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Marchington Woodlands
My grandfather was born in Marchington Woodlands (Thomas Foster) at Knypersley Hall in 1871 which his father John Foster was renting until about 1905 when following 2 years of cattle foot and mouth (no compensation in those days) he had to give up and move to Uttoxeter and take work as a sawyer. It was said to have broken John's heart. I have visited Knypersley Hall some years ago but the original house was very, very old - some say one of the oldest in the county. Some say it was destroyed by fire others that it was just demolished due to extreme old age. Many of my Foster ancesters buried in the Church there. At ...read more here
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Marchington Woodlands
My grandfather was born in Marchington Woodlands (Thomas Foster) at Knypersley Hall in 1871 which his father John Foster was renting until about 1905 when following 2 years of cattle foot and mouth (no compensation in those days) he had to give up and move to Uttoxeter and take work as a sawyer. It was said to have broken John's heart. I have visited Knypersley Hall some years ago but the original house was very, very old - some say one of the oldest in the county. Some say it was destroyed by fire others that it was just demolished due to extreme old age. Many of my Foster ancesters buried in the Church there. At ...read more here
Uttoxeter, Stone Road
Has anyone got a photograph of Stone Road before the flats were built in the 1970s? My grandmother Mrs Elizabeth Foster lived at 21 Stone Road from about 1910 until they were demolished in the late 1970s and she watched them being demolished from a flat across the road. She was a widow from 1918 when her husband Thomas died as a result of the First Wordl War. I remember Highland cattle at the top of the road (where the swimming pool is now), and the stonemasons and Morin's on the corner (ice cream!).
I remember Mr and Mrs Challinor who lived next door. Lovely terraced houses, no bathrooms, outside toilet, 2 rooms downstairs and 3 bedrooms upstairs. At one ...read more here
Pitts Place Garage
The gap between Woolworth's and the next building was known as Pitts Place where Bert Mellor (my grandfather) ran a garage workshop where he maintained the vans for Devilles, the butchers, and the Uttoxeter racecource ambulance, which was an old WWII canvas sided vehicle.
A memory of Uttoxeter contributed by Alan Vosper
Extracts From Marchington & Staffordshire books
Gazing up the street
past Wilks Teenage
Fashions (left) with
the Elkes Cafe above,
we can see Barclays
Bank. This was built
in 1921 on the site of
Huggins & Chambers,
an ironmonger’s. The
ironmonger’s sold
Witchem’s firelighters
among other products
- these must have
contributed to the
conflagration when
the building was
burned to the ground
in 1920.
An extract from from"Uttoxeter Living Memories".
The Old Talbot was built in 1527,
and is reputed to be the oldest
building in Uttoxeter. It survived
two fires which badly damaged the
town in 1596 and 1672. The coat
of arms on the inn sign depicts
its name: a talbot, or hound, was
the crest of the Talbots, Earls of
Shrewsbury. Recent renovations
have revealed more of the timber-
framed structure.
An extract from from"Uttoxeter Living Memories".
In 1642 Charles I was confronted on the approach to
the bridge by a contingent of Staffordshire residents
asking him to come to terms with Parliament. He
ignored their pleas. The new A50 bypass has meant
that the bridge is now an attractive stop on the
Staffordshire Way.
An extract from from"Uttoxeter Living Memories".
Here we see the kiosk
being used as a traffic
roundabout. The lantern
atop the building has
now gone. Here the
view of the kiosk is all
but obliterated by a
telephone exchange box,
a police telephone box
and the large road sign
which gives directions to
Stoke, Stafford, Rugeley
and the Uttoxeter Lido.
These have all since
been removed.
An extract from from"Uttoxeter Living Memories".
The original White Horse
pub can be seen behind
the war memorial; it was
demolished to make way for
the incongruous new 1960s
town planning building. The
new White Horse was itself
seriously damaged by fire
in 2004, when the roof and
much of the upper floor
were badly affected. The
original White Horse Inn was
built in 1830 and owned by
John Twigg; there were 24
pubs in Uttoxeter at that
time. An ancient market
cross with 24 steps once
stood at this site.
An extract from from"Uttoxeter Living Memories".