The Adderley Sundial has a long history and Geoff Butter has spent time trying to piece together the story which, in many ways, reflects the changing story of the village. Here are some of the …

These schoolchildren of bygone age look pretty glum as they pose for the camera The picture was taken at Adderley School in 1895 and has been loaned  by Mr Thomas Wilshaw, of 18 Puleston, …

Wehrmacht: the paratroopers of the Album with drawings of a prisoner of war in the POW Camp, 192 Adderley Hall, Shropshire, Wales. Wehrmacht: the paratroopers of the Album with drawings of a prisoner …

Memories of the Dad’s Army days of the Second World War will be prompted for Adderley folk by this photograph of the village’s Home Guard taken in 1944. It has been loaned to the …

A brief outline of Adderley’s history from Edric ‘The Wild’ to the Corbet family.  In Saxon times Eldredelei was held by Edric, known as “The Wild”.  He owned …

The Corbets, as Lords of the manor have had an enormous impact on the lives of the people of Adderley in particular, but also the surrounding district since they came to Adderley in the sixteenth …

Adderley Railway Station was built by the Nantwich and Market Drayton Railway. It opened in 1863 one day after the Market Drayton Station which opened on 19th October 1863 and  Adderley on the …

Adderley people do not have to travel far to visit a park. They have one on their doorsteps — but in rather an unusual location alongside the Shropshire Union Canal. And with its shrubs, trees and …