A fun street lamp from Stratford Upon Avon The streets in towns and cities have always been lit in a random fashion, with lighting given by the owner of the house to just that bit of thoroughfare outside the house. [From personal experience I might add that pavements throughout the…
Hello everyone I do hope that you have had a brilliant summer but are now looking forward to activities this autumn. At the moment there are the Heritage Open Days which last from 6-15 September. Heritage Open Days is England’s largest community led festival of history and culture, involving thousands…
There is no History Society meeting in August, but we still have places available for our trip by coach to the Black Country Living Museum at Dudley on Wednesday, 7 August 2024. This trip is really good value for money at only £35 per person, which includes admission and the cost…
Bradshaw House as you see it now on Lawton Street, Congleton, was built in 1820 and is a grade II listed Georgian-fronted property. The name, however, derives from an occupant of a previous house on the site which it replaced. This original building, then known as Cole Hill House, was…
Operation Neptune, often referred to as D-Day, took place 80 years ago, on Tuesday, 6 June 1944. It was preceded by extensive aerial and naval bombardment and marked the start of the Allied invasion of Normandy. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history and the operation began the liberation…
(and impeccable handwriting). 29/09/2022 One of the more recognisable buildings that has been featured before is the Barrymore Institute. It is not one of the listed buildings in the village but that doesn’t mean it has not played a major part in the history of Weaverham. An earlier article on…
After the jollifications of Christmas and New Year and a little rest in January, the days are now noticeably becoming longer and we can welcome the procession of spring flowers, starting with snowdrops. The snowdrop is a perennial which is part of the amaryllis family and is native to Europe…
It might be windy, cold and wet outside but we can look forward to summer with our first meeting of the new year on Tuesday, 9 January. The committee look forward to seeing you then. And don’t forget there is still time before Christmas to buy our new publication “Weaverham…
The Weaverham History Society has just published a new book. It is based upon an earlier book by the Society from the 1980s called ‘Old Weaverham – a Pictorial History’. With the help of Anne Loader Publications, we have updated and reissued this book. The new publication is called ‘Weaverham…
The 2023 Weaverham Rose Queen is Poppy Sofia Gibson. She is 14 years old and attends The County High School Leftwich. Her hobbies are football and troupe. We wish her a wonderful time for her year representing Weaverham. The history of the Weaverham Rose Fete started in the early 1900s…
