The Cleobury Chronicles

The Cleobury Chronicles is an occasional series of collections of articles on topics of the local history of Cleobury Mortimer and surrounding parishes.  The Society has been fortunate to have articles written by both members and other writers, with local knowledge of topics that really interested them.  First published in 1991 (this edition in its third reprint!), the Chronicles have been very popular and a very successful publishing exercise.

Volume 1 (1991)

  • The Blount Family (Rev. Wm Elliott)
  • Victorian Interlude: Part 1 (Kathleen Grove)
  • Two Letters from Simon Evans (Dr Mark Baldwin)
  • Cleobury Mortimer from Doomsday (Dr Mark Baldwin)
  • A 14C Cleobury Document (Marion Roberts & Dr Mark Baldwin)
  • The Census as a Source for Local History (David Dewar)
  • The Population of Cleobury Mortimer, 1601 - 1981 (Rev Wm Elliott)
  • Muller & Co (England) Ltd & Cleobury Mortimer (Jim Warren)
  • Beaconsfield House, 24 High Street: A history since 1800 (Dr Mark Baldwin)

 

Volume 2 (1992)

  • Cleobury Park (David Chapman)
  • The Gas Works (Betty Pardoe)
  • The Trow Family (Rev Wm. Elliott)
  • The Parish Registers (Rev Wm. Elliott)
  • Victorian Interlude: Part 2 (Kathleen Grove)
  • The Spire of St Mary's Church (John Wheatley)
  • Towards south Shropshire: Part 1 (John Davis)
  • The Downes Family of the Post Office (Winifred Evans)

 

Volume 3 (1994)

  • The Wyre Forest Coalfield (Dr D Poyner & R Evans)
  • Towards South Shropshire: Part 2 (John Davis)
  • The Roman Fort at Walltown Farm (C J Walker)
  • Field Names in Cleobury Mortimer (Rev. William Elliott)
  • The Spire of St Mary's Church - Postscript ((John Wheatley)
  • Ironworking in Cleobury Mortimer: Part 1 (Dr Mark Baldwin)
  • Trial Excavations at the Lacon Childe School (Hugh Hannaford)

 

Volume 4 (1996)

  • The Moultrie Family (Rev. William Elliott)
  • The Mortimer Family (Rev. William Elliott)
  • Cleobury Park Furnace (David Chapman)
  • Norman Hicken and Spregdon House (extract from autobiography)
  • Markets & Fairs in Cleobury Mortimer (Betty Pardoe)
  • Personal Street Names in Cleobury Mortimer
  • The Catherine of Aragon Chasuble from Mawley Hall (Fr Paul Sidoli)
  • The Churchyard during the 19th and 20th centuries (Dr Mark Baldwin)
  • The Langland Window and other memorial windows in St Mary's Church (Dennis Hadley & Dr Mark Baldwin)

 

 

Volume 5 (1999)

  • The Clee Hill Coalfield (Dr D R Poyner)
  • Clay Tobacco Pipes from Cleobury (Dr David Higgins)
  • Some notes on the early history of the Lacon Childe School (Rev A Perfect)
  • The Moated Site at Nickless Farm, Milson (Jane Evans)
  • Monumental Inscriptions from Mawley Catholic Burial Ground
  • Langland lives
  • The Lycett Family Bible (Myfanwy Baldwin)
  • Agnes Parry's story (Agnes Parry)
  • Wills and Inventories: a peep into the past (Kathleen Grove)
  • Another Blount Family? (Rev. Cyril Blount)
  • Ironworking in Cleobury Park: an update (Dr D R Poyner)
  • A Bloomery at Chorley, Stottesdon (Dr D R Poyner)

 

Volume 6 (2002)

  • Cleobury Mortimer College |( G Andrews, M Jordan, G Poyner)
  • Mediaeval Ironworkings at Chorley & surrounding areas (Dr D R Poyner)
  • Frank Murray 1884 - 1970 and Cleobury Engineering (Glyn Mark)
  • The Growth of Methodism in South East Shropshire (Colin C Short)
  • Animal Care and Country Craftsmen (Geoffrey Andrews)
  • Jacobite Echoes (Kathleen Grove)
  • Furnace Mill, Wyre Forest (David Lloyd Jones)

 

Volume 7 (2004)

  • The Manor House (Rev Bill Elliott)
  • Farlow Cotton Mill (Dr D R Poyner)
  • What you learn from Wills (Daphne Brown)
  • Cleobury Public Houses (Rev Bill Elliott)
  • Memorial Inscriptions at All Saints Church & Churchyard, Neen Sollars
  • My Childhood in the 1920s (W J Ridge)
  • Mediaeval Ironworking in Chorley: Fiddle Bloomery (Dr D R Poyner)
  • Curdale Farm (Rev Bill Elliott)
  • The Wheelwright (Geoffrey Andrews)

 

Volume 8 (2008)

  • The Blount Family: a correction (Rev. Bill Elliott)
  • Curdale addendum (Rev. Bill Elliott)
  • Thomas Bottfield (Rev. Biull Elliott)
  • Withypool Farm (Rev. Bill Elliott)
  • Catherton Quarry (Dr David Poyner)
  • Paper Mills at Neen Savage: The Hall Family (Jeremy & Jane Hall)
  • Paper Making in the 19th Century (Jim Martin)
  • A Seventeenth Century Local Scandal (Chris Potter)
  • Neen Savage War Memorials (Paddy Treves)