Melling. In Cheshire?

[carol sea]

Help please.
Was Melling in Cheshire or Lancashire c. mid 1800s?Having trouble tracing Sourbutts family, but think there may be a connection with PearTree Farm, Melling.

Any help would be much appreciated.At a dead end.
Carol

[peterbennett]

Hi Carol
             As far as I am aware Melling Nr Ormskirk has allways been in Lancashire.

peterbennett

[SueW]

Hi

Melling is in Lancashire.  In 1835 Melling was a township in the parish of Halsall, Lancashire.

I was born not too far away.

Regards

Sue

[carol sea]

Thanks,Sue and Peter!

[mclean]

pear tree pub still standing on the borders of melling,lydiate
and maghull in lancashire
not sure about the farm but there is one 100yds from the pub
on the way to kirkby.
jimmy mac.

[carol sea]

Hi jimmy mac (motown fan by any chance?)
Thanks for the info.Sorry for slow response. Christmas & all that stuff, you know!

The farm could well be the one.......I remember visiting as a small child.......it was a typical symmetrical house with a path leading from the front gate, through the centre of the garden, to a door in the middle front of the house, with a small porch over and windows at either side.Seem to recall it was red brick.
When I was little my lasting memory is of a garden full of daffodils ( I think we must have always visited at easter time!)
It's over 40 years since I was last there, but I can still smell those daffs now.....

Guessing you live in the area?
Carol