Hadnall & District History Group   last update:- 4/3/2024
We are a local history group which meets in Hadnall Village Hall (on the last Wednesday of the month - see below but not July, August or December) now at 7.30pm. There is no membership fee, but attendance at a meeting costs £2, (which includes tea/coffee and a biscuit). Everyone is welcome.

We hope to have a planned programme of speakers who are either invited from outside bodies, from the regular membership, or we have a "round-table" meeting where everyone can contribute to the topic. All types of session have proved popular in the past.

Contacts:
Publicity/Treasurer:
Sue/Tony 02893 445045
e-mail history@hadnall.org.uk
Useful links:-
Wrekin Local Studies Forum
Historic England aerial photos
Shrewsbury Local History
The Provisional Programme for 2024 is:- 
31st January
Background to the recent photograph sessions - TC
28th February Background to the recent photograph sessions (continued) - TC
27th March
Continuing the "Inner Ring Road names"- TC
24th? April
No meeting - sorry
29th May
Sarah Thursfield - "What Medieval Wowen Really Wore on their Heads"
26th June

July and August
No meetings
25th September

30th October

27th November
AGM and 20th Anniversary!
December
No meeting
  
Local topics
Westlands School at Acton Reynald The wartime Transmitter Station in Hadnall
The embroidered map in the Village Hall

Flooding in 2012
The Ease - a recreation area near the Church
Steam trains through Hadnall - new images always welcome!

Parish Pathways Partnership - "P3"
Hadnall Station - a meeting to gather information 2007
Thomas Latter and the shop

Hadnall Pantos
"Hadnall Remembers 1914 -2014"
Hadnall Groups - past and present.  Still looking for more information!

1961 re-burials from the Congregational Church
1911 Census Summary for Hadnall
A brief look at some road developments of the A49  through Hadnall

A record of the burials in Hadnall Churchyard
A record of the burials in Astley Churchyard Hadnall News October 1981       Hadnall News December 1981

The "History" of the History Group
Myddle & Hadnall Parish Magazine 1905
Some extracts from old Hadnall News's recorded by the Group in the early 2000s

1967 proposals to clear parts of the Churchyard in Hadnall
Bill Cruickshank's wartime experiences in the RAF


Recent news....

Ivy's Archive
Thanks to the good offices of Ann Parry and some members of Ivy's family, We have  a large amount of material. We have now had the chance to do some sorting and have produced a database which is available here.     The database is gradually being expanded to list all documents - keep an eye open for new things!
We have a section of the website devoted to organising the materials we have, to build Towards a History of Hadnall  - Click here to view the pages
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On-going projects 
We are gathering information about the Hadnall Congregational Chapel 1832 - 1961? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Contact:  history@hadnall.org.uk   We have located a list of the re-burials which took place in 1961 when Shropshire County Council cleared the graveyard as part of a road widening project.  The list is available here.

Hadnall organisations - these come and go, so we want to keep a record.  Any information about groups operating/operated in Hadnall would be gratefully received.  Look at the list above and see if you can add info.
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Requests
Requests for information should be directed to history@hadnall.org.uk  Replies will come from a different account.