Buerton
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1086
Buerton, then Burtune,
was in the Hundred of Warmundestrou at
the time of the Domesday Book. It had an annual value of 10s in 1086 a
comprised 3 ploughlands with 2 Lord’s plough teams, and woodland of half a
league square. It was popuylated by a single family.
It was in the possession of Siward before the Conquest ad William Malbank afterwards. (Powell-Smith,
Anna, Buerton,
Open Domesday)
The township of Buerton was
anciently in a family of the name Buerton, but for several generations of the Pooles of Pool in Wirral. (Latham F A, Editor (1997), Audlem, The History of
a Cheshire Parish and its five townships, Local History Group, page 24, see also Ormerod,
George, History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Volume
2, pages 473
to 475.
1480
Another hall at Buerton was the
seat of the Gamuls by about 1840. (Latham F A, Editor (1997), Audlem,
The History of a Cheshire Parish and its five townships, Local History
Group, page 24). The family tree of the Gamuls of Beurton is in Ormerod, George, History of
the County Palatine and City of Chester, Volume
2, page 475,
with a summary of their history in the preceding page.
1540
On 11
December 1540 there was a record of the Will of Rauff Gamull
of Buerton, in the parish of Audlem dated 11 December and proved in March 1540
(Public
Records of the reign of Henry VIII, Volume 16, 323).
1548
There
were lands in Buerton within Audlem Parish in the tenure of Thomas Sympole (Patent
Rolls of the reign of Edward VI, Volume 1, 1547 to 1548, page
391).
1588
Edmund Gamull and his sons William
and Thomas were all prosperous Chester merchants. Thomas became the recorder of
Chester from 1606 to 1613. Edmund traded with the Continent irregularly but
ceased these activities long before his death in 1616 at the age of 79. William
attained even greater wealth with much property in Chester; while Thomas owned
a considerable amount of land in several counties, the bulk of which, over a thousand
acres, was at Buerton, as well as the famous Dee Mills, leased by his father in
1588. (Latham F A, Editor (1997), Audlem,
The History of a Cheshire Parish and its five townships, Local History
Group, page 28).
1622
In 1622 an Inquisition at
Knutsford showed that Laurence Rope of Stapeley
received a yearly rate of twelve pence issuing out of the lands and tenements
of Edmund Gamull of Buerton Latham F A, Editor (1997), Audlem,
The History of a Cheshire Parish and its five townships, Local History Group,
page 31).
1653
The brave Sir Francis Gamul, who
was created a baronet by Charles I, was dispossessed of the hall, which was
purchased by William Plymley of Norton, Shropshire in 1653 and later sold to
Sir George Warburton (Latham F A, Editor (1997), Audlem,
The History of a Cheshire Parish and its five townships, Local History
Group, page 24).
A windmill was first noted in
Buerton in 1653; a replacement structure built in 1779 operated until 1880. Buerton
Windmill occupies a prominent position in open countryside and bears an
inscription “J Jones, Miller, 1653”, and also the date
1779 (probably the date of its modernisation). In 1843 it was owned by Henry
Taylor and occupied by George Eaton. Reliance on wind power alone was risky and
probably a steam engine was installed in the [nineteenth] century. It
ceased operating in 1874 and, although a scheduled building, is now in a
ruinous condition. (Latham F A, Editor
(1997), Audlem, The History of a Cheshire Parish and its five townships,
Local History Group, page 88). It is listed by
Historic England, number 1138498.
It was converted to a house in about 2007.
1725
The manor of Buerton was sold in
1725 by Francis Poole to James Dicken of Wollerton in
Shropshire. (Latham F A, Editor
(1997), Audlem, The History of a Cheshire Parish and its five townships,
Local History Group, page 24).
1810
The manor of Buerton was purchased
from James Dicken by Sir Thomas Broughton Bart who owned it by 1810. By 1810
the Gamul Hall was no longer standing. (Latham
F A, Editor (1997), Audlem, The History of a Cheshire Parish and its five
townships, Local History Group, page 24).
1870
Buerton, a township in Audlem
parish, Cheshire; adjacent to the Birmingham and Liverpool canal, 7 miles S by
E of Nantwich. Acres, 2,953. Real property, £4,410. Pop., 464. Houses, 93.
There are two Methodist chapels, and charities £50 (Wilson, John Marius (1870-72), Imperial Gazetteer
of England and Wales).
1871
A school was established in 1871
by the British and Foreign School Society, followed by a Band of Hope lecture
hall in 1885.
Buerton Hall Farm
Bibliography
Buerton, Cheshire, A Vision of Britain
through time.
Ormerod,
George, History of the County Palatine and City of Chester, Volume
2, pages 473
to 475 (Buerton).