Stone, Staffordshire

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... [more]

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... [more]

Staffordshire Photographic Memories

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.

Staffordshire Pocket Album

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.

Staffordshire Photographic Memories

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.