Madeley Local Studies Group
Explore the fascinating history of Madeley, Shropshire, England
External Links
A wealth of information from Madeley Parish Council and the Parish Council's Living History Project.
Madeley Print Shop One of the directors, Rob Breeze, was a member of the Local Studies Group and has supplied and/or organised and edited much of the content of this site. The other one deals with technical website issues now - so comments, complaints, criticisms and contributions are all grist to the mill at history@madprintshop.co.uk !
Broseley Local History Society A fascinating (and large!) site devoted to the history of Broseley (a town just the other side of the River Severn from Madeley). It also has lots of information about John Wilkinson, the famous local ironfounder
Exploring Telford The old railways, canals and tramways that transported the products of the industrial revolution around the East Shropshire Coalfield (modern day Telford)
Historic Buildings
St Michael's Church: From 'Where I live' on bbc.co.uk
St Michael's Church: From Google Maps
St Michael's Church: From the Church of England website
People's Centre: From 'Shropshire's Nonconformist Chapels'
People
Major C.A.L. Yate V.C. From Madeley Living History Project, Madeley Parish Council website
Pubs
Real Ale in Shropshire A site giving a totally independent opinion of hundreds of Shropshire pubs - see what they think about some of the ones mentioned in our pub pages.
Mining
Shropshire Mines Trust Ltd: Set up as a charitable Trust in March 1996 to preserve the Tankerville Mine near Pennerley but have since expanded our interests to cover the whole of Shropshire. Members are made up of mining historians and local people with an interest in their mining remains. In 2005 formed a limited company but the old unlimited Trust continues and owns all artifacts and records.
Railways
Buildwas Junction to Madeley Junction, from Exploring Telford