindells II	19thC Cotton spinning and other cotton processing
Lower Mill	Henry & Leigh Slater	1875 paper coating mill
Lower Mill	Tullis Russell	Later 20thC paper coating mill (postage stamp paper a speciality)

Clarence Road

Clarence Mill	George Swindells & Son Ltd	Members of Fine Spinners & Doublers Limited (1947 advert)
Clarence Mill	Various	Late 20thC on mill divided for multiple businesses Munsch, rubber products
Clarence Works	Albert E Wrigley	Specialists in metal working
The Coach House, Rock Bank House	Rock Bank Laboratories	Chemical laboratories (to 1970s) Site sold for domestic development – Rock Bank Rise (1980s)
Rock Bank House	Stockdale Engineering	Filtration engineers (1960s – 1970s)
Rock Bank House	Carterbench Advertising	Advertising (1980s). regrettably they changed the name of the house to Carterbench House
Carterbench House	Carterbench Product Development	Toy designers (1980s) Site sold for domestic development, original house retained

Grimshaw Lane

2	Lawrence Harry Gregory MPS	Chemist & photographic studio (opened 1949 – 1954)
2	David Benson MPS	Chemist & Druggist (1954 -1987)
30	L Billington	Grocer & Confectioner (1920s advert)
30	B Wilcox	Groceries & Provisions (1947 advert)
	Margaret Palfreyman	Draper & Haberdasher
	William Wetton	Stone suppliers and Stone Mason (1900s) (listed as Greenshaw Lane)
Bailey Business Park	Various	Wetton’s stone yard repurposed for multiple businesses
Adelphi Mill	George Swindells & Son Ltd	Members of Fine Spinners & Doublers Limited (1947 advert)
Adelphi Mill	Various	Late 20thC mill divided for multiple businesses

Hawthorn Road

A Howe

Joiner & Builder (listed as Glue Sheds Road) (1900s)

Henshall Road

2	Bollington Milk Bar Ltd.	Café; Lunches, Private Room for Parties; Eldorado Ice Cream
12	M Holmes	High Class Groceries and Provisions (1947 advert)
	G H Hindley	Motor Engineer (1920s advert)
Henshall Road Garage	W Goodwin	All classes of cars repaired (1947 advert)

High Street

8, 10, 12	Joseph Watson & Sons	Grocers (1920s advert)
15	Arthur Jones	Printer (1960s and 70s)
16	Fred R Unwin	Groceries (1920s advert)
19	Lowe’s	Confectionery (1920s advert)
19	Edith H Goodwin	Ladies’ Outfitter, Coats, Costumes & all Outwear Ladies’, Childrens’ & Gents’ Underwear (1947 advert)
20	Shrouder & Pickles	General and Fancy Drapers (1920s advert)
32	Fred Millward	Grocery and Provisions dealer (1920s advert)
36	F Sadler	Drapers (1947 advert)
42	S Braddock	Printer
51	Gamage	Flesher (Info still on the door in late 1970s)
53	J W Henshaw	Pork & Family Butcher (1920s advert)
59	J Gleave	Plumber, Glazier, and House Decorator
	J T Watson	Joiner & Builder (1920s advert) Undertaker Established 1893, known to be in business in 1939
	N Warburton	Butcher (1920s advert)
	Walkleys	Pharmacy (1857 – 1923) Then run by Mr & Mrs Kendrick née Walkley
	Elsie Hibbert	Confectionary (1970s)

Ingersley Vale

… Works	Herbert Lomas Ltd.	Specialists in Ambulances and Equipment (1947 advert)
Clough Mill	Various	Dyeing, bleaching, cloth printing, and many others

Kerridge

Post Office	J B Whitehouse	Postal services (1947 advert)
	J C Pickford	Builder and Contractor (1900s)

Moss Brow, Lowerhouse

Alfred Wright

Grocer, off licence (early 20thC)

Moss Lane, Lowerhouse

1	S Unwin	Grocer
	Whittaker’s	Provisions

Palmerston Street

Oak Bank Mill	Various	Cloth printing, and other processes
14	Burt Bros.	Footwear and up-to-date repairs (1920s advert)
15	J W Longson	General Dealer, Sweets, Tobacco, Cigarettes (1920s) (Advert)
18	William Jackson	Family Butcher (1920s advert)
	J J J Heathcote	Family Butcher (Established 1905, still going 2026)
29	H Holt	Music lessons (pianoforte)
29	A M Holt (Mrs)	Teacher of Singing, Voice Production Etc., Etc.
38	Ernest Brian	The Modern Pharmacy (1920s advert, Further information)
39	T Bradley	Hardware and Ironmongery (1920s advert)
40, 42	E Wainwright	High Class Confectioner (1920s advert)
43	A Whitehurst	English and Foreign Fruiterer, and Confectioner (1920s)
43	R Turner	Pork Butcher (1920s advert)
43	Bryon Holmes	Registered Plumber (1950s)
70	W H Bird	Teas and Refreshments (1920s advert)
72?	J Herbert Andrew	Pool Bank Pharmacy (1920s advert, Further information)
72?	Walter Lord	— ditto —
78	T E Brown	Ladies’ & Gents’ Hairdressers (1920s) Tobacconist, Smokers Requisites (1947 advert)
84, 86	T Warburton & Son	Sight Testing & Dispensing Opticians (1920s advert), Wireless dealers
	John Broadhead	Motor Engineer
Empire Cinema	Evans & Whittaker	“His Masters Voice” and Marconi Agents, Empire Radio Depot. [Whittaker ran the cinema so I am presuming this business was run out of the same premises] (Hailwood House today)
Turret House	Turret Chocolates (Liqueurs) Ltd.	Liqueur Chocolate manufacturers (1960s) (Hailwood House today)
Bank House	Thomas Warburton	Watchmaker
Bank House	NatWest Bank	Bankers (2nd half 20thC)
	C Goodwin	Cycle goods, Wireless, Hardware and Ironmongery (1920s advert)
	Macclesfield Equitable Provident Society Ltd	(Co-op) Groceries and general store (1920s advert)
	Samuel Heywood	Dealer in Blue & Grey Slate, Ridge Tiles, Chimney Tops, Fire Bricks, Lime Hair, Laths, Nails and Cement
	Thomas Morgan	Slater and Tiler to Architectural Designs, and General Property Repairs (1890s)
	J Singleton	Grocer

Queen Street

	Geo. H Gill Ltd	Bottled Table Waters (1920s advert, Further information)
	Ambrose & William Wood	Engineering and Shoeing Smiths, Wheelwrights, Etc. (1910s). Business removed to Ovenhouse Farm in 1990s and the site redeveloped with housing

Shrigley Road

2	G Bann	Grocer and Provision Dealer (1920s advert)
6	Joseph Hamson	Plumber, Glazier, Decorator &c. (1920s advert)
6	Peter Longbottom	Home Decorator, Wallpaper (1960s)
8	Samuel Wright	Grocer
13, 15	Richard Wright, later The Exors of Richard Wright	Grocers & Corn Merchants (1920s) (Advert, Further information)
16	F G Bannister	Wireless parts, Cycles supplied and repaired, Accumulators charged (1920s advert)
17	R Bollington	Grocer & Draper (1920s advert)

Silver Street

… Works

A Daniels

Builder & Contractor (1947 advert)

Spuley Lane

The Country Café

Luncheons, Teas, Evening Meals, Wedding and Other Parties; Outside Catering Undertaken (1960s)

Turner Street

Owlhurst Mill

Bannister Brothers

Designers & Makers of Fine Furniture (1920s advert)

Water Street

3	Various	Tobacco (St Bruno); Confectionary
14, 16	H M Ankers	Wholesale & Retail Ironmonger and Mill Furnisher (1920s) Copper, Iron and Tin-plate Worker; Agricultural Implement Agent
39	Arthur Henson	Fish, Fruit & Poultry Dealer. Fresh cut flowers, Wreaths, Crosses & Bouquets a speciality
69	R D Orme	Electrician; Fires, Washers, Boilers, Fittings, etc. supplied; All types of Electrical Installations
73, 75	John T Coe	Sanitary Plumber and Decorator, Gas, Water and Steam Fitter (1900s)
73, 75	William Coe	— ditto — (1920s advert)
77	A H Tate	Baker & Confectioner (1920s advert)
	B Lomas	Fish & Fruit, Fresh flowers (1920s advert)
	?	Hardware (1890s) [290-081]
	T Stubbs	Brass and Iron Founder (1947 advert)

Wellington Road

13	Mrs M Barton	Draper (1930s)
16?	H J Ottley	Saddler
The Studio	Rhoda Dawson & Eric Whitehurst	Dancing Classes
	J R Burdin	Motor Body Builder and Wheelwright. Wringing machine rollers fitted! (1920s) (Advert)
	Platt’s	Fish & Fresh Fruit (1920s advert)
	Edwin Harrison	Monumental Mason (1940s)
	The White Gallery	Art gallery, artists’ supplies (1990s)
Waterhouse Mill	Thomas Oliver & Sons Ltd	Members of Fine Spinners & Doublers Limited (1947 advert)
Waterhouse Mill	Kay Metzeler	Industrial foam blocks (1962 – 2012)