Comments on: The Manchester Mummy – How a Respectable English Woman Got Embalmed Egyptian Style

By: David Castleton

David Castleton — Sun, 15 Sep 2024 07:16:36 +0000

In reply to Stephen Phillips. Thanks for the information, Stephen. Do you know if he had any encounters with Hannah Beswick's ghost?

By: Stephen Phillips

Stephen Phillips — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 10:18:36 +0000

My 3 x Gt Uncle Andrew owned Birchin Bower in the 1800’s also a Cotton Mill in Hollinwood very near to the house

By: Dr Tom Bell

Dr Tom Bell — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 13:18:46 +0000

Hi David,
Very interesting. I must declare an interest in that CW is my direct ancestor and I have lived with one of the two oil paintings of him above my desk all my adult life!
He trained in Edinburgh as well as with his father Thomas and his daughter Anne married Richard Clayton of Adlington Hall in Lancs. CW lived much of his life at 1 Kings Street and he was part of an affluent family. He amongst others founded the Manchester Infirmary, St Marys Hospital and the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society and was a contributor to the Portico Library although by the time it opened he was blind.
His work in Obstetrics altered the lives of thousands of women in Manchester …the city having among the lowest death rate from Puerpural Fever in Europe. He was also responsible for numerous operative firsts.

So to put in context he is a man Manchester should be far more proud of …and him benefitting in large sums of money from this is I think very unlikely. His work is still influential to this day …. http://www.bristolmedchi.co.uk/content/upload/1/wemj/wemj-113-no-3/charles-white.pdf

By: David Castleton

David Castleton — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 06:51:02 +0000

In reply to Liv. Thanks for that comment, Liv. It seems Hannah Beswick is quite a famous ghost in and around the Manchester area!

By: Liv

Liv — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 21:35:28 +0000

Me and my dad was talking about hannah beswick, I decided to google to see what come up. My nana used to live in hollinwood, me and my dad was talking about old ghost stories and one was her. My nana and other members of the family spoke about and seeing ghostly sighting with the description of her wearing black and she wore a bonet. when I was younger I did a project on her “the hannah beswick the mummy in a grandfather clock”, my nana also managed to give me photocopies of a map showing the land she owned. The story goes that she still searches for her gold which was hidden from the jacobites, coincedently at my primary school i also found a book, the title on the lines of ;” true ghost stories” and who was in it…yep hannah beswick