Margaret Ormesher

Unsolved Murders

Age: 67

Sex: female

Date: 5 May 1956

Place: Ivydene, Church Street, Ormskirk, Lancashire

Margaret Ormesher and Mary Ormesher were murdered at their ten-roomed home in Church Street, Ormskirk on 6 May 1956.

Mary Ormesher was known for running a small lockup sweetshop and tobacconist's shop in Ivy Dene, Asmall Lane, Ormskirk known locally as Aunt Polly's shop. The sweetshop itself was demolished around Thursday 10 January 1957. It was thought that the business had been inherited through their parents. Margaret Ormesher had kept the house in Church Street that they had both lived in. They were spinsters. The shop was about a mile away from the house.

*map pointers are rough estimates based on known location details as per Place field above.

see www.truecrimelibrary.com

see Liverpool Echo

see Ormskirk By Gone Times

see TW News

see Belfast News-Letter - Thursday 13 September 1956

see Lancashire Evening Post - Friday 11 May 1956

see Lancashire Evening Post - Monday 07 May 1956

see Bradford Observer - Monday 14 May 1956

see Lancashire Evening Post - Wednesday 12 September 1956

see Liverpool Echo - Monday 07 May 1956

see Belfast Telegraph - Monday 07 May 1956