Pelsall civic society is an active group which acts effectively as the eyes and ears of the village, especially regarding building planning applications. For those unfamiliar with the author, floras parents kept a local shop in pelsall and her father george was a miner and coal merchant. Back in the early 60s i would spend hours riding on the commons of pelsall. Books on brownhills brownhills near walsall west midlands. King ethelred granted a land charter to lady wulfrun. Walsall ottakars local history series bradley, pippa on. Please wash your hands and practise social distancing. The suburban area of pelsall is covered by bloxwich, also in walsall history.
Local studies collections include the local studies library of over,000 books and pamphlets covering every aspect of walsalls history and culture, trade directories, the walsall red books, theatre playbills. Brian played a long and memorable part in walsall s recent local history. We are looking to establish a book exchange, successful in other areas, from july 1. Corporation and walsall council and its predecessors, churches, schools, businesses, societies, individuals and organisations. Pelsall community centre emergency out of hours contact number. Pelsall history centre walsall 2020 all you need to know. The time now provides pelsall branch library full information.
Regarding omissions, nationally you wont find london, winchester or bristol in the book, whereas locally there is no tamworth despite being the ancient capital of mercia and famously of course, walsall. The village we today know by the name of pelsall has, over the centuries, been recorded in a wide variety of ways. Pelsall hall is opening its doors to celebrate the publication of a book about the history of this former grand home local historian annita bates has written a book entitled the charles family and pelsall hall, which portrays life though the years and shows a fascinating insight into victorian life when pelsall hall was family owned. Pelsall branch library opening hours 2020 the time now.
Past discoveries is a genealogical and family history research company offering a friendly and efficient service to those who wish to find out more about their family history. Waters view has 10 houses on it with an average current value of. The village is recorded in the doomsday book and, as such, is one of the oldest settlements in england. This property is located at 26 foundry lane, pelsall, walsall ws3 4qh and has an estimated current value of. Walsall archives the national archives national archives discovery. A notable landmark in pelsall is the fingerpost, at the junction of b4154 norton road and a4124 lichfield road, which is an unusual and possibly unique design and was substantially restored in the 1980s by bert kellitt for the local civic society. Pelsall comprehensive school was a secondary school located in pelsall, an area of the metropolitan borough of walsall in the west midlands of england it opened in september 1963 as pelsall secondary modern serving pupils aged 11 upwards, becoming a 18 comprehensive school in september 1972 under a local reorganisation of education by aldridgebrownhills council, which would be absorbed. Local history author to sign copies of new book common people. This property is located at 12 waters view, pelsall, walsall ws3 4hj and has an estimated current value of.
Pelsall was once dominated by pelsall hall colliery, having grown from its origins as a village with a handful of people employed in the nailmaking cottage industry. The original committee was charged with providing the village with a hall to serve all sections of the community. This led to the growth of local industries and an increase in the population. It includes a history group, who put on an exhibition each year of documents, photographs etc. May 31, 2017 pelsall library to close next month amid cost cutting plans. Check out our resources for adapting to these times.
Pelsall is a pleasant village, now a relatively affluent part of the borough of walsall, west midlands. Pelsall photos, maps, books, memories francis frith. The original registers are deposited at the walsall local history centre as indicated below. Property details for 12 waters view pelsall walsall ws3 4hj. The pelsall community association pca was formed on 1st july 1946. Promote your business on families add a free families listing or upgrade to a premium listing for just. Pelsall is an area of walsall in the west midlands, england. With this grant the saxon settlement that had been on the site since the 7th century became known as wulfrun heanton heanton is a saxon word meaning settlement and many old english towns with the names ending in hampton were originally saxon settlements or heantons. Property details for 26 foundry lane pelsall walsall ws3 4qh. Brownhills is a town and former administrative centre situated in the walsall borough, west midlands, england. This website is in memory of steve dent, a true pelsallonian. Since the late 1990s, pelsall has also had a millennium stone, marking the 9941994 millennium of the village.
As she states in the beginning of her book, it was her fathers wonderful recall which supplied the background for the novel. Many of the following publications can be found in walsall and darlaston libraries, and in the local history centre in essex street, walsall. Pelsall railway station is a disused railway station in pelsall, west midlands that formerly was walsall lichfield section of the south staffordshire line. This section of the bloxidge tallygraph aims to bring together all of our local history material on our ancient town. Foundry lane, ws3 has 20 properties on it with a current average value of. Pelsall was first mentioned in a charter of 994, when it was amongst various lands given to the monastery at heantune wolverhampton by wulfrun, a mercia n noblewoman.
Pelsall comprehensive school was a secondary school located in pelsall rushall, an area of the metropolitan borough of walsall in the west midlands of england. Aldridge book resource your search for books about aldridge, or written by aldridge residents, has just been made much easier, with access to over 60 million titles which includes both new and good quality used books all at great prices, so use our search facilities here to save time and money locating your books. Official facebook page for pelsall book exchange which opened in july 2017 to provide a book borrowing service. This is a growing section and new articles will be added as and when they are available see below. Its local nickname, the scratter, is derived from the name of the original establishment the scratching pen, possibly a nod to the former moat farm nearby. Please call in for access to complete photo archive. Local history author to sign copies of new book common. Pelsall library to close next month amid cost cutting plans. Walsall professional family history, family trees, genealogy, house and ancestry research service by professional genealogist uk and local history research. Pelsall is a small village and civil parish that lies within walsall, first mentioned in a charter dating back to the year 994, it was land given by a monastery at heantune. During this unit the children find out about the way of life of people living in ancient egypt from archaeological discoveries. Pelsall hall sanatorium, walsall walsall, staffordshire. Nailmaking, traditionally a cottage industry, was also carried out locally. From peolshalh to pelsall a thousand years of a village name.
Facts and events about pelsall pelsall history centre. Discover book depositorys huge selection of walsall local history centre books online. Loving the beautiful british isles pelsall bright ideas. A picture tour of old pelsall rushall and shelfield brownhillsbobs. Books about aldridge village in walsall west midlands. Nineteen years of hard, frustrating work by dedicated villagers to raise funds and find a suitable site.
I lived in allens lane so used the common to reach the finger post then onto ness common and liitle whirley. Nonconformist church registers the original registers are deposited at the walsall local history centre as indicated below. Walsall museum features local history objects primarily from the manufacturing trades and also has a space for temporary exhibitions, while the leather museum displays a mixture of leather goods and has recreations of leatherworkers workshops. Facts, information and photos about pelsall history. From history, gazetteer and directory of staffordshire, william white, sheffield, 1851. More than one family has discovered relatives they did not know existed. Located a few miles from cannock chase near the large canal reserviour chasewater, it is 6 miles 9.
Stuart, who works at walsall local history centre, will be signing copies of the book at waterstones, park street, walsall, on saturday, december 14, between 3 and 5pm. I mentioned errors, omissions and inconsistencies before, so really i need to give a few examples. Its origins are not definitive but the first written versions appeared in the year 994 a. View all hotels near pelsall history centre on tripadvisor. Ernest james homeshaw, in his book the story of bloxwich published in 1955. Pelsall junction grid reference is a canal junction at the southern limit of the cannock extension canal where it meets the wyrley and essington canal main line, near pelsall, west midlands, england. In the dooms day book of 1086, pelsall is described as a waste, still belonging to the church. In 1162, the manor of walsall included bloxwich as part of the foreign of walsall. Between 2001 and 2004 i published a local history magazine called pelsall times, the halloween issues always proved to be very popular as it was at this time when readers were more inclined to share their paranormal experiences.
Walsall has two museums, walsall museum and walsall leather museum. Local history books about the village of aldridge, in walsall, west midlands near staffordshire. Books on brownhills brownhills near walsall in the west midlands grown from the hamlet of. Pelsall social club is also situated at the junction of these roads. Pelsall and brownhills britain in old photographs vodden, david f. Feb 09, 2015 about pelsall and some of its history. Apr 11, 2015 ive known about this for a few weeks now, but held off spilling the good news to readers until copies were available to buy but i can now reveal that theres a fascinating new history book on the subject of brownhills now available, compiled by local historian bill mayo. First elected as a labour councillor for the pleck ward in his early 20s way back in. Surrounded by parkland and exhibiting links to an industrial past, the area provides some interesting local history and canalpark walks. A new history book of walsall, which includes historic photographs of pelsall, has been published. Our vision is to lead and transform information management, guarantee the survival of todays information for tomorrow and bring history to life for everyone. Ernest james homeshaw, in his book the story of bloxwich published in 1955, includes a reference to a document in the british library, dated 1215 to 1224 that refers to a mill at peleshale.
These records may help trace a family as far back as 1763. Year 34 st michaels church of england primary school walsall. A searchable transcript of pelsall baptism registers. The keen historian previously published a local history magazine called pelsall times and after publishing her first history book called pelsall. Pelsall comprehensive school public group facebook.
It took nineteen years for the dream to become a reality. Pelsall is a large village situated in the walsall borough, west midlands, england. A great new book by a local history legend now availble. Black country living museum is an award winning open air living museum that tells the story of the worlds first industrial landscape with buildings, vehicles. The town of bloxwich blocheswic or blocs village in domesday book, 1086 was once part of the anglosaxon kingdom of mercia. Tributes to former walsall mayor and council leader brian. Behind our house was a wood which had the old spoil heap from an opencast mine, it was the site of a pit disaster in the 1800s. A hyperlocal blog for pelsall, west midlands for news, community events etc this isnt a page for repeatedly sellingpromoting your business however we will support all local businesses and events.
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