The Lloyd Family Collection

The Lloyd Family in Lymm

The Lloyd family gave over 250 years of unbroken serice to the Bridgewater Canal and after whom Lloyd Bridge is named at Oughtrington.

The family arrived in Eccles in around 1749. John Lloyd was the Duke of Bridgewater's boat builder in Bangor on Dee - and the Duke required John to re-locate to work on his new industrial canal from Worsley to Manchester.  

From that time on, the sons of the Lloyd family worked on the Bridgewater Canal as boat builders, carpenters and watermen.  This was until 1870 when Thomas Lloyd, (b 1843) became the Canal Inspector and then moved to Latchford.  From then on, the role of the Bridgewater Canal inspector was passed from father to son intil 1982 when Thomas Lloyd (b 1918) retired after almost 55 years of service.

Thomas Arthur Lloyd (b 1869) moved from Latchford to Lymm, living on Rushgreen to be closer to the canal. His son Ernest (b 1894) followed his father as Canal Inspector and became very active in the village as a Councillor and later becoming Chairman of the Council, a school Governor and a joint founder of the British Legion branch in Lymm.  They lived on Crouchley Lane and where his wife Annie also owned and ran a small grocery and sweet shop on the corner of Higher Lane and Crouchley Lane. 

Ernest's son Thomas (b 1918) married Gladys Daniels of Sandy Lane in 1942 and followed his father as Bridgewater Canal Inspector until his retirement in 1982, still living on Crouchley Lane, until his death in 2005.

The Hersey / Daniels families in Lymm

In 1843, George Hersey was born to Edwin Hersey, a Horsham Grocer.  George Hersey went on to become a Sussex policeman and married Harriet Humphrey (b 1847) the daughter of an Amberley grocer.  Together they moved to Pendleton, where George was a Salford Constabulary police sergeant.

The couple had two daughters, Ellen (b 1879) and Harriet ( b 1881)

As adults, Ellen and Harriet moved to Lymm to run the confectioner's shop in Bridgewater Street.  They also had a boarder shop assistant, Miss Julia Child. George and Harriet, the girls’ parents, were regular visitors and often stayed at the sweet and tobacco shop.

In 1914, both sisters got married, Harriet to William Kirkpatrick where they continued to run the sweet shop. Ellen married a local boy, Harry Daniels (b 1890) who regularly used to buy his sweets from the shop.

Harry Daniels came from a long established local family who lived and worked on farms in High Legh as farm workers, teamsmen and waggoners.  Harry joined his father, James Daniels working on the farm as a teamsman.  

After the 1914 - 1918 War, there was no longer a demand for a teamsman on the farm, so firstly, Harry worked for Burgons in Lymm village, delivering groceries around the area with their horse drawn van.  Ellen and Harry moved to Orchard Road and Harry left Burgons and worked in the Salt Works, saving until he had enough money to buy his own taxi / wedding car.  Harry and Ellen later moved to Sandy Lane where there was a large garage and set up there own business.

They had two children, Gladys Daniels (b 1916) and then Bertram Daniels (b 1919). In 1939, Harry gave up his taxi business and volunteered to be a fireman. He was sent to London during the Blitz and then to Bournemouth. In 1945, he became a civilian fireman and driver for the Royal Navy at Burtonwood where he stayed until his retirement.

In 1942, Gladys Daniels married Thomas Lloyd (b 1918), son of Ernest Lloyd of Crouchley Lane.