About The Area
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St Peter's, TattenhallThe name ‘greenlooms’ is thought to derive from ‘green loam’ – so please dismiss any thoughts of the Weaver of Raveloe and orphans darkening our door! Cheshire has long been the home of bovine rather than ovine, so this theory does make sense, we rather think.
Greenlooms Cottage is pretty much halfway between Hargrave and Waverton, both of which get a mention in the Domesday Book. It’s still very much farming country, with ever-growing herds of black-and-white dairy cows stippling the rolling fields.
Just beyond Hargrave, the village of Huxley was the site of one of the most significant finds of Viking silver. The so-called Huxley Hoard was found in 2004 by a detectorist from the Lune Valley Club. Consisting of 22 wonderful pieces, it is thought to date from the early 10th century. Vikings had settled on the Wirral and Cheshire after being beaten out of Dublin, so perhaps it was the running-away fund for one of these – and he just failed to run away in time… who knows!
Waverton is on the Shropshire Union Canal (which makes a nice walk to Chester), and has a post office and convenience store
Tattenhall is a pretty little village just 4 miles away. It has kept a good selection of traditional shops, including a family butcher and a good greengrocer. St Peter’s Church - which recent archaeological work has shown is built on the site of a Roman villa – is a lovely sandstone building, with views from the churchyard of a large half-timbered house. A new canal marina outside the village is now the home of around a hundred or so narrowboats.