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Map of Staffordshire
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
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Stone books (7 available)
- 6 photos on Stone appear in 1 Frith books - View photos of Stone
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Stone memories
Read and share memories of Stone and Staffordshire inspired by Frith photos
Stone in the 1950s
I am now 57 years of age, and live in Australia. I was born in Stone, Stafforshire in 1949 and would love to go back and visit.
As a child I remember walking along the canal and standing watching as a blacksmith mended a horse's shoe. I remember hating school but even at that very tender age I was interested in the history of the school that I attended. Every day at home-time I walked on the stone footpath that was once laid by the Romans (is it still there?). The school was very old and I think that it was once used by monks?? It had very tall ceilings, rounded arches and big heavy doors. I remember taking a shortcut ...read more here
Contributed by Eileen Page
Sandstone site as at 21 August 2006
First time on web page, co-incidently was at site yesterday 20 Aug 2006. I used to play all around the area as a young child 1970+ when the area was allotments, the current site has lost about 10ft in height due to 20 years of erosion, filling in etc. If you look to the left of the centre pillar and to the root overhang, there is about 2ft of sandstone left visible and then you are at root level to all the remaining trees. I will go back and take a photograph of the site, so it is not lost forever.
Contributed by paul spilsnury
Staffordshire memories
Stone in the 1950s
I am now 57 years of age, and live in Australia. I was born in Stone, Stafforshire in 1949 and would love to go back and visit.
As a child I remember walking along the canal and standing watching as a blacksmith mended a horse's shoe. I remember hating school but even at that very tender age I was interested in the history of the school that I attended. Every day at home-time I walked on the stone footpath that was once laid by the Romans (is it still there?). The school was very old and I think that it was once used by monks?? It had very tall ceilings, rounded arches and big heavy doors. I remember taking a shortcut ...read more here
A memory of Stone contributed by Eileen Page
Sandstone site as at 21 August 2006
First time on web page, co-incidently was at site yesterday 20 Aug 2006. I used to play all around the area as a young child 1970+ when the area was allotments, the current site has lost about 10ft in height due to 20 years of erosion, filling in etc. If you look to the left of the centre pillar and to the root overhang, there is about 2ft of sandstone left visible and then you are at root level to all the remaining trees. I will go back and take a photograph of the site, so it is not lost forever.
A memory of Stone contributed by paul spilsnury
Extracts From Stone & Staffordshire books
The view from the roof of Bent’s Brewery. In the 12th century there was an Augustinian priory in the village. Suppressed during the Dissolution, the monastic church, which was also the parish church, survived. Of the priory, however, little remained even in 1900, save for the remains of the cloisters and a stone arch.
An extract from from"Staffordshire Photographic Memories".
This shows the view from the roof of Bent’s Brewery. In the
12th century there was an Augustinian priory in the village.
Suppressed during the Dissolution, the monastic church, which
was also the parish church, survived. Of the priory, however,
little remained even in 1900 when this photograph was taken,
save for the remains of the cloisters and a stone arch.
An extract from from"Staffordshire Pocket Album".
The Manor of Stone was not mentioned in the Domesday Book, though it was given by William the Conqueror to one Erasmus de Walton. His family held it until the reign of Henry I. Later, the manor became forfeit to the Crown, because Enysan de Walton killed two nuns and a priest.
An extract from from"Staffordshire Photographic Memories".
This shows the view from the roof of Bent’s Brewery. In the
12th century there was an Augustinian priory in the village.
Suppressed during the Dissolution, the monastic church, which
was also the parish church, survived. Of the priory, however,
little remained even in 1900 when this photograph was taken,
save for the remains of the cloisters and a stone arch.
An extract from from"Staffordshire Pocket Album".
At the time, the foreground area was called Pump Square after the apparatus
near the lamp. A 16ft war memorial was unveiled here in 1921 and the area
was renamed Granville Square after the hotel from which this photograph was
taken. The thatch-roofed Crown and Anchor, dating from the 17th century,
was damaged by fire in 1937 and rebuilt immediately in its present form.
An extract from from"Down the Trent Photographic Memories".