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.
The site currently has a limited amount of content. This 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Adderley Heritage was formed in 2022 to preserve the Geoff Butter Collection – a unique collection of historical documents gifted to our village and digitised by the Shropshire County Archive.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, a Heritage Trail pointing to key sites in the village and a project with our local school helping to enthuse the next generation.
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
Heritage Project Showcase
Sunday 16th April 2023 – Save the date! We would like to invite you to the showcase of the Heritage Lottery …
Keeping the project on track
The Adderley Heritage Trail is funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund but it is being managed by a group of …
History of our project
The Geoff Butter Collection, completed over the last 50 years, was started as a bit of a hobby for local Adderley boy …