A LIST OF CONTENTS - and where to find various items
Links to main source topics are shown in Purple, Minor topics in Blue, Red & Black
SITE MAP a set of logically arranged links giving access to main topics and sub-topics
Stone OS map 1928 includes Spennells, Hoobrook, Summerfield & Shenstone
Historic Kidderminster Project
INDEX - people, places organisations etc.
Archaeology at St Mary & All Saints Church
Local Historical Items An eclectic collection of articles: people, buildings, societies etc:
4. The death of Sir Fred Banting;
5. Alphonse Bouët – carpet designer;
6. Henry Brinton 'Down under';
10 Alderman Thomas Pensotti's Coronation Album;
11. Brochure - Co-op Central premises 1958;
12. WW1 diaries - Walter Willets;
13. 'Kidderminster & Neighbourhood' collected photos;
14. 'Views & Reviews' of Kidderminster;
15. Kidderminster Railway Station;
16. Melvyn Thompson & St George's Choir;
17. The Shenton School;
18. Daniel Wagstaff Goodwin – a Family History;
19. Old Carolians WW2 Memorial Board;
20. St George's Whitsuntide celebrations 1875;
21. Oral Recollections of WW2;
22. The Victory Tea Company, Kidderminster owned by Ernest Hill;
23. Vanishing Kidderminster 1969 – Ian Walker;
24. Sunday Half Hour St George's Church 1957;
25. Coronation 1937: Kidderminster Souvenir Programme
26. Re-opening of Caldwall Tower 1970;
27. Sir Herbert Smith - obituary;
28. 'Getting into the Swim' by Mike Loftus - swimming baths in Kidderminster;
29. Zeppelin Raider over Kidderminster 1916;
30. 'Historical Notes on Kidderminster' – T C Grove;
31. The Disappearance of the Wooden Pulpit VJ Day 1945;
32. Newly found foundation Stone for Kidderminster Library;
33. Nash – History of Worcestershire: Kidderminster;
34. The Great Wall of Kidderminster;
35. William Edward Wadely - obituary;
36. William Wheeler's unfortunate brush with The Law –
The Carpet weaver's strike 1884;
37. 'Kidderminster & its Borderland'– Mr I L Wedley;
39. Sutton Park Road – its evolution;
40. Broadwaters Mill;
41. 'Whatever is Wrong with the Town' - sewerage in the 19th Century;
42. About the Minster in Kidderminster – Nigel Gilbert;
43. John Boyd Dunlop and the pneumatic tyre;
44. The Carpet hill (or Mount Skipet) Steps; James
45. Albert Ukawsaw Gonniosaw – his connection with Kidderminster;
46. Henry Chellingworth of Park Attwood;
47. Land Clubs in Kidderminster by Nigel Gilbert;
48. Food Control in WW2 1939;
49. Town & Planning Committee Meeting Minutes to p114 (of 449),
from 8th October 1929 until 11th May 1936;
50. The Mayor of Kidderminster's Flood relief Fund in 1955;
51. King Charles I Grammar School – a brief history;
52. A History of St Mary's School.
53. King George V Silver Jubilee celebrations
54. Local Blitz advice for Worcestershire
55. Brinton's contribution to the WW2 effort
56. A Kidderminster Harriers Souvenir Programme dated 10th March 1953
57. Edward VII Souvenir Programme Coronation 1902
58. Music and Bandstands in Brinton Park
59. Kidderminster Motors Brochure 1949
60. Jack Holroyd Lancashire & Kidderminster cricketer
61. Aspects of the Kidderminster Turnpike Trust
63. National Insurance Scheme 1948
64. The Great Fire at St George's Church 1922
65. Index of casualty reports in the Kidderminster Shuttle during WW1
66. Retail Food workers Minimum Pay Regulations in 1949
67. Dorothy Pugh School of Dance
68. The Murder of Francis Best 1771 with long 's'
68. The murder of Francis Best 1771 with standard 's'
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PLAQUES we have placed around the town in historic settings
A BRIEF HISTORY OF KIDDERMINSTER
NOTABLE LOCAL PEOPLE From Richard Baxter 17th C to Sporting Individuals in the 21st C
HISTORIC BUILDING AND STREETS Listed and Unlisted
A Virtual Tour of the town centre
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