Welcome to Madeley Local Studies Group

Explore the fascinating history of Madeley, Shropshire, England

• Home Page

Historic Buildings

• The Anstice
• Parkhurst Cinema
• Madeley Court
• The Fletcher Memorial Centre
• The Fletcher Methodist Church
• High Street Primitive Methodist Chapel (now known as the Peoples Centre)
• Madeley Rest Room
• Upper House
• Madeley War Memorial
  • War Memorial details
• Madeley Wesleyan School
• The Anstice/Madeley Wood Estate Sale 1926 Page 1
  • Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6

People

• Jack Smart’s Memories
  • Billy Roberts | Harold Shaw | James McGavin | Robert Moore | George Poole | Joseph Lewis (Tiger Joe)
  • Coddy Smith | PC Arnold Dodd | Crimea Plant | Ben Thorne | John Taylor
  • James ‘Spitty’ Owen | George Boden | Stodd Family
• Sam Cookson
• Reg Oliver
• Charles Peskin
• Major Yate

Memories

• Rob Seymour’s Childhood Memories of Madeley
• ‘A Madeley Childhood’ written by Gwen Groves (nee Dallow)
• Richard Corfield’s memories of his childhood and the changes that came with the new town of Telford
• Brenda Brown (formerly Cain) who wrote to us from California with her memories of Madeley.
• Jack Smart’s reminiscences
  • School Days | Off to Work | The Coming of War
  • Off to Foreign Parts | Home to England | Back Down the Pit

Pubs

• Alphabetical List
• Brief History of Madeley’s Pubs
• Pubs A – B | Pubs C | Pubs D – L | Pubs M – O | Pubs P | Pubs R | Pubs S – Z

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Mining

• Kemberton Pit
• Kemberton Pit continued
• Pit Ponies

Railways

Railways in Madeley

The Coming of the New Town

• Introduction
• Sutton Hill 1
• Sutton Hill 2
• Madeley 1
• Madeley 2

History

• History
• Timeline

Miscellaneous

• Miscellany
• Early Trade Ads
• Madeley in 1863 (From the Post Office Directory of Shropshire, 1863)
• Mysteries
• Photos
• Madeley Sports

Links

• Links Page

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