Turnhurst Hall was an imposing country mansion built around 1700. There was a residence here prior to the hall being built, as is documented in the General Muster Roll of 1539 which shows an extract by a William Rowley of Turnhurst. Around the 1760's the Hall was owned by the Alsager family and in 1765 it was rented from them by the famous local engineer James Brindley.
He lived there with his wife Anne Henshall of Bent House (Bent Farm) whom he married on 8th December 1765.
It was in the grounds of the hall that James Brindley built a model for his Canal Lock System, that enabled canals to be built virtually anywhere and not just on flat ground. This was to become his finest engineering achievment to date.
James Brindley finally succumbed to illness which had troubled him for the past few years and died on 27th Sept 1772.
He was buried three days later in St James Churchyard overlooking his home.
Turnhurst Hall was demolished in 1929 as a result of mining susidence, and the last remaining outbuildings were in turn
demolished in 1970