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According to Paul Taylor's "A History of the Pubs of Hyde and District" in 1817 the Cheshire Cheese premises were three private cottages owned by Bristowe Cooper. Behind them was a small dingle called Sugar Loaf Wood and one could walk down a path through this to a plantation which was owned by Samuel Ashton, the cotton magnate. The cottages were later transformed into a school for the children of Gee Cross and Bristowe Cooper became the schoolmaster. Around 1857 the school was closed and the premises became a butcher's shop, a beerhouse and a grocer's shop. The three cottages were then owned by Benjamin Cocker, who was also the first licensee of the beerhouse and who gave it the sign of the Cheshire Cheese. After Benjamin left Betsy Emery ran the three shops single handedly for many years. The Emery family occupied the "Cheese" until around 1974. According to the Hydonian blog https://hydonian.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Cheshire%20Cheese%20%28Gee%20Cross%29 the butchers became part of the pub in 1919 and the grocer's shop closed in 1959. It was a freehouse until 1943 when it was bought by Yates Brewery and then it later came under the John Smiths banner. In 2024 it became a stop on the Gee Cross Well Dressing procession following the closing of Gee Cross Methodist Church.

With the closing of Gee Cross Methodist Church there was no display in 2024 at Ralphs Fold Well. A new stop on the Gee Cross Well Dressing procession was created at the Cheshire Cheese Image on Stockport Road.

A short spur off Stockport Road. At one time it would have had houses each side but now it is mainly just for access to the rear of the houses on the main road.

The Cheshire Cheese on Stockport Road, Gee Cross. Image Historic photos of the Cheshire Cheese: http://oldhyde.blogspot.com/2010/08/cheshire-cheese-gee-cross-1982-and.html

The sign of the Cheshire Cheese Image, Gee Cross.

A short spur off Stockport Road. At one time it would have had houses each side but now it is mainly just for access to the rear of the houses on the main road. One of the houses appears to have fitted solar panels to the roof.

According to Paul Taylor's "A History of the Pubs of Hyde and District" in 1817 the Cheshire Cheese premises were three private cottages owned by Bristowe Cooper. Behind them was a small dingle called Sugar Loaf Wood and one could walk down a path through this to a plantation which was owned by Samuel Ashton, the cotton magnate. The cottages were later transformed into a school for the children of Gee Cross and Bristowe Cooper became the schoolmaster. Around 1857 the school was closed and the premises became a butcher's shop, a beerhouse and a grocer's shop. The three cottages were then owned by Benjamin Cocker, who was also the first licensee of the beerhouse and who gave it the sign of the Cheshire Cheese. After Benjamin left Betsy Emery ran the three shops single handedly for many years. The Emery family occupied the "Cheese" until around 1974. According to the Hydonian blog https://hydonian.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Cheshire%20Cheese%20%28Gee%20Cross%29 the butchers became part of the pub in 1919 and the grocer's shop closed in 1959. It was a freehouse until 1943 when it was bought by Yates Brewery and then it later came under the John Smiths banner. Image

Sign for the Cheshire Cheese Image

Outside the Cheshire Cheese Image on Stockport Road.

With the closing of Gee Cross Methodist Church there was no display in 2024 at Ralphs Fold Well. A new stop was created at the Cheshire Cheese on Stockport Road. Here the procession led by Dobcross Youth Band is marching back up the road having visited the new well.