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Before 1897 much of Worthen and Brockton was owned by the Kynaston estate. The Kynastons were not a local family. John Kynaston of Hardwick Hall, near Ellesmere, inherited the Worthen estate in 1797 from a relative, John Powell*. The Powells were a local family: they had acquired the Worthen manor from the Earl of Stafford in 1572, had built Worthen Hall in about 1590 and had built Hampton Hall in 1681-86. When the Worthen estate was broken up into lots and sold in 1897 these three cottages on Worthen bank were two cottages - for description of them in 1897 see Kynaston estate auction details at Shropshire Archives. They were bought by Edwin Blakemore and after 1901 were converted into the three that you see. In 1911 the nearest cottage, number 25, was lived in by Ernest Humphries and his wife; the middle one, number 26, had Albert Rogers and his family; and the furthest, number 27, had William Bland and his family. The date of the photo is approximate. The cottages have since become one single house. The buildings in the background are probably associated with Worthen mill.

*John Kynaston was required in the terms of the transfer to change his name to John Kynaston Powell on inheriting the Worthen estate. He was MP for Shropshire from 1784 to 1822, and claimed, and tried to establish, that he was the true heir of Edward the last Lord Powys. In 1818 a baronetcy was created for him and he became the 1st Baronet of Hardwick and Worthen. This baronetcy became void on the death of the 3rd Baronet, John Roger Kynaston, in 1866.

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