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Padmore, Shropshire

Padmore maps

Historic maps of Padmore and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis.   View all Padmore maps

Padmore map

Historic map of Padmore

Shropshire map

Illustrated Victorian map of Shropshire

Padmore map

Historic Map of any Padmore postcode

Padmore maps
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Padmore photos

We have no photos of Padmore, although we do have photos of these nearby places: All Stretton, Ryton, Cardington

Padmore books

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Shropshire Living Memories
Paperback
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Ludlow Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Shropshire Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Padmore books
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Memories of Padmore

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Shropshire memories

The Hotel garage

My grandfather Bert Hedger managed the garage attached to The Hotel during the late 1920s. It belonged to Phillip West who was a mill owner from Manchester and was managed by his sister-in-law Lillian Harker. It was a five star hotel and all the best people stayed there. A lot of famous racing drivers from the 1920s stayed there for the... [more]

Shared on 21 July 2009 by Christopher Grant.

Ethel May Tantrum

My husband's Grandmother, Ethel May Tantrum, was born in Craven Arms in 1885, but by 1891 was living in Elms Cottage, Little Stretton. In 1910, she married Harold Ezard and in 1924 she died at White Birches Cottage, Little Stretton. Their son, Harold, was born in Little Stretton, but we are not sure where (possibly White Birches Cottage?) and we... [more]

Shared on 10 July 2006 by Judith Ezard.

Atcham Schoolhouse

I only knew Atcham as the place where my grandfather's family lived in 1901. My grandfather lived there with the rest of his family in the Atcham Schoolhouse because his dad was the local School Master at that time. I recently crossed the globe and visited that same house in the beautiful setting that is Atcham. In doing... [more]

Shared on 19 May 2009 by Helen Sliwinski.

Lion Hotel

My granny got a job as a waitress at the Lion Hotel so that she could be near her young man to whom she had just got engaged in 1927. I doubt if it has changed much since that time.

Shared on 21 July 2009 by Christopher Grant.

Runaway sheep

This date is approximate.

As children my brother John and I attended St Mary's on Town Walls and after school we would make our way towards Barker Street to catch the bus to Springfield, we would spin around the revolving doors at the Hotel across from the Old Victorian Market Hall (I think it was called the George) and be... [more]

Shared on 11 December 2008 by Janet Highfield.

Ken Dodd

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My mother used to work in the Raven, as a school girl at St Mary's on Town Walls I used to wait for her to finish work. I can remember the place as being very beautiful.

Once my mother came home with a signed photograph of Ken Dodd, she said he was... [more]

Shared on 11 December 2008 by Janet Highfield.

Fish and Chips

My nan used to live in Darwin Street, just up from this picture. I always used to stay at her house on school holidays, and she used to send me down into Frankwell to buy fish and chips and mushy peas, from one of the houses left of the road which was converted to a chip shop. There used to be... [more]

Shared on 29 October 2008 by Maxine Pickett.

Hornimans tea

I used to live at No 52 on the left of the picture, in a flat on the 4th floor. I was only 7, I remember the first night while lying in bed I heard a screech of brakes and a dog yelping. The next morning my mum told me that a dog had got killed on the road. I can... [more]

Shared on 29 October 2008 by Maxine Pickett.

Extracts From Padmore & Shropshire books

Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Padmore, inspired by Frith photos.

Ludlow Photographic Memories

Notice the paths around the castle – walks were first laid out here in the 18th century for the gentry to enjoy. At the time it was a very popular pastime to promenade along such walks, meet friends, gossip and show off your finery in this way.

This is an extract from Ludlow Photographic Memories.
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Ludlow Photographic Memories

This round building is a stunning survival. It is all that remains of the round chapel of St Mary Magdalene. Round chapels such as this are extremely rare; they were usually associated with the Knights Templar (as was the case here), a movement that began in England in 1128.

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Ludlow Photographic Memories

The tree on the right has since been replaced with cherry trees on either side of the west door. These were planted to commemorate AE Housman, the poet most famous for his volume of poems 'A Shropshire Lad' - one poem begins 'Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough'. He died in 1936, and his ashes are buried in the church wall just to the right of this tree.

This is an extract from Ludlow Photographic Memories.
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