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Stanley Hall, as may be seen on the accompanying photograph is dated 1662. It was bought by the Society of Friends
in 1786 for £1,200 from Elizabeth Mulliner, and has remained in their possession ever since. It is on the borders of
Cheadle Bulkeley and Handforth, and adjoining what was probably an open space at one time, named Stanley Green. I
have imagined that that the name may have been derived from John Stanley, the son of Sir John, for when his mother
married Sir Urian Brereton for her second husband, and they built Handforth Hall, he would naturally expect to have
a house of his own out of the estates.
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