Many
of the old families of Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire
can trace their ancestries back to the Norman Conquest of 1066
or earlier.
Their names effectively echo the long history of the region and
are remembered today in districts and townships whose streets
and placenames record their passing.
Alphabetical
Listing:
Acker
- (Congleton)
Ainsworth
- (Halliwell)
Anderton - (Lostock)
Arden - (Bredbury)
Assheton - (Preston)
Barlow - (Barlow - Chorlton)
Barton - (Smithills)
Baskervyle - (or Baskerville
- Chelford & Goostry)
Birch - (Rusholme)
Bold - (Bold, Lancashire)
Booth - (Dunham Massey)
Bostock - (Cheshire)
Bradshaw - (Wigan)
Brereton - (Cheshire)
Bulkeley - (Cheadle
& Beaumaris)
Byrom - (Kersal)
Byron - (Droylsden)
Chadderton - (Chadderton)
Charnock - (Chorley)
Cheetham - (Stalybridge)
Chorlton - (Chorlton)
Clayton - (Clayton-le-Moor)
Clowes - (Broughton
Park)
Davenport - (Bramhall)
De la Warre - (Manchester)
Downes - (Shrigley
& Worth)
Duckenfield -
(Tameside)
Dutton - (Tabley)
Duxbury - (Standish)
Eaton (de Eaton) - (Cheshire)
Egerton - (Tatton)
Ellesmere - (Worsley)
Entwistle - (Entwistle)
Fazakerley - (Kirby)
Fells - (Swarthmoor)
Gee - (Gee Cross)
Gerrard - (Brynne/Wigan)
Glassbrook - (Glazebrook)
Grelley - (Manchester)
Grimshaw - (Crowtree
& Sabden)
Grosvenor - (Eaton
Hall)
Halsall - (Halsall)
Harrison - (Warrington)
Hatton - (Tabley)
Heaton - (Deane)
Henshaw - (Siddington)
Hesketh - (Rufford)
Heywood - (Heywood)
Heywood - (Little
Lever & Manchester)
Hoghton - (Hoghton
Tower)
Holden - (Rossendale)
Holland - (Clifton,
Prestwich)
Hollingworth
- (Hollingworth)
Hulton - (Westhoughton)
Hyde - (Denton)
Irlam - (Irlam)
Kirkby - (Kirkby-Ireleth,
Ulverston)
Lacy, de - (Clitheroe)
Langley - (Agecroft)
Lathom, de - (Knowsley)
Lawton - (Church Lawton)
Lees - (Lees, Delph &
Werneth)
Legh - (Adlington and
Lyme)
Leycester - (or
'Leicester' - Tabley)
Lister - (Gisburn
Park)
Malbanks - (Nantwich
& Cheshire)
Marsden - (Bolton)
Mainwaring
- (Peover)
Middleton - (Leighton Hall)
Molyneux - (Sefton
& Croxtech)
Mosley - (Manchester)
Norris - (Speke Hall)
Osbaldeston - (Osbaldeston
Hall)
Parker - (Browsholme)
Pilkington - (Rivington)
Pollitt - (Stockport)
Prestwich - (Clifton)
Radclyffe - (Ordsall)
Rigby - (Standish)
Sandbach - (Sandbach,
Cheshire)
Savage - (Rocksavage,
Cheshire)
Scarisbrick -
(Ormskirk)
Seddon - (Middleton
& Manchester)
Sherburne - (Stonyhurst)
Shuttleworth
- (Gawthorpe)
Shrigley - (Macclesfield)
Stafford - (Botham
& Eyam)
Standish - (Standish)
Stanley - (Earl of
Derby)
Starkie - (Huntroyde)
Stockport - (Stockport)
Sudell - (Blackburn)
Talbot - (Bashall,
Salesbury & Carr)
Tatton - (Wythenshawe)
Tetlow - (Ashton
& Oldham)
Towneley - (Burnley)
Trafford
- (Trafford Park)
Tyldesley
- (Myerscough Hall)
Urmston - (Urmston)
Venables - (Middlewich)
Vernon - (Cheshire)
Walmsley
- (Rishton)
Warburton
- (Tabley, Cheshire)
Warren - (Poynton)
Whitaker - (Holme, Lancashire)
Wilbraham
- (Woodhey)
Winstanley - (Wigan)
Worsley -
(Tockholes)
Worthington - (Worthington,
Standish)
Worth - (Tytherington)
We
appreciate that this list is by no means exhaustive, and that
there must be many other important families that we've missed
out. Please feel free to suggest other Old Families which we can
consider adding to our list. Contact us here by email
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