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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

Abbots Bromley map

Historic map of Abbots Bromley

Staffordshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Staffordshire

Abbots Bromley map

Historic Map of any Abbots Bromley postcode

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Abbots Bromley books

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Staffordshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Uttoxeter Living Memories
Paperback
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Abbots Bromley books
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Memories of Abbots Bromley

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Staffordshire memories

My old School

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 by John Poole.

Chadwick family

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

The Fosters

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

Marchington Woodlands

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

Ridware History Society

You may like to check out the Ridware History society site - www.kmaone.com/rhs -which has much about the history and photographs of the Ridwares in Staffordshire

Shared on 03 August 2008 by Enid Manning.

Colwich Football Team

My father, James E Bond, captained the Colwich Swifts for at least two seasons, and the team won the league in 1949. Jim played at Right Half. This memory was shared by Jim's friend Bill Fox.

Shared on 17 November 2007 by Margaret Curtis.

Rugeley boyhood

My family moved to Rugeley in 1954 from Northumberland. Dad worked at Brereton Colliery and Mum at Birmid Metals. I attended Aelgar school and about that time got my first job delivering newspapers for the 'Burnthill Press' (Market Square, I think that's the name). My round started from the town out and up the Hednesford road to the very last house!I... [more]

Shared on 28 October 2009 by Kenneth Rochester.

Bicycle Storage

I was born and lived at Longdon Green. I started work at West Cannock Colliery No.5 in 1951. I used to cycle to Rugeley every morning and store my bicycle in Jack Hill's shop doorway along with other miners' bikes, then catch the green bus up to the pit. This would be at about 6am in a morning, so I had... [more]

Shared on 09 February 2009 by Carl Linney.

Extracts From Abbots Bromley & Staffordshire books

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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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Staffordshire Pocket Album

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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