The Lost Village of Maugerhay (Mag-a-thay)
Chantrey House cRay Brightman
The 1900 map above shows the area between St James Church Vicarage, Norton to the west and The Oakes to the east.
Maugerhay is a small village to the south of Norton Lane between Spring Cottage (aka Spring House) to School Lane. Three buildings on the east side of School Lane - the Postmasters, the Gardener and ddasdsad Cottages which still stand today (2022) were technically within the grounds of The Oakes, but ususally considered as part of Maugerhay..
The plan to the right shows the area in 1800 with 3 annotated buildings - Spring House in red - at the northern end of the (yellow) right of access road where it joins Norton Lane,the original Norton Free School (in blue).to the southeast, on School Lane. and Chantrey Grange (grey).
One of the buildings to the west of the yellow road still exists (it is one dwelling (284 Norton Lane) formed from 2 attached cottages shown here.
The Free School was replaced by the new school on Matthews Lane in 1895???
There were dwellings on the east side of School Lane at the time, within the boundary of The Oakes, but they are not shown here.
The purple piece of lane became Norton Green Close - 14?? detached houses built in the 1950-60s - and this plan (dated 1923) was within the conveyance for the sale of this land prior to building.
The land highlihted in green shows the estate of MR XXXX including Chantrey Grange, the bowling green, the kitchen garden and NORTON GREEN - add words.
The original Norton Free School building became ..... and was demolished in 195xxx and 2 detached houses built on the site.
A small stone (outbuilding??) of the school still remains . Used as a small theatre (PIC).
Chantrey Grange became Norton Green when owned by Sir Nathaniel Creswick in c 18xx FA Rules etc,
A Maugerhay Gallery
Chantrey Grange, in the grounds of the old Bowling Green
Chantrey Grange
Spring House was built by Mr Gascoigne soon after 1850. In 1900 it was bought by Mr Fielding, then landlord of the Bagshawe Arms. After his death in 1911, his family kept a small shop there and also the Norton Post Office between 1939 and 1945.
The cottages to the west side of Maugerhay are seen at the back. They, with Spring House were demolished in 1974 by the Northern Counties Housing Association and flats built.
