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The Old Rectory
It is thought that a Rectory was built at
about the same time as the church in 1170.
Land in Mavesyn Ridware was granted by Hugo
Mavesyn senior, to his son Hugo, a clerk,
who became the first incumbent. Of the first
building nothing remains, apart from two
walls in the dining room which are made of
large sandstone blocks, similar to those
used in the oldest part of the church. A
probate inventory of 1672 mentions parlours,
a stone chamber and a hall. The Rev John
Shaw’s probate inventory of 1710 mentions a
much larger building including at least
eight rooms, a kitchen, a garret and two
cellars (one for beer and one for wine). In
1857 the Bishop commissioned a report on the
property, from which the following is
extracted:
‘I have made a survey of the
Rectory House at Mavesyn Ridware and find it
a two storey brick and tile building
occupied by a labourer and built in a low
damp situation. The rooms are exceedingly
low and inconvenient and although in a
tolerably good state of repair for so old a
house it is wholly unfit for the residence
of the Rector; the outbuildings are very
poor with the exception of the Glebe barn
which has been re-tiled a few years back
with good tiles and is in a tolerably good
state of repair.
Samuel Guiders, Surveyor.
14th February, 1857’.
This Tithe Barn is shown below. The Old
Rectory was leased in 1904 to Miss Harvey of
Abbots Bromley who ran a private school in
the building with her sister until 1914,
when the school closed owing to the death of
one of the sisters.
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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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