Monday 6th July 2009 - a trip to the Wesleyan Chapel Museum, Mow Cop with Mr. John Anderson the Curator as guide. Please arrive at the Chapel for 7pm and admission will be £1.50 payable on the day of the visit (you may wish to donate more). There are a limited number of places available so please contact David J. Outhwaite.
There are no meetings in July or August. A new season commences in September.
Click here for reports of previous meetings.
Click here for current Notices.
Meetings are usually held on the 3rd Monday of every month, at 7.00 p.m. Indoor meetings are held in Biddulph Library, Tunstall Road, Biddulph, Staffordshire ST8 6HH - car parking available on the adjacent Wharf Road car park.
A NEW BOOK: The Story of the Creation of Meadows Way: the Biddulph Inner By-pass', written and edited by Nigel R. Yates with photographs by Brian Nightingale and Michael J. Turnock.
The book details the long arguments and fight for the by-pass. It includes a photographic record of the town before and during the building of Meadows Way and has over 100 colour photographs. It will be on sale at £10.00. The book has been printed with support from The Tourism Committee of Biddulph Town Council.
Only 250 numbered copies have been printed and they are available from Biddulph Library at £10.00.
The Society is making some of its published work available in pdf format at a cost of £2 per document.
The first four documents to be made available are the Transactions of the Biddulph Historical Society from 1968 to 1973. Articles include:
- The Excavation of Biddulph Castle (?) in 1967 by J.L. Bestwick
- Old Buildings of Biddulph - The White House by Sylvia Tansley
- Place Names in Biddulph by J. Sherratt
- Biddulph Surnames 1200 - 1600 by John Sherratt
- Coal Mining in the Biddulph Area by D. Wheelhouse (parts 1 and 2)
- Tramways & railways in Biddulph Valley 1800-1854 by J. Hancock
- N.S.R. Passenger Services on the B.V.R. Branch Line by J. Hancock
- Biddulph Valley Railway 1854-1864 by John Hancock
- Development of Bus Services in the Biddulph area by Adrian Lawton
Please email David Outhwaite and request an order form.
'St Lawrence Parish Church, Biddulph - Monumental Inscriptions Volume II' produced by members of the society. Available to personal callers at Biddulph Library for £6-00. To arrange postal copies please contact Irene Turner or phone 01782-512103.
Biddulph's Coronation Year - 160+ pages of photographs depicting Biddulph life in the early 1950s. The book was published, with the aid of a Lottery grant, to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
NOW SOLD OUT.
For information on postal costs or further information on any of the publications contact Irene Turner at Biddulph Library on 01782 512103.
'A History of Biddulph' - from the writings of Mr. Richard Biddulph which originally appeared in the Biddulph Chronicle £2.50.
'Goowin' dine th' grayn - A History of Biddulph High Street' has been compiled by Elaine Heathcote. As the title suggests it is a history of the People and Businesses of Biddulph High Street.
NOW SOLD OUT.