Post Office, James Street, Golcar
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My great great grandfather John Hall (1847 – 95) was sub-postmaster at Golcar in the 1890s until he died and at that time the Post Office was at 32 James Street. Does anyone have any information and/or a photo?
His son Frank, my great grandfather, was born in 1872 when the family were living at Acre Top, Golcar. I’ve seen Acre House still exists but they’d have lived in small cottages I should think although the name suggests it would have been nearby. Does anyone have information or a photo of Acre Top?
Thanks!
Jan
“Acre Top” is a name I’ve come across but not been able to pinpoint.
The Queen Inn was reportedly at Acre Top and there are also references to Acre Top in the Manor of Golcar: Copy of the Award Made in the Year 1823.
There’s a newspaper reference in 1877 to a footpath running from Acre Top to Ley Moor which is now marked on Google Maps as “Golcar Lilly Way”, so that seem to place it in the vicinity of Acre House. There’s a property just to the west of Acre House which is shown on old maps as being divided into 4 households (2×2 layout), so possibly those were the small cottages?
Also just spotted a newspaper reference to “104 Acre Top” which isn’t marked on the c1960 OS sheet (the first to show house numbers) so I think 104 would have been one of the small cluster of properties that once stood on the corner on the other side from the Conservative Club: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Ac7T9JJmLfMumrrv6
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