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Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire
Abbots Bromley photos
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Abbots Bromley maps
Historic maps of Abbots Bromley and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Abbots Bromley maps
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Illustrated Victorian map of Staffordshire
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Abbots Bromley books
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Staffordshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Uttoxeter Living Memories
Paperback
£13
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Memories of Abbots Bromley
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My old school which myself and brother attended the good old days. This photo was taken from where I live now.
Shared on 07 October 2008
I am searching for a Charles & Hugo Mavesyn Chadwick.
Charles Chadwick died c1820 and Hugo Chadwick died in 1854.
I notice that the name of the public house in Hill Ridware is the Chadwick Arms.
Does anyone have any history of this pub and why it was given this name and of the Chadwicks of Mavesyn Ridware?
Betty Ashton (nee... [more]
Shared on 24 January 2008
My ex-husband's great-grandparents were Thomas Buckley and Mary Cope/Foster, known as Mary Ellen. Mary was the half sister of the Thomas Foster mentioned by the previous member. She was born out of wedlock to Phoebe Cope but they share the same father i.e. John Foster. My mother-in-law, who unfortunately died in May, was always talking about Marchington and the surrounding area.... [more]
Shared on 21 July 2009
My grandfather was born in Marchington Woodlands (Thomas Foster) at Knypersley Hall in 1871 which his father John Foster was renting until about 1905 when following 2 years of cattle foot and mouth (no compensation in those days) he had to give up and move to Uttoxeter and take work as a sawyer. It was said to have broken John's... [more]
Shared on 06 December 2008
Extracts From Abbots Bromley & Staffordshire books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Abbots Bromley, inspired by Frith photos.
Staffordshire Photographic Memories
There are quite a few old, half-timbered buildings still extant in the village, but perhaps the most interesting is the old market house, which can be seen on the left of the picture. It is not the half-timbered building, but the open-sided structure.
This is an extract from Staffordshire Photographic Memories.
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There are quite a few old, half-timbered buildings still extant in the village, but perhaps the most interesting is the old market house, which can be seen on the left of the picture. It is not the half-timbered building, but the open- sided structure.
This is an extract from Staffordshire Pocket Album.
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Staffordshire Photographic Memories
Every year, on the first Monday after the Sunday following 4 September, the Horn Dance is performed in Abbots Bromley. No one knows how old the dance is; it could easily predate the Norman Conquest, and its meaning is also lost to us. Ten dancers take part accompanied by two musicians. The dancers include a maid (Maid Marian), a jester, a... [more]
This is an extract from Staffordshire Photographic Memories.
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