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Mottram Courthouse is a Grade II listed building https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1309545 It is now used by Tameside Patrollers. A drinking fountain Image on the front commemorates the installation of a piped water supply in 1888.

The blue plaque on Mottram Court House Image reads: TAMESIDE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH FRANCIS LOVELL (1454 - 1487) Lord of Longdendale, favourite of Richard III, his Chief Butler and Chamberlain of the household. Fought at the Battle of Bosworth on 22 August 1485 and later in an abortive uprising against Henry VII. Following the Battle of Stoke, Lovell's body was not found, but there is a tradition that in 1708 his body was discovered in a chamber at Minster Lovell, his home near Oxford. When exposed to fresh air, the skeleton crumbled to dust. Unveiled jointly by Councillor Michael Ballagher and Councillor John Hughes 22 August 2001

The blue plaque on the side of Mottram Court House Image reads: TAMESIDE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH Lawrence Earnsaw 1707 - 1767 Ingenious inventor born in Mottram. He created an elaborate astronomical clock. A modest man who did not seek fame. This building houses a clock bearing his name and a monument to him stands in Mottram Churchyard.

Mottram Courthouse is a Grade II listed building https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1309545 On the side is a plaque to Lawrence Earnshaw Image

A drinking fountain on the front of Mottram Court House Image commemorates the installation of a piped water supply in 1888. The plaque reads: IN COMMEMORATION OF THE introduction of a supply of water this fountain was presented to the Village of Mottram by EDWARD CHAPMAN ESQ J.P. OF HILL END in this Parish July 23rd 1888. MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL BOARD Ed CHAPMAN {Chairman of the Local Board JOSHUA HIRST {Chairman of the Water Committee ROBERT BOOTH. REV JOHN C MILLER. HARRY A. COSTOBADIE. JOSEPH OLDHAM. ADOLPHUS EVILL. JOSEPH ROBINSON. THOMAS HALSTEAD. ISAAC SHAW. ISAAC HIGGINBOTTOM. JAMES SIDEBOTTOM. N. BUCKLEY. Clerk FOSTER. SON & BARDSLEY. Engineers. The Silver Spring where England drinks 2.Hen.VI TO BE DRUNK * ON THE PREMISES

In the background is the Pack Horse Inn on Ashworth Lane.

The original was erected in 1760 to commemorate the coronation of George III; in the background, the old court house. Also popular with starlings. http://www.tameside.gov.uk/longdendale/placesofinterest

The Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1068060 village stocks at Mottram Marketplace Image were moved here in the 1960s having been discovered during the building of the Hattersley estate.

Stocks at the corner of Mottram Market Place looking down Market Street. They are Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1068060

The Christmas tree on the Market Place at Mottram in Longdendale was branded the worst in Britain when it was planted by Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Villager Emma Purcell created the Facebook Group The Embarrassment of Mottram Christmas Tree https://www.facebook.com/groups/1511028529150988/ as a place for members past and present of Mottram community to air their anger and views about the size and quality of the Christmas Tree, believing they deserved bigger and better! However once the anger had dissipated, "Twiggy" as it has come to be known has brought the community together. A charity night was organised with entertainment in the nearby White Hart Image and carol singing on the Market Place raising money for Reuben's Retreat http://www.reubensretreat.org/ The Crown Pole Image on the right was originally erected in 1760 to commemorate the coronation of George III. In another response to the plight a larger tree was donated to the village by B&Q and has been installed outside the church Image on the hill.