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The Lords of the Manor of
Mavesyn Ridware 1797-1897
- £5.00, published February 2010.
A history of the Chadwick
family by Mark Eades, concluding the story
begun by the Rev Stebbing Shaw in The
History and Antiquities of Staffordshire
published in the late 18th century.
The Derrys of Hill Ridware:
Men of Many Parts - £5.00, published
December 2009.
 The
Derrys worked in many capacities throughout
the Ridwares in the 19th and 20th centuries.
They were handymen, builders, farmers,
blacksmiths, carpenters and undertakers.
They kept meticulous records of their
activities and Ridware Study Group have
analysed these documents. Lucy Derry
gave the land on which the Mavesyn Ridware
Village Hall was built.
The
High Bridges: Crossing the River Trent
between Han dsacre and Ridwares - £5.00,
published December 2006
This Study Group publication explains the
history of the series of bridges over the
River Trent and their significance to the
local developing communities, the economy
and to the travelling public.
More
details of this publication are included on
the Study Group pages.
The
Ridwares
– A Brief History for the Millennium
- £5.00
 Published to celebrate the beginning of the
third millennium, this 68 page document
gives a brief illustrated history of each
the four Ridwares (Hamstall, Pipe and
Mavesyn - which includes Hill Ridware and
Blithbury).
Also included are the
personal reminiscences of a number of
residents whose memories stretch back to the
First World War.
The Appendix shows the lineage of the
Mavesyn and Chadwick families from the time
of the Conqueror.
Not so Dusty – Well Brushed
- £5.00
 The memoir of a Staffordshire
farmer, Ken Hammond, who grew up at Priory
Farm in Blithbury in the 1930s.
It will delight anyone with
an interest in a vanished way of rural life
as experienced between the two world wars.
It is full of images such as the farmer
riding a boar, or the donkey that disgraced
itself at the local hunt and includes
contemporary photographs. The final page is
a fascinating reproduction of an article
from a 1931 edition of the Staffordshire
Advertiser describing ‘A Picturesque Farm –
Blithbury Priory’.
A Survey of
the
Parish of Mavesyn Ridware 1832 -
£3.00
This
booklet provides a comprehensive record of
612 separate plots of land that constituted
the 2,318 acres of the Parish in 1832. Each
plot is named and its area is recorded in
acres, roods and perches. The owner and
occupier of each plot is also shown.
Mavesyn Ridware Field Names
- £5.00
This
booklet follows on from the 1832 Survey and
using a document ‘Agreement for the
Commutation of Tithes for the Parish of
Mavesyn Ridware – 1838’ charts the
agricultural development of the Parish.
Included is a glossary of field names (a
fascinating insight into the derivation of
today’s names), and a number of detailed
maps illustrating the development.
Ridware Enclosures
- £5.00
A study of the enclosure of
agricultural land in the parishes of
Hamstall Ridware and Mavesyn Ridware with
particular reference to the Inclosure Acts
of 1806 and 1815.
Notes for a History of Blithbury Priory
- £2.00
This small booklet contains a transcript of
a summary of the history of Blithbury Priory
produced in 1924 by the Reverend D R S
Holmes, Rector of Colton.
The Priory at Blithbury – a Brief History
- £2.00
This
booklet was produced in 1991 and is a
companion to the above produced by the
Reverend D R S Holmes.
(If purchased together, the previous two
publications cost a total of £3.00)
The Case of the Petitioners against parts of
the Bill for Enclosing the Forest or Chase
of Needwood
- £2.00
This is a copy of the
original document. Although undated, it
would appear to have been raised in the late
1700s. The Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster wished to inclose some lands of
the ‘Forest or Chase of Needwood’ against
which certain landowners/tenants objected. |
