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Colwich, Staffordshire
Colwich maps
Historic maps of Colwich and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Colwich maps
Historic map of Colwich
Illustrated Victorian map of Staffordshire
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Colwich books
Displaying 2 of 2 books about Colwich and the local area. View all Colwich books
Staffordshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Uttoxeter Living Memories
Paperback
£13
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Memories of Colwich
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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
Staffordshire memories
I was born in Brewery Yard, Great Haywood. After the war my mum moved to Notting Hill, London, so in the summer holidays my sister and I would stay at Nan & Grandads in the village. Mum {Eileen Bailey} played the piano in the Fox & Hounds, Stubbs's were the local butchers. I spent a few months at the local school,... [more]
Shared on 20 September 2008
I have very fond memories of Great Haywood during the 50s as my sister and I went to stay with our grandmother during the school holidays. We lived near to the centre of Manchester and so to visit this village in the 50s was like entering another world.
Grandma lived on the outskirts of the village in Tolldish Lane and she... [more]
Shared on 13 April 2008
Extracts From Colwich & Staffordshire books
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Stafford Living Memories Pocket Album
Originally built as a private house called Mount Pleasant in 1730, it was later enlarged and renamed Mount Pavilion. In 1836 it became home to a group of Benedictine nuns. Their community had fled the French Revolution in Paris in 1795 and had settled first in Dorset and then Somerset, before moving to Staffordshire.
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Stafford Living Memories Pocket Album
It was near here in June 1839 that a passenger on a boat to London, Mrs Christina Collins, was brutally beaten, raped and murdered. Her body was dragged out of the canal two days later at the Bloody Steps in Rugeley, where her grave can be seen in the churchyard. Two of the crew were hanged and another transported.
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Stafford Living Memories Pocket Album
According to tradition, the church of St Michael and All Angels is said to stand on the site of a 7th-century wooden chapel dedicated to St Chad. Most of the present church dates from the 19th century, although the tower was built in 1640. There is a memorial inside to Admiral George Anson, who is buried here. Note the St George's flag on the tall flagpole. ... [more]
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