This page is dedicated to the local history of Fulford Parish Staffordshire, and hopefully, will give people interested in tracing their ancestors in this area some valuable information.
We are fortunate in that members of our community have spent years researching the local area and have been willing to publish this information on our site for the greater good.
If you are in possession of accounts or snippets of information that you would like to contribute please send us some outline details via our contact page.
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Fulford History - an introduction.pdf Size : 81.312 Kb Type : pdf |
A BRIEF HISTORY OF FULFORD VILLAGE
Fulford village stands on one of the tributaries of the River Blythe to the south of the route of the old Roman Road that passed through Draycott and Blythe Bridge and on to the Stoke boundary.
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Fulford - a history of the village in brief.pdf Size : 502.528 Kb Type : pdf |
THE HISTORY OF FULFORD CHAPEL AND ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH
The old yews in St.Nicholas churchyard on the high ground at the north end of Fulford point to the church being a very early place of worship, and it was certainly well established as a Chapelry in the 14th century, being listed among the Churches of Pirehill Hundred in the Parish of St.Michael’s Church in Stone, together with Darlaston, Meaford, Oulton, Moddershall, Tittensor, Beech, Hilderstone and Aston.
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Fulford - it's Church and it's Chapels.pdf Size : 706.757 Kb Type : pdf |
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Fulford - it's local farms and farmers.pdf Size : 1064.662 Kb Type : pdf |
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Fulford - it's pub, post office and village hall.pdf Size : 556.148 Kb Type : pdf |
THE SHOULDER OF MUTTON PUBLIC HOUSE
Just how long there has been an inn in Fulford is not clear, though there may have been one since as far back as 1577 when it was said that then there was an inn or tavern for every 95 of the population in England. The present inn, The Shoulder of Mutton on the north side of the village green, was probably built at the beginning of the 1800’s, at about the time that a new Alehouses Act regulating the granting of licences to sell beer, wine, and spirits, was introduced, and may well have been built on the site of an earlier tavern as the cellar is hewn out of the rock and is said to have a naturally controlled temperature of 55 degrees.
FULFORD POST OFFICE AND VILLAGE STORE
Until 1840 it was the responsibility of the postmaster in Stone to decide how much must be paid by the recipient when a letter was delivered to them.
FULFORD VILLAGE HALL
With the demise of Fulford Institute in the old school building on the village green, Fulford Young People’s Club suggested that a new Village Hall was required and so a board of trustees was formed in 1946 to put the project into motion.
OCCUPATIONS IN AND AROUND FULFORD
First and foermost Fulford was a farming community, but it was also a fairly self-sufficient community and so many other occupations and trades existed in the area.
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Fulford - occupations in the 19th and 20th century.pdf Size : 133.758 Kb Type : pdf |
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Fulford - some interviews with local people.pdf Size : 454.021 Kb Type : pdf |
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Fulford - some of it's emigrants.pdf Size : 172.401 Kb Type : pdf |
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Fulford - the census of 1881.pdf Size : 13.02 Kb Type : pdf |
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Fulford - the history of it's schools.pdf Size : 1416.335 Kb Type : pdf |
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Fulford - the tithe of 1849.pdf Size : 237.919 Kb Type : pdf |
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Fulford Parish - Blythe Bridge and Blythe Marsh.pdf Size : 99.535 Kb Type : pdf |
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Fulford Parish - Hilderstone.pdf Size : 392.852 Kb Type : pdf |
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Fulford Parish - Meir Heath and Rough Close.pdf Size : 303.104 Kb Type : pdf |
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Fulford Parish - Moddershall.pdf Size : 65.988 Kb Type : pdf |
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Fulford Parish - Saverley Green.pdf Size : 607.796 Kb Type : pdf |
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Fulford Parish - Spot Acre.pdf Size : 1262.926 Kb Type : pdf |
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Fulford Parish - Stallington.pdf Size : 7.27 Kb Type : pdf |
