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Historic maps of Coton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Coton maps
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Coton area books
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Alveley Memories
I remember before the houses on Seabright Way, Whittal Close and the newer part of Greenway Avenue were built, we used the field as a general play area, all the kids from Arden Way, Chapel Road and Church Road did. We used to have our annual bonfire there on November 5th and sometimes a firework display if we were lucky. It was also a great way of getting rid of all unwanted large rubbish. I also remember the gates leading on to the green in the middle of Arden Way. They were where the end of the green that meets the back of houses 18 - 28 were and I cannot remember why they were there but they took them down in the early 1980s. There was also the old rec play area,opposite to where it is now. It was in the far right hand corner of the rec, next to the tennis courts and, early on, there was a merry-go-round, cement tubes and the big slide. This was upgraded in the... Read more
Living in Quatford 1944
My Grandma lived in Quatford soon after my dad had been born, in a house that is no longer there because the new A road was built where it used to be. Her name was Edith Mildred (Millie) Ganderton, Nee Stealey.
My Gandparents Lived in Quatford
My grandparents and great grandparents lived in Quatford and I remember going to stay in the summer during the sixties, seventies and eighties with my sister. They lived in a cottage on a hillside above the village called "The Wyches ". My grandmother was Violet Oliver. She is buried in the graveyard with Cecil Oliver her husband. My mother Sheila Oliver and her brother Charles remembered visiting as children. They remembered the americans offering them 'gum' as they came through on the old main road. I remember visiting the Danery and someone called Hilda down the lane. I enjoyed walking through the woods and walking along the main road to buy an icecream in the summer. My grandmother didn't have a fridge. They used a cave at the back of the cottage to keep things cool.
Old Fire Station
The building on the left of the two arches is the old town Fire Station, which was replaced in the 1960's with a new station on Innage Lane. The property is now a retail outlet. If on a visit to the town you look above the shop front you will see engraved the words Fire Station.
Fire Station
My great-great-grandfather and family resided here, at 1 High Street. It was once a Fire Station!
Fire Station Northgate - Great Grandfather Enoch Williams
My great grandfather was Enoch Williams at one time Superintendent of the Fire Station at 1 High Street. He went to Bridgnorth from Gt Whitley in 1894. I have photos of the fire crew of that time - horses and carriage. Horses were kept in a field down Love Lane! Enoch and my grandmother Rebecca had many children and lived above the fire station. My grandfather William Williams had the shop to the right of this picture from 1908. It is now Wetherspoons pub. The Builders' Merchant, William Williams still operates in The Innage.
Richard Baxter's House
This house is significant because I lived around the church close in Glenn Place (top of Moat Street) at the time of this picture. Also, my late father was a well known sign writer - Herman Williams - who hand-painted the 'Baxter's House' details on the front of the house. Richard Baxter was a former curate at St Leonard's (details on the house and a photo inside St Leonard's).
