16-606: Walton Summit is an industrial area between Clayton Brook and Bamber Bridge , near Preston in Lancashire , England. It is in the South Ribble district. It is near the M61 , M65 and M6 motorways and has a bit of single carriageway motorway from the M65/M61 roundabout. Walton Summit also includes the smaller area of Seed Lee. The area does not have a long industrial past. As late as 1960,
32-580: A branch of the Lancaster Canal , it also neighbours Clayton Green , Hoghton and Brindle , and is not far from the small town of Bamber Bridge . Clayton Brook Village as it is often termed, is bounded by the A6 road and the M61 and M65 motorways, and is conveniently near the M6 motorway . Clayton Brook is served by two bus routes: the frequent 125 service operated by Stagecoach between Preston and Bolton , and
48-590: Is a country mansion in the village of Cuerden near Preston, Lancashire , England. It is a Grade II* listed building . The Hall was formerly a family home between 1717 and 1906, and used by the Army until the 1960s. In 1985 it became a Sue Ryder neurological care centre. The Hall was sold to Manchester business man Colin Shenton in 2020 who is restoring it to its original purpose as a family home. The parkland and wider estate are known as Cuerden Valley Park . Cuerden Valley Park
64-539: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Clayton Brook Clayton Brook is a large residential estate in Lancashire , between the city of Preston and the town of Chorley . It forms part of the Clayton-le-Woods civil parish , and is in the Clayton-le-Woods North ward of the borough of Chorley . Reminders of the area's navigable past remain, with the nearby Tramway Lane linking
80-420: Is now owned and managed by Cuerden Valley Park Trust which was a charity established in 1986, to ensure the longevity and management of the parkland itself. The Trust is made up for 650 acres of land; 1 reservoir, 15 ponds, 3 reed beds; over 5km of the river Lostock and 5 nature reserves. The original house on the site, dating from the 17th century, no longer exists. The Charnock family of Charnock Richard, owned
96-697: The British Army Divisional Headquarters (number four of five) of the Anti-Aircraft Command . By the late 1950s the Hall had been in use by the Army intermittently for a number of years and in 1958, after nearly 250 years of private family ownership, the Hall was finally sold by the Tatton family to the Ministry of Defence and, in 1967, it became the Army's Headquarters North West District . In 1977
112-690: The Central Lancashire New Town Development Corporation , which also developed the Walton Summit industrial estate nearby. Clayton Brook pub was demolished in May 2013. Also in 2013 Clayton Brook/Community House won Community Futures for being the best self developed community out of 39 organisations in the Central Lancashire area. The village is location next to the industrial estate of Walton Summit, one-time terminus of
128-489: The First World War Tatton adapted the Hall for use as an infirmary for troops, and between 1 May 1915 and 8 June 1917 it was known as Cuerden Hall Auxiliary Hospital. The drawing rooms, with the Tatton family’s collection of old masters and portraits still adorning the walls, were turned into wards and furnished with beds, bed linen and equipment, whilst the parkland and gardens provided an area for convalescence for
144-480: The 114 service between Leyland and Chorley. There is a good mix of residential properties. Approximately half the 4,000 plus properties are rented, with the landlord now being the housing association group Places for People . It hosts several primary schools , including Clayton Brook Primary School, Westwood Primary School and St Bede's Primary School. There are three churches in the parish of Clayton Brook, one being Clayton Brook Community Church across from
160-415: The Hall according to the designs of Lewis Wyatt . This incorporated a significant extension to the east wing of the property. After the death of Capt. Robert Townley Parker (1823–1894) and later his brother Thomas Towneley Parker (1822–1906) the estate passed to their nephew Reginald Arthur Tatton (1857–1926) who re-designed the gardens, introducing a pergola and gazebo, a walled garden and pond. During
176-590: The area remained largely rural despite the then recent construction of the Preston By-pass section of the new M6 motorway. Despite this, the area was important toward the south east near Brindle as the summit of the Lancaster Canal 's Walton Summit canal basin. This southerly stretch of canal was linked to the northern section at its Preston basin via the Lancaster Canal Tramroad , locally known as "Old Tram Road". This Lancashire location article
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#1732873654814192-506: The estate to junction 2 of the M65 and 9 of the M61. Bridge 10 of the canal stretch also remains, albeit ruined and amongst overgrowth, It ran up behind Woodfield where skate board hill is now, that was the tramway with the terminus at the top near Carr Barn Brow where now stand Briary Court, in nearby farmland across the motorway from the summit. Clayton Brook was built in the late 1970s and early 1980s by
208-544: The estates until 1521, when Richard Charnock of Cuerden and Leyland sold his manor to Thomas Langton, Lord Newton . In 1605 Henry Banastre of Bank Hall bought the Cuerden Hall Estate from the Langton Family, (Barons of Newton-in-Makerfield). Henry's daughter Alice, wife of Sir Thomas Haggerston Bt , held ownership in 1641. The present building dates from 1717 and was erected by Banastre Parker, son of Robert Parker,
224-455: The former High Sheriff of Lancashire for 1710, when he moved the Parker family from Extwistle Hall . Upon his death in 1738 the estate passed to his son Robert Parker (1727–1779) and in turn to his grandchildren Banastre Parker (1758–1788) and Thomas Towneley Parker (1760–1794). In the years 1816 to 1819 Robert Townley Parker (1793–1879), having inherited the estate from his father, remodelled
240-634: The soldiers, enjoying such activities as boating on the lake, haymaking, and picnicking. There were also trips to the Tatton family’s other house nearby, Astley Hall . An album filled with photographs, letters and news cuttings that tell this particular story in Cuerden Hall's history was recently offered for sale. During the Second World War , the estate was requisitioned by the Ministry of Defence and converted into an Army Education Centre and later became
256-594: The village centre. The other being St Bede's and St John the Evangelist in Whittle-le-Woods . The village centre is only 10 minutes walk from the large Asda supermarket in Clayton Green. The local wildlife preserve is Cuerden Valley Park (the grounds of Cuerden Hall ) - and there are several public footpaths within the vicinity taking walkers to a variety of green destinations. Cuerden Hall Cuerden Hall
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