Hawkesyard – a house, a family and a place in history
From hermit’s haven to parish landmark – a 1790 tour of the ancient church of Armitage
The Resilient History of St. John the Baptist Church
From Fiddles to Pipes: The Musical History of St. John the Baptist Church
A Historic Chapel’s Transformation: From Worship to Cannabis Factory to Home
One Hundred Years Ago in the Parish: June 1925
St. John the Baptist Church tower
Gateway to the Past: A Story Cast in Iron
John Webb, Gardener to the Gentry
Soldiers from the Great War – four men who died from the effects of the war years after it had ended
Ringing Through the Centuries: The Story of St. John the Baptist Church Bells
A shipwreck find – a WC from the mid 1850s factory of Robert Hedderwick Penman
The founding of Armitage potbank
So, what’s a challerpoy then and other records from 250 years ago
The oldest item in the village – the church font made in the early 1100s
Signing the pledge – Handsacre Primitive Methodists pledge book
The first issue of the Parish Magazine
Pit ponies and Jack Smith 1899 – 1917
School attendance and prosecutions for non-attendance
School lessons in the late 1800s plus attendance lists
Armitage school logbook 1917 showing epidemics, harvesting and war work
Duck stone – prosecuted for playing games in the street
Sixteen years on the run – John Waltho for arson
World champion prune eater – Frank Hodgkiss
The 1937 coronation carnival with lists of committee members and local unemployed
What’s in a name – a table or a washbasin?
Guilty or not guilty – three court cases from the mid to late 1800s
The 1921 census and the 1921 miners’ strike
Caring for the needy part 1, part 2 and part 3 – how the parish cared for (named) poor people
Drunk and … – pubs and court cases
Marriage bonds and the Conway and Morecroft family
Assault and battery in the church
The centenary of Croft School, Armitage
My disappearing landmark – Rugeley power stations demolition