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The Bagot Monument, showing the previous site of the home of the Bagot family before they moved to Blithfield Hall.

Ashlands Farm. 1911 home of Josiah Ferneyhough and wife Emma, 1921 home of the Preston family and 1939 home of Reginald Bexon and wife Hilda plus daughter.

Uttoxeter Road leading out of the village.

Hillside, Uttoxeter Road – 1961. Photo courtesy of the Holt family.

Goats Lodge. Census records show Mr William Jackson, his wife Isabella living in Goats Lodge in 1911, 1921. In 1939 his daughters Helen (Ellen) and Mary are living there. Mary died in 1962. She was affectionately known as “the goat-woman” after looking after the famous Bagot Goats in the park… Read More »GOAT LODGE.

Beggar’s Oak Tree. Bagots Park. No longer there.

This is the last board for the Top Shop. The census traces the shop back to 1831. The Nostalgia Team would like to thank Mark and Gill for all their support to the team over the years and also helping with the Churchyard Fund. We will miss you. All the… Read More »TOP SHOP (cash stores)

The team are seeking information on the following AB people who served during WW2. Doris Talbot born in 1921 and lived in Schoolhouse Lane. From a newspaper article dated July 1942, Doris was one of the first girls out the village to join the WAAF. Doris married Ronald Froggatt in… Read More »Information