Moorlands Old Times

Some weeks ago I met with Leek resident John Band who wanted to show me his very interesting collection of 17 th century pamphlets and...

The name Geoffrey Charles Purslow ought to be better known in the area of his birth. As an example of self sacrifice it stands comparis...

“ They that go down to the sea in ships and do business in great waters” Mr and Mrs James dreaded the arrival of the telegram from...

I walked through Rushton Spencer churchyard with a local group and came across the tombstone of Thomas Meaykin buried on 16 th July 17...

It must have been a troubling time to be a church goer in England in the mid 16 th century as the country went on a roller coaster...

The Staffordshire Advertiser of April 1851 carried a letter sent to Robert Ball from his brother Isaac which detailed a harrowing acco...

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