Moorlands Old Times

A regular blog that uses the history of the communities of the Staffordshire Moorlands to illustrate the new

Showing posts with label Macclesfield. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Macclesfield. Show all posts
Thursday, 19 June 2014

Cheadle Militia 1809

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It being the 18 th June and the 199 th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo I came across a reference in a newspaper to the Napole...
Thursday, 12 June 2014

Accidents

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I took part in a trade union health and safety course recently. The lecturer made the point about how many lives had been saved by the ...
Tuesday, 27 May 2014

The Medieval Forest

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Today only fragments of the great forests that surrounded the Staffordshire Moorlands during the Middle Ages remain.  The Peak Forest ...
Thursday, 27 June 2013

Cross dressing at Biddulph Moor- a 19th century "singularity"

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The following “singular” case appeared in the Morning Post in the autumn of 1848 concerning a Biddulph Moor woman. On the 16 th Sept...
Thursday, 16 May 2013

The death of Robert Peel 1850

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The death of Margaret Thatcher has resulted in heated debated about her 11 years in office. The divisive nature of her politics has sp...
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