Timperley Family History and Genealogy
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- October 17, 2006
I came across your website by accident. I was born at Timperley Lodge, on the outskirts of Altrincham, Cheshire UK, in January 1942. The house was once the main residence of a substantial rural estate with extensive lands and farms dating back to the 1640s. It steadily reduced in scale to the present day where it is a private residence in several acres of woods and gardens but wholly surrounded by the encroachment of suburbia. The nearby Broadheath was an important industrial estate specialising in firms making heavy machine tools and allied equipment which was a key element in the UK war effort in 1939 / 45. As a cosequence, the area was subject to frequent heavy air raids by the German Luftwaffe. Sincereley, Anthony O'Neil [aoneil(at)onetel(dot)com] - September 06, 2006
The name TIMPERLEY appears to have originated in Cheshire, but we have not so far been able to trace our family further back than the 1780s in Manchester, Lancashire. No doubt a professional searcher would be able to find out more than we have been able to from this distance. There's a village called Timperley in Cheshire; it's essentially a suburb of Altrincham, a 750-year-old market town. Timperley (apparently meaning "wooded valley") is the original source of Timperley Early, said to be Queen Victoria's favourite rhubarb. I used to live in Timperley until 2000. -- Marc Wilson [marc(at)cleopatra(dot)co(dot)uk]