Worcestershire has never been a very large county but within its old boundaries lies a rich and varied landscape: agricultural land, high hills, Britains longest river — until comparatively recently navigable from the sea — and important raw material for

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by Bill Gwilliam

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The unmarked graves in a long forgotten corner of the public cemetery first drew the attention of Neville Land to the unfortunate paupers of the nineteenth century. The crime of many was simply to be luckless enough to lose employment, for which they were

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‘Glory gone’ was the ironic comment of Bromsgrove’s last nailmaker on the area’s former staple trade. At its mid-nineteenth century peak it employed over three thousand people, 30 per cent of the population. Most of the physical evidence — the nailshops,

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Bob Pooler is a former police officer in the West Mercia Constabulary. He began his career at Stourbridge in 1968 and during his service of more than thirty years was stationed at Lye, Hagley, Kidderminster, Redditch, Evesham, Malvern, Worcester and Police

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Droitwich has a remarkable heritage. Its natural springs have made it the home of salt making since the Bronze Age and a significant industry since the hon Age. The Romans, Saxons and Normans controlled the industry and the wealth it generated, but in the

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At Childswickham there is a 133 year-old women, at Wychbold fifty unnamed infants, at Berrow a family cruelly murdered, at Upton Warren a vicar obsessed with numbers, at Claines a parish maltster, at Malvern Wells a world-famous musician. Worcestershire churchyards

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A folder containing various valuable source’s of information, ideal not only for researchers but also for teachers.

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The photographs in this pictorial history of Droitwich have been selected from the world-famous Francis Frith Collection. Local historian Derek Mackenzie-Hook offers fascinating insights into the history and architecture of the town. This book makes a valuable

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Published by the Crowle Local History Society. It covers the Victorian and First World War periods. The text is based mainly on documents held by the local Record Office and Libraries, and the material used drawn largely from census records, parish registers,

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John Corbett - Pillar of Salt is an accurate, balanced and sympathetic biography of a remarkable man who, unaccountably, has been largely ignored by those benefiting most from his philanthropy, and whose somewhat unhappy life has become encrusted by legend, more>>