Cradley - A Village History http://www.cradleybook.org.uk A unique book about the history of a Herefordshire village Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:09:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Memories http://www.cradleybook.org.uk/?p=11 http://www.cradleybook.org.uk/?p=11#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:14:25 +0000 jackiec http://www.freecharity.org.uk/~cradley/?p=11 Elderly Residents

Elderly residents

  • Records of Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee celebrations
  • Cradley Mummers
  • Times before the advent of the telephone, electricity or mains water
  • An explosion at the Post Office
  • Wild animals from a circus come to stay in Cradley!
  • Many personal reminiscences
]]> http://www.cradleybook.org.uk/?feed=rss2&p=11 0 Buildings http://www.cradleybook.org.uk/?p=10 http://www.cradleybook.org.uk/?p=10#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:10:23 +0000 jackiec http://www.freecharity.org.uk/~cradley/?p=10 Cradley Village Hall
Cradley Village Hall, painted by Paul Hunt

  • Village Hall with beams dating from 1531-2
  • Many 17th century cottages and Lord of the Manor’s house
  • Farms and barns
  • A working mill
  • Cider mill
  • Part-Norman church with Saxon stones
]]> http://www.cradleybook.org.uk/?feed=rss2&p=10 0 Transport http://www.cradleybook.org.uk/?p=9 http://www.cradleybook.org.uk/?p=9#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:07:17 +0000 jackiec http://www.freecharity.org.uk/~cradley/?p=9 The Cradley Charabanc
The Cradley Charabanc

  • Salt routes from Roman times and before
  • Holloways and tracks
  • Road repairs from parish council records
  • Carts and wagons
  • Carriages
  • Turnpike cottages
  • Canals, railways and the coming of the car
  • Cradley’s charabanc
  • Morgan cars
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Carpenter at work in Prestons 

  • Blacksmiths, carpenters and wheelwrights
  • Cordwainers
  • Stonemasons
  • Limeburners
  • Coopers and hoop-makers
  • Gloveresses and washerwomen
  • Millers
  • Clergymen, teachers and doctors
  • Shopkeepers and publicans
]]> http://www.cradleybook.org.uk/?feed=rss2&p=8 0 The Countryside http://www.cradleybook.org.uk/?p=7 http://www.cradleybook.org.uk/?p=7#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2006 15:01:26 +0000 jackiec http://www.freecharity.org.uk/~cradley/?p=7 On Seed Farm

On Seed Farm

  • Old farming methods
  • Water meadows and drainage
  • Hops and cherry orchards
  • Cider apples
  • Mills on Cradley brook
  • Enclosure and Encroachment
  • Field names, old woodland and charcoal burning platforms
  • Quarries and lime-kilns
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Cradley Old Boys’ School 

  • Cradley Old Boys’ or Turner’s School (Village Hall today) endowed in 1667
  • William Jones, Headmaster for 58 years, who prepared the Tithe Map of 1839
  • Old school records and Log books
  • Cradley National Girls’ School of 1856
  • Storridge School and the Earl Beauchamp link
]]> http://www.cradleybook.org.uk/?feed=rss2&p=6 0 Care of the Poor http://www.cradleybook.org.uk/?p=5 http://www.cradleybook.org.uk/?p=5#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2006 14:51:31 +0000 jackiec http://www.freecharity.org.uk/~cradley/?p=5 Lying-in Card

Lying-in Card 

  • Poor houses and workhouses
  • Payments by Charities
  • Vagrancy
  • Apprentices
  • Emigration
  • Friendly Societies
  • Newspaper reports from 1836
]]> http://www.cradleybook.org.uk/?feed=rss2&p=5 0 Churches, Chapel and Mormons http://www.cradleybook.org.uk/?p=4 http://www.cradleybook.org.uk/?p=4#comments Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:52:55 +0000 jackiec http://www.freecharity.org.uk/~cradley/?p=4 St Francis window

The Ayscough Memorial Window in Cradley Church 

  • Important Mormon links with Cradley, including a diary
  • The Norman Church of Cradley, St James the Great
  • Parish registers from 1650
  • A Seat Roll of 1735
  • Three Choirs Festival founder, Rev. T. Bisse
  • A Countess of Huntingdon’s chapel
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