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 documents of value though not in modern times.
Launch Event – a huge success
People came from far and wide, who grew up, went to school or lived in Adderley, as well as many of the current residents who wanted to find out more about their home village
Adderley Heritage On Air
Celebrating Adderley Heritage Trail and website with BBC Radio Shropshire
The Heritage Trail Is Finally Installed
A cold, wet and windy Thursday didn't prevent the work to install the Adderley Heritage Trail signs from going ahead.
The First Sign Is In Place
The first Heritage Trail Sign was put in place on Wednesday 24th April. Neil and Jamie from Amco Giffen, on behalf of National Highways and Heritage Railways, came and fixed the sign donated by National Highways to the bridge in Station Road.
April 27th! Save The Date
On Saturday April 27th we will be formally launching the Adderley Heritage Trail funded by the Heritage Lottery. Volunteers have been working hard to bring together this unique experience of Adderley's rich history. Our history covers centuries from being a small hamlet governed by Ethelred through the Norman invasion when there was an outpost with a motte and bailey.
New Content To View
The Heritage Trail volunteers have been busy and we have uploaded new pictures and records for you to see. There is information on St Peter’s Church, the Corbet family and the railway. Go to search the Geoff Butter Collection and have a look. There is still a huge amount of material to put on the …
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 dedicated volunteers who meet every two weeks to make sure things run as planned. The project is split into two phases: a construction phase which will see the creation of a website to host …
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 Geoff Butter in his teens, but progressed into something which rather took over his life when he retired. Geoff became known as the man you went to if you wanted to find out …