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Tetlow Fold, Godley, Cheshire, SK14 3BU

Location

Aikin's 1794 map of the Environs of Mottram in Longdendale shows Tetlow Fould to the west of Mottram:

The 1882 OS map below shows Tetlowfold adjacent and to the east of the Godley Reservoir.

Whilst the following, more modern road map is of the same area. Tetlow Fold (SK14 3BU) and Tetlow cottages are situated off Barmhouse Lane which skirts round Godley Resevoir. Map co-ordinates are ( N53:27:20 W2:02:57). The following Ordnance Survey map shows the locality (the pink circle):

Whilst a more detailed street map can be accessed by following this link (note however that to return to this site you will need to use the back button on your browser). 

History

The following are historical references to Tetlow Fold:

Country Houses of Greater Manchester by Middleton, page 224 - published in 1932.

Tetlow Fold, Hyde, OS Map reference: SJ96739546. Tetlow Fold was named after Reginald Tetlowe to whom a 90 year lease was granted in 1649 for the 'New stone buildings ... and the adjacent buildings with certain fields'. Two lintel stones on the oldest part of the Tetlowfold buildings give dates of 1645 and 1726. 

The initials of Reginald Tetlowe are inscribed with the earlier date, which is presumably the time of construction and the initials probably marked the re-building and enlarging which took place. Only three walls of the original  small stone built house remain, with the back wall, front bay and main entrance being restorations, probably of 1726. Although the building is not considered to be an outstanding architectural example, it retains features, such as its stone mullioned windows with three, four or five lights.

The earlier datestone, which was at one time displaced, has now been reinserted. The building is used as a storehouse..

History of East Cheshire by J.P. Earwaker, volume 2, page 160 - published in 1880.

Mottram. Edmund Ashton of Chadderton, leased to Reginald Tetlow of Godley, husbandman, eldest son of John Tetlow of Godley, "the new stone buildings lately erected by him" and adjacent buildings, together with certain fields, closes, etc, for 90 years. Now called Tetlaw Fold. (Footnote) A new lease was granted in 1663 to Reginald Tetlaw the son, (after the death of Reginald Tetlaw, the father), for 3 lives, his own, that of Martha his wife, and Alice his daughter. There are many other deeds relating to Tetlaw Fold, none of which are of much interest. Reginald died 1708 and his son William Tetlow in 1746, his next heir being Thomas Tetlow, apothecary, of Prescot, Lancashire. 

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