In AD 79 Herculaneum was buried by ash and pumice during the Mount Vesuvius eruption. Also buried were hundreds of scrolls which had been carbonised into solid black lumps and were thought to be undecipherable. The scrolls could not be unrolled to be read without them crumbling and being destroyed. …
Saturday, 11 July 2026 It will be a wonderful 100 years celebration as the traditional parade makes its way through the village, followed by a great day of fun for all the family on Lakehouse Field. The parade through the village will start at 1pm followed by the crowning on…
This August the Weaverham History Society has arranged a guided walking tour of the historic town centre of Nantwich. Places are currently limited to 20 people and to reduce the costs and improve convenience please make your own way to the town. We will meet our guide and start our…
Originating in damp woods and meadows across Europe and the Middle East, snowdrops can now be found growing happily across the UK. They prefer damp soil and are often to be found in broadleaved woodland and along riverbanks, but can also be seen in parks, gardens, cemeteries, meadows and scrub.…
Bradshaw House as you see it now on Lawton Street, Congleton, was built in 1820 and is a grade II listed Georgian-fronted property. Bradshaw House, Congleton by David Weston, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The name, however, derives from an occupant of a previous house on the site which…
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…
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…
