The second day in Manchester we decided to explore some of Jeremy's ancestors hometowns. We started off at a little park near our hotel where Jeremy's relative used to vacation in the summer (Rostherne Lake.) It was an open field of deer and tons of sheep grazing about. The cars would just drive right through their area. It was rainy all morning, so some of the shots were a little hazy!
We next drove to a town called Nantwitch to see if we could locate a more specific area for one of Jeremy's relatives. We started at the historical society and I found this chair. Jeremy's Grandma Norma has one that looks exactly the same in her living room. I felt like we were on our own journey of "Who Do You Think You Are."
This was the adorable town, exactly what you would picture a town in England looking like!
We walked over to the town library to begin looking through records to see if we could find a specific area where Jeremy's relative used to live. It was a bit overwhelming and there was no one to help, but by some coincidence I picked up a book and found his name "Henry Lunt" in it and where he used to farm. It also said he was a Mormon and moved to America. We thought it was quite a miracle to find that amongst all of the references and we found the little area that he used to reside - Mickley Hall. On our way back through the town there was a military band there playing and performing.
We drove around after lunch and found Sound and Mickley Hall, where Henry Lunt used to live. It was fun and I'm not sure it has changed that much since then.
We also found the probable family church and where they were baptized as infants. Luckily it was open so we were able to go in and look around - again, I'm not sure much has changed since the time they used to go there!
After exploring some of Jeremy's father's side of the family we looked for some places on his mother's side. Some of them lived within miles of each other which we didn't realize until we drove around that area.
This was just too cute - I had to take it!
