Nether Alderley, St Mary's Church And The Rectory 1896

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Photo of Nether Alderley, St Mary's Church And The Rectory 1896

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St Mary's Church sits at the end of a little lane off the A34. A 14th-century building, it has a strange pew perched up on the wall 'like an opera box'. It also has two rather precious books. One is a Breeches Bible that dates from 1560. Breeches Bibles were so named because they translated the story of Adam and Eve covering themselves with fig leaves by saying 'They sewed fig leaves and made themselves breeches'.

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A Selection of Memories from Nether Alderley

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Nether Alderley

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In the late 1960s and early 1970s I stayed here for my school hols, my grandmother worked for Mr and Mrs Bodd who were the owners at the time. My grandparants lived in part of the house round the side which in itsself was large. One thing that sticks out in my mind is the sights of a few ghosts that were about the place, and a bricked room between two of the bedrooms upstairs opposite the bathroom, there was ...see more

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Added 19 April 2009

Village Shop, Nether Alderley

It is often stated that the village shop was also the Post Office, but this is not true. There was a letter box (bar) in the wall, but the nearest Post Office was at Monk's Heath. The village shop was very small but sold a variety of products from chicken feed to postcards.