COMPILED AND PREPARED FROM ORMEROD'S HISTORY OF THE COUNTY. The Cheney Brothers Historic District was a center of the silk industry in Manchester, Connecticut, in the late 19th and early 20th century.The 175-acre (71 ha) district includes over 275 mill buildings, workers houses, churches, schools and Cheney family mansions. Some names may appear as variations, such as Lea or Leigh instead of Lee, Shore instead of Shaw and Grey instead of Gray. Over many generations, the Worth family had married into most of the powerful and influential families of Cheshire, including the Wheelocks, the Newtons of Pownall, the Beresfords, Suttons, Draycotts, Downes, Vernons and the Davenports. The Savage family were a powerful an influential family in Cheshire before the 18th century. SMITH FAMILY MANCHESTER#pavees #travellers#gypsies He also arranged to supply troops, ordnance and provisions to Ireland in support of the campaign by Lord Essex. Agecroft (also known as 'Achecroft' or 'Edgecroft') was the manor house of Pendleburg (Pendlebury - now part of Salford) being the residence of the Prestwich family until Johanna de Prestwich married Roger de Langley - subsequently the Langley's, formerly of Middleton, are recorded as residing at Agecroft Hall in 1389. . Eaton Hall in Cheshire has been the family home of the Grosvenor Family since the 15th century. One Sir Richard Brereton was the last owner of Tatton Park before the Egerton family took it over. It's a simple, if not easy, task that will make all the difference ahead of Manchester United's next trip to Wembley. Later, the lands was divided amongst several sons and when finally, on the death of William de Heton in 1387, most of the lands in Lancashire were inherited by his two daughters they subsequently passed out of the hands of the Heton family on their marriage, inheritance then only passing down through the male line. The fight broke out on June 13 after brothers John and Dougie Joyce appeared before magistrates accused of attacking their cousin Paddy Doherty the star of Channel 4 reality show Big Fat Gypsy Weddings and Big Brother. St Albans crown court heard Ward, of Hatfield, Herts, went on the run with his pregnant wife Joelene following the killing. The fourth descendant from Sir Nicholas was John de Leycester. On the death of Thomas Greddle, or Grelly, the eighth Baron of Manchester, (See Grelley Family) in 1347, the vast estates of the family passed, through the marriage of his sister Johanna with John de la Warre, into the hands of the de la Warre family. The family also had close connections with the Isle of Man. According to some sources, the Gee surname cannot be traced further back than the 17th century, however, the Gee name seems to have existed in Leicestershire from 1400, Nottinghamshire from 1460, and Lincolnshire from about 1340. Many of the old families of Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire can trace their ancestries back to the Norman Conquest of 1066. Passing sentence Judge Andrew Bright QC said Ward recruited Thomas killers and led them to his home. This area became known as Orme's Tun (meaning 'Orme's settlement' or dwelling), which later became, Orme Eston, (crudely, 'Orme - his town'), then Ormeston and finally Urmston. Six members of the Joyce and Ward clans also appeared at Manchester Crown Court. An old Anglo-Saxon surname, referring to a plot of arable land, deriving from the old English pre-7th Century word "aecer", meaning a ploughed field or cultivated land, which became "acker" (or 'acre') in Middle English. He enlarged his estates and rebuilt the house at Stonyhurst and Mitton church. The family married extensively with other notable Lancashire families, including the Heskeths, Halsalls, Bradhaighs and Barlows. Thomas mum added: To me he had become a real man when his daughter was born and I didnt want to mother him too much. Some time around 1250 Little Crosby left the family ownership by marriage through the female line, passing on to the Blundell family.