This website has now changed its focus. It
will no longer be updated on a daily basis with
village news and information. At the moment
the best source of information is
We are not only recording the 'old' history of
Hadnall, but also the 'new' history. As the
village changes and grows, we will be recording
these changes to form a bigger and broader record of
Hadnall. We welcome any contributions from
anyone with a story to tell, old or new
pictures. Requests for information may be
accepted as there are folk living in the village who
may know the answers.
We are also interested in hearing from anyone who
would like to recount their experiences during the
Covid Pandemic.
Recording the memorials of
Hadnall Churchyard (see link at the side).
Our previous biggest research project
to date was to record and maintain the records of
the burials in Astley Church yard (see link at the
side. ) Finally we started the survey of the
Hadnall Churchyard. Our May meeting (2019)
made a start at visiting each gravestone and
check/record the wording. Photographs were
taken and then the lengthy process of transcribing
all the data onto web pages and then making
the information available here, was
undertaken. The work has now been completed
with the interactive map available for over 300
graves. Comments from beyond the Group are very
welcome too.
Should you
discover an error in the data, we would be very
grateful for the information, so that we can amend
it. We would be interested to hear about any
aspect of the Church's history, particularly about
the people involved. Similarly, Astley
records (first recorded in 2007) have also been
updated recently.
We have now Ivy's papers and they have been sorted
and a database of the contents created. The
material we already have needs to be catalogued
and added to this database. Once the Village
Hall is available to use, we can get into the
cupboard to do some work. The present
database is available
here. A
few topics previously available have been made
available again on the
History Group's page We
have had our Archiving session which
successfully sorted all the items into topics
and list made of each box (topic).
Further recording of the documents stored in each
box is being undertaken.
In the History Group area, there is now a feature
devoted to building a history of Hadnall,
following on from Ivy Bebb's booklet published in
2003 and long out of print!
All comments/information can be sent to:-
history@hadnall.org.uk