HUDC Handbook: Difference between revisions

As a work on the history of Hoole the Handbook makes a number of significant errors and while it indicates that the writer of the "history" section had access to some historical works he evidently does not use them well, and seems entirely ignorant (or purposely ignores) some parts of the history and topography of Hoole. He should, as Town Clerk, have known where Flookersbrook flowed, who Finchett-Maddock was (a previous Chester Town Clerk and MP) and omits much of the history relating to his somewhat selective subject-matter. Baldwin the ballonist (of Hoole Hall) gets no mention nor Lady Broughton (of Hoole House) and he has Malcolm "King of Scots" seemingly at the gates of Chester. Both King Charles and Lord Nelson apparently stroll around Hoole, and the author is utterly confused over Bishops. Some of his facts are correct but the errors make this an unreliable source for things not confirmed elsewhere. It is unclear what the balance is between this being intended to be a helpful guide to those who might move to developing Hoole or a largely commercial effort on the part of Pyramid Press using free content (of dubiouus historical quality) and advertising to produce a booklet backed up by the "authority" of the Hoole UDC. The map is perhaps one of the most useful parts, unless you are looking for [[Walker Street]].