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Rednal maps

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

Rednal photos

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Whittington| Oswestry| Ellesmere| Gobowen| St Martins| Llynclys| Pant| Weston Rhyn| Llanymynech

Rednal area books

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Memories of Rednal

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Tedsmore Hall

My father came from Tedsmore Hall. He was Roger Mainwaring Crees and Mainwaring is a family name. He is deceased now, but I do have a photograph of the old house. I intend to journey into Wales next week and will go and see that place although it looks as if the house has been demolished as I cannot find any reference to it. I have a couple of books written by the Rev. Thomas Bulkeley Owen, my ancestor. I do have other photographs and family history but have only just begun to unravel it all. Victoria Crees.

Smith Family of Tedsmore Bank

and died in 1883, Emma had a son, Thomas Leonard Smith, and he was brought up as one of the children and became a butler in North Wales and died in 1915, he left a widow and 2 daughters but never knew Emma was his mother. His only grandson was killed during the 2nd World War and I was the only granddaughter, but I have 4 children, 10 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild. I found a request for the children of John and Marianne Smith of Tedsmore Bank, they were Mary Anne, Emma, Louisa, Rebekah, William and Edward. Their father was a butcher.

National Service 1955/ 57

I was billeted on Lotun Park ammunition open site stores and during the Suez crisis in 1956 we shipped out ammunition during all of the Easter period from the Ford Sub Depot. My memories are of all the deer on Lotun Park.

My Grandmother

The 1901 census shows my grandmother Emma Mainwaring, then aged 14, working as a domestic servant at Kenwicks Park. Thinking that Kenwicks Park was the name of a large country house I started to search for it only to find that Kenwicks Park refers to a locality. Can anyone suggest where I can find the exact house where my grandmother worked?
I am desperate to take a photo of the property to add to my family history.

SAD!

Leg Street c1960
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My aunt Dylis used to have a fruit and veg shop on this street and I can remember going with my gran to the shop and helping to make wreathes for funerals.
My gran used to live in Beatrice Street, opposite the train station. I seem to remember that the access to this was via a footbridge on which I used to stand to wait for the steam trains to pass underneath. At the back of the station was the beginning of a walk which I used to do with my father. It took you to a place called Shell Bank where the land had slid away revealing a layer of shells from thousands of years ago. None of these remain anymore, how sad!

IJLB

Post Office And Main Avenue, Park Hall Camp c1960
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I was at Parkhall Camp from Aug 1970 - Aug 1972. I remember that pay day was on a Wednesday, after which the Post Office was the first port of call to get sweets and soft drinks. Every boy had a POSBIE account which 7 shillings per week was transfered into, to be spent on leave. Some of the best years of my early military career were spent at Oswestry.

Inspections

Post Office And Main Avenue, Park Hall Camp c1960
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Ref to the pay day. I remember a full room and locker inspection in the morning before Wednesday pay.

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