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Head for heights needed at church heritage day!
St Michael's Church in Stone is holding a Heritage Day on Saturday 5th October - and you'll be able to…
Author: Jamie Summerfield 12th September 2013
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Historic water mill opens to the public
A restored 17th century water mill in Stone will be open to the public this weekend as part of…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
11th September 2013Manor Hill First School – from the archives
Manor Hill First School celebrated their diamond anniversary at the end of the summer term with an extra special leavers'…
Author: Jamie Summerfield29th July 2013Brewing heritage day at Lymestone
Lymestone Brewery are holding a Brewing Heritage Day at their Mount Road base to celebrate their fifth birthday in the…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
27th May 2013Remember The Picture House cinema?
Huge thanks to Keith Hanmer for this brilliant slice of Stone's history. It's a programme from December 1938 for the…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
22nd May 2013Heritage walk around Stone
A heritage walk takes place in Stone on Thursday 9th May as part of the 2013 Stafford Borough Walking Festival.…
Author: Jamie Summerfield7th May 2013History Monthly: Stone street names part 4
This month Philip Leason, chairman of Stone Historical Society, continues to look at Street names associated with people. Find out…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
24th April 2013Stone from above in the 1920s
There are some great aerial photographs of Stone from the 1920s on the Britain From Above website. The site -…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
13th March 2013History Monthly: Stone street names – Part 3
This month Philip Leason, the chairman of Stone Historical Society, continue to look at the origins street names in Stone,…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
4th March 2013History Monthly Extra: Adie’s Alley
Hope you've been enjoying Philip Leason's excellent series on the meaning and history of Stone's street names. We set a…
Author: Jamie Summerfield14th February 2013History Monthly: Stone street names – Part 2
Here's the second of Stone Historical Society chairman Philip Leason's posts on the history and meaning behind many of the…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
5th February 2013History Monthly: Stone street names in focus
A large number of streets in Stone are named after people or have historical associations. In the first of a…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
13th January 2013Appeal for information on Stone corporal
A historian has appealed for information about a man from Stone who died in the Second World War for his…
Author: Jamie Summerfield13th December 2012Shops plan for old Joule’s malthouse
One of Stone’s most historic buildings is in line for a new lease of life after plans were submitted…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
4th December 2012Video: Stone town centre 21 years ago
Thanks to Gary Sharman for this fantastic video of Stone that he filmed back in 1991 and has now…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
2nd December 2012History Monthly: Westbridge Park
This month Philip Leason, the chairman of Stone Historical Society, takes a look at the history of Westbridge Park. The…
Author: Jamie Summerfield30th October 2012
