Stories to Read

Memoirs of Brian Lee who was born and brought up in and around Adderley village.   When Brian shared this story with the Heritage Project in 2024 he was 85 years old and we have also been given a number of poems he wrote over the years which would suggest a talent for song writing.  No-one …

by Geoffrey Butter Geoff Butter has shared with us here, his early memories of the village hall in Adderley. What a treasure that hall was for local people to enjoy socially. If you have memories you can add to those of Geoff please let us know. These memories are part of our history and will …

This is a wonderful account of memories of WWII whilst living in Adderley by the son of the Rector EJP Adams

We have had this wonderful old video of the Wellington/Market Drayton branch line brought to our attention. It describes, from the point of view of the train journey, the route of trains which used to pass through Adderley before the line was closed. If you don’t want to watch the whole video just forward the …

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.

The Heritage project has been contacted by Brian Lee who grew up in and around Adderley.  Brian is 86 this year (2024) and has really enjoyed reminiscing about the place he knew and loved as a child and young man. He now lives in Oakengates. Brian’s father Bob Lee farmed at Wood Farm between Adderley …

A wonderful reminiscence from Brian Lee who was born and brought up in and around Adderley.  Brian shares his memories of his father  ‘Bob Lee’ with us in this article below written in 2024 when Brian is 85 years old.  My Father – The Man.     Christened Robert John Lee known as Bob. My father was …

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 parachute near Adderley

Adderley before the French Norman conquest of 1066 would have been Anglo-Saxon. Adderley was held and owned by Edric, known as Edric the Wild.  Adderley was then known as Eldredelei, which means a forest or wood clearing. There are other versions but this seems to be the accepted one. It fits in with the landscape at …

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 century.  The Corbets have changed the Adderley landscape as apparently they also did at Acton Reynold, but to a greater …

Adderley Church, four miles from Market Drayton, sticks out like a sore thumb – out from the pleasant pastoral Shropshire landscape and out into the direct line of the Audlem road, which has to curve violently round the warehouse-like building. “A horrible-looking thing! Said a local farmhand to whom I had given a lift.  Probably …

This text is taken from an Estate Agents Details about Raven House Raven House has a long, frontage to the Market Drayton-Nantwich road on the outskirts of the pleasant village of Adderley, and part of the grounds have outline planning permission for the erection of one dwelling which can be sited in a separate context …

Raven House was built in 1824. It was at first, three separate houses, now it is just one. Behind the house is a courtyard, a barn and three terraced cottages in which the farm labourers used to live. In the late1880s it was a public house for the villagers of Adderley. It was probably called …

Adderley Church Fete Poolhouse The Garden Party and gymkhana on June 30th was a great success in every way.   We are most grateful to everybody who helped with the Stalls and Sideshows and with the Gymkhana and Clay Pigeon Shoot.   But we are particularly grateful to Mr. and Mrs. West for allowing us to use …

He’s got Canadian geese, Chinese geese, peacocks, peahen. parrot, muscovies, mallards, black Indian ducks, goats, horses, pigs, sheep, dogs… and a temperamental Barbary ape named “Sugar”. Mr. Charles West (67), of Pool House, Adderley, near Market Drayton keeps an “animal farm’ He mixes the common or garden with the exotic — and manages to achieve …

Adderley Hall, the seat of Sir Corbet Corbet, Bart. The ringing of the bells, and display of a large flag on the tower of the church, ushered in the morning.   Divine service was performed at ten o’clock before the largest congregation ever assembled there, and an excellent and most appropriate sermon on the occasion, preached …

Some WI. Notes — 1988 for 70th Birthday celebrations April 19th Having been a member of this W.I. for a long time, (56 years), I have been asked to try to recall some memories of the W.I. through the years. I was not a founder-member but my 4 aunties, the Mrs Jameson of Hawksmoor were …

A photograph of Adderley Village Hall taken in 1965 and letters that relate to the hall and Adderley Men’s club from 1968.

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 fragments that he has pulled together. I have been researching the sundial that stands in front of St Peters Church …

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, Newport, whose wife’s cousin, the late Mrs Pheobe HuIme, is pictured in the third row, fourth from the left.   Mrs Hulme, …

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 of war in the POW Camp, 192 Adderley Hall, Shropshire, Wales. Green Album with painted barbed wire, 43 drawings and watercolors with …

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 Advertiser by Mr and Mrs Robert and Gladys Lee, of Rowan Road. Mr Lee (80), a born-and-bred Adderley man, is pictured …

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 many of the border areas and was a constant thorn in the side of the Normans. After the conquest, Roger of Montgomery forced Edric and the people Into …

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 century.  The Corbets have changed the Adderley landscape as apparently they also did at Acton Reynold, but to a greater …