Poynton
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History and Manor House
Poynton anciently called
Ponynton or/and Ponyngton was passed to the 'Stokeports' and then to John de
Warren, knight during the reign of Edward III in the 14th century.
At the time of the civil
war the then Edward Warren was a royalist.
The lands of Poynton were
passed down the Warren family for many years until Sir George Warren who was the
end of the Warren line. The manor passed to his daughter the viscountness
Bulkeley at the beginning of the 19th century .
In 1823 Lady Bulkeley
gave the estates at Poynton to her friend Frances Maria (also believed to be a
Warren from Stapleford, Notts) who married George
Charles Venables Vernon esq. who became the 4th Lord Vernon. In 1826 this lady
took the name and arms of the Warren and was succeeded on her death by George
John Venables Vernon, 5th Lord Vernon, who also assumed for himself the name and
arms of Warren. He died in 1866 and was succeeded by Augustus Henry Venables
Vernon, 6th Lord Vernon.
The Manor House
It appears there had been
a manor house in Poynton since medievil times. In 1548 Sir Edward Warren
built a new house in the park of Poynton in the Tudor black and white style
using local oak.
Sir George Warren pulled
down the house in the 18th century and built a (modern) house and office on a
large scale , park like in appearance and extent. He also formed 'Poynton
Pool' as part of his gardens.
There were also manor
houses in Lostock and Stanley (also in poynton).
This house was also
pulled down, with the exception of the central towers, and many years later, a
new house called 'Poynton Towers' was built.
Poynton
Towers
In 1914 Poynton Towers
was the residence of Walter Bright Hodgkinson esq.
Worth
The township of Worth was
originally part of the village of Poynton and the Worth manor was a subdivision
under that lordship. The Worths were probably the elder line of the Worths of
Titherington.
Worth is referred to in
early medievil records as part of the township of Poynton. In the 15th century
the manor of Worth (always being the lesser of the two) passed into the hands of
the Downes family of Pott Shrigley.
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