IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Riverdane Road, CONGLETON, CW12 1PN

Late 18th century silk mill later used as a flint grinding mill. Sandstone to ground floor with brick upper structure and five storey, five by five bays. There is an 18' waterwheel on the far side. There is an attached three storey stone range 13 bays long.

Situated on the west side of the church, the churchyard is very tidy and well looked after.

Dane in Shaw Brook in Congleton.

Located in the churchyard, this memorial records the men of Buglawton who gave their lives fighting in World War I and World War II.

Early 19th century silk mill next to Dane in Shaw Brook. The three storey building on the left is a former engine house. The site had a rather shut down look about it.

Having walked through a very well kept churchyard (Image), it was very strange to come across this untouched corner. Perhaps it is being kept as a wildlife section?

Looking at the west elevation of the church from Image St John’s, or St John the Evangelist’s, Church was the first of several new churches to be built in the borough of Congleton, originally as a ‘district church’ within the Parish of Astbury. The church was built on land gifted by a Mr Thomas Chapman of the Lowe after being petitioned by the first Vicar of Buglawton, the Reverend Edward Wilson. It was built in the pseudo-Norman style and cost £2,286; the money was raised by voluntary public subscription and a grant from the Diocesan Church Building Society. St John’s was consecrated on the 13th October 1840, the procession consisting of the Bishop and the Town Corporation was preceded by a group of Chartists and Socialists carrying a black flag and the Death’s Head and crossed bones! Historical information from The History of Congleton by W. B. Stephens, Congleton History Society: page 219 ( http://tinyurl.com/43cevt6 ).