White Nancy

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White Nancy

This article is about the Cheshire landmark. For the variety of flowering plant named "White Nancy" see Lamium maculatum

White Nancy is a well-known local landmark in the town of Bollington, Cheshire, which is used as the logo for the town.^[1] It is positioned on the northern front of the Saddle of Kerridge (at SJ939771); the Gritstone Trail long-distance footpath runs past it.^[2] White Nancy commands extensive views of Cheshire; on clear days, the Manchester cityscape, Jodrell Bank, Winter Hill in Lancashire and Snowdonia in Wales can be seen.

The grade-II-listed edifice was originally an open summer house built by the Gaskell family of Ingersley Hall, Bollington in around 1817.^[3] It commemorates the Battle of Waterloo,^[3] however the origins of the name are uncertain. The Nancy in question might have been a member of the Gaskell family, or perhaps the horse that laboured to cart the building stone to construct White Nancy.^[1]

White Nancy has been decorated on numerous occasions. In 2002 it was stylised with the Union Flag to signify the Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen,^{[citation needed]} as a plum pudding during the festive season,^[1] and bright pink in the year 2005.^{[citation needed]} During World War II White Nancy was painted brown and green so that German pilots could not navigate by the highly visible landmark.^{[citation needed]}