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Nantwich Golf Club, Cheshire. (1910 - WW2)
The club first appeared in 1910.
Thomas Harlock, head of the firm of Stretch & Harlock Ltd, Drapers and Outfitters, was one of the founder members and a director of the Nantwich Golf Club.
Below a report on the club from December 1910.
From the Cheshire Observer Saturday 17th December 1910. Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
The map below from 1912 shows the Brine Baths, unfortunately the golf course is not marked.
Ordnance Survey Map © Crown Copyright {1912}
Result of a competition played in November 1912.
From the Cheshire Observer Saturday 23rd November 1912.Image © Trinity Mirror. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
A 9-hole course with a SSS of 70 and a membership of about 100. Visitors’ fees were 2/- a day, 3/- on Sunday and Wednesday, 10/- a week. Sunday play was allowed without caddies. The station at Nantwich was ¼ mile away. Local hotel was the Brine Baths.
| Secretary | Professional/Greenkeeper | |
| 1923 | W H Edwards, Barclays Bank, Nantwich. | B Sherratt (p) W Yapp (g) |
| 1929 | H B Davies, National Provincial Bank. Nantwich. | H W Fiddaman (p) |
| 1940-47 | H B Davies | ? Chesters (g) |
In 1929 the professional course record was held by H W Fiddaman 65.
Result of a match played at the now defunct Whitchurch Golf Club in April 1932.
| Whitchurch Golf Club | Nantwich Golf Club | ||
| D Griffiths (halved) | 0 | J Edge (halved) | 0 |
| W L Sunsion (2up) | 1 | W J Lake | 0 |
| R R Smith (5 and 3) | 1 | C Minshaw | 0 |
| Dr. Beckett | 0 | W R Booth (2 and 1) | 1 |
| O S Bamber | 0 | M Arnold (4 and 3) | 1 |
| P A Taylor (6 and 4) | 1 | G Gresty | 0 |
| P Smith (halved) | 0 | F Wooldridge (halved) | 0 |
| D G Davies (2 and 1) | 1 | A Hinde | 0 |
| P G Morgan | 0 | H Price (3 and 1) | 1 |
| J F Griffiths | 0 | F W Slight (3 and 2) | 1 |
| J R Hares | 0 | R Holland (5 and 3) | 1 |
| F Howell | 0 | C Button (2 and 1) | 1 |
| 4 | 6 |
Sad end. Below the club sells of its machinery at auction in 1942.
From the Chester Chronicle 17th January 1942. Image © Trinity Mirror. Image created courtesy of THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD.
Map showing the location of the former Nantwich golf course.
Grid location SJ65170,51135, co-ordinates 365170,351135.
Nantwich Golf Club disappeared at the time of WW2.