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Hamstall
Ridware Parish Enclosures
Enclosures of open fields in this parish
appear to have been achieved by a
combination of voluntary and statutory
means. In the north, the voluntary approach
appears to have been successful; but in the
south, open fields in the ‘Township of
Hamstall Ridware which included Nethertown’
were enclosed as part of an Inclosure Award
of 1815 which also involved the ‘townships
of Barton under Needwood and Tatenhill in
the Parish of Tatenhill and the Townships of
Yoxall and Hoar Cross in the Parish of
Yoxall’. Prior to the implementation of the
Inclosure Award, the 20 landowners of
Nethertown farmed some 300 plots of land
averaging half an acre each. Following
enclosure and consolidation there were just
29 plots averaging 5.1 acres.
An earlier Inclosure Award (1806), that
involved the enclosure of the Forest or
Chase of Needwood, was important to Hamstall
Ridware since the 90 parishioners who owned
common grazing rights in the Forest were
awarded allotments there. An area of some
430 acres adjacent to the present boundary
in the north east, and lying to the south of
Hoar Cross, was allotted to them. A new Y
shaped road was constructed through the
centre of the area, and subsequently two new
farmsteads, Red Bank Farm and Hadley Cottage
Farm, were erected, as well as several
cottages on the smaller plots in the Hadley
End and Woodmill areas.
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Meetings
9th May: Members visited site of Beaudesert and had a
guided walk by Mike Street.
3rd June: Members visited Ingestre Hall and Church and had
an interesting guided tour of both.
4th July: 16 members visited Wollaton Hall, Nottingham, a
restored Tudor mansion with large grounds and were given a guided tour
of the mansion.
12th September: A group visited St Michael's Church in
Lichfield and enjoyed an interesting tour of the ancient Churchyard and
talk on the Church itself, led by Trevor James.
26th September: The Society held a 'History Day' in Hill
Ridware which was extremely well attended and thoroughly enjoyed by
everyone.
10th October: The first winter meeting was held at Hamstall
Ridware Church, when Mairi MacDonald gave a fascinating talk on the
History of the Leigh Family, who were Lords of the Manor of Hamstall
2nd November: Dr Philip Morgan, a leading authority on the
Battle of Shrewsbury in 1403, gave a compelling talk on the Battle and
also the possible local connections.
7th December: Peter Glew and his son spoke about the
ancient art of basket-making and the variety of uses to which they are
put. This was followed by the Christmas buffet.
4th January: The Annual General Meeting was followed by a
fascinating talk by one of our members, Darren Faragher, on the history
of the funeral business.
1st February: The Society was privileged to have Ian Wykes,
Cultural Environment Group Leader for Staffs Co Council speaking about
the Staffordshire Hoard (a change from the advertised subject)
1st March: Randle Knight gave a very interesting talk on
William Salt and his Library
17th April: Members enjoyed a tour of Hamstall Ridware
village and church, led by Sarah Elsom and David Rudge
15th May: David Wilkinson led members on a very interesting
walking tour of AlrewasClick on any Programme link for details of these and
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