A Walk Through our History
Welcome to Adderley Heritage – a community run initiative created to preserve and promote the history and heritage of Adderley, Shropshire.
Content is being added to regularly by the heritage volunteers.
Explore and uncover Adderley’s rich history
Adderley Heritage was formed in 2022 to preserve the Geoff Butter Collection – a unique collection of historical documents gifted to our village and digitised by the Shropshire County Archive.
Featured items from the collection
We are bringing Adderley’s history to life with a range of projects, experiences and events, including a Heritage Trail, Oral Histories and primary school learning materials.
Adderley Heritage was formed to preserve a very special collection of materials, The Geoff Butter Collection, which has been gifted to Adderley, detailing our history. The group applied for Heritage Lottery Funding to create this website which has a catalogue of digital copies of all the items in the collection. The originals are preserved at the Shropshire County Archive in Shrewsbury and can be accessed through them. Other aspects of the project include collecting oral histories from local people, and a Heritage Trail pointing to key sites in the village.
Walk The Trail
You can find out more about the locations and our rich history going back to Norman times through the industrial revolution and spanning the two World Wars and covering the twentieth century.
What to discover on the trail
The Heritage Trail takes us to 7 key points around the village which are of historical significance. At each point, information boards linking to more online information are available to help visitors explore our history which the Geoff Butter Collection traces back to the 11th Century.
News and events
Adderley Railway
We have had this wonderful old video of the Wellington/Market Drayton branch line brought to our attention. It …
The WI In The Geoff Butter Collection
Images and items relating to Adderley and Shavington WI are now available to view as part of the Geoff Butter Collection …
Are you interested in helping make history in Adderley?
Adderley Heritage is offering a unique opportunity to find out how to capture oral histories from family, friends and …
The Parish Chest
Like many old churches St Peter’s in Adderley has a Parish Chest. At one time this would have been used to store …
Adderley Heritage Trail featured in Shropshire Magazine
Following the launch of the Adderley Heritage Trail which was funded by Heritage Lottery Fund, the Shropshire Magazine …
Capture of a German Airman in Adderley
Bob Lee, who was in the Home Guard in the Second World War, captured a German Airman he found hanging from a tree by his …