Hyde Name Origins.

The name "HYDE" is derived from the hide, a measure of land for taxation purposes, taken to be that area of land necessary to support a peasant family. In later times it was taken to be equivalent to 120 acres .

Wednesday, 29 February 2012

Wish you were here !

 A couple of postcards of Werneth Low

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Pre Queens Trees

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Todays view

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Pre Cenotaph

4 comments:

Tom said...

I wonder just how many postcards have pictures of Hyde on them? this... It's got to be in the hundreds

Hydonian said...

Hopefully we'll get the majority recorded on here ,Tom ! :)

Anonymous said...

Dave from RSA.Is that the same John Thornley who attended Hyde Tech. in the early sixties and worked at Glovers Cables in Trafford park?

Tom said...

Hi Dave... yes it is... send us your email address to hydonian@gmail.com and I will pass it on to John...