Work has begun on a residential development in Sandbach, which will deliver 203 new homes and more than £3.6 million in community investment.
The development, named Palmer’s Cross, is being built by Anwyl Homes on a 20-acre site off Old Mill Road.
The development takes its name from Anthony Palmer, a Sandbach man who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in the Crimean War in 1854.
Born at Brereton Green, Pte Palmer was about 35, and in the 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, when he won the VC.
On 5th November 1854, at the Battle of Inkerman, Crimea, Pte Palmer, with two other men, was the first to volunteer to go with Brevet Major Sir Charles Russell to dislodge a party of Russians from the Sandbag Battery. During the action, Pte Palmer shot down an assailant who was in the act of bayoneting Sir Charles, and so saved his life. He was also one of a small band which, by a desperate charge against overwhelming numbers, saved the Colours of the battalion from capture.
Anwyl Homes is well established in Sandbach, having previously built 151 homes at Abbeyfields, off Middlewich Road, completed in 2021. Anwyl is currently building new homes in Congleton and Nantwich, having recently completed developments in Crewe and Shavington.
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