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Early History of Congleton Pt 1: Prehistoric to Roman

Description

This booklet provides an overview of human occupation of the Congleton area to the end of the Roman era. The authors make reference to the Bridestones Neolithic burial chamber, the New Street Bronze Age Hoard of tools or weapons, the Astbury Burial Urn and the Roman marching camp at Bent Farm, Astbury.

Authors: Peter Boon and Barbara Lightfoot

Booklet size: A5

The Old Mill 1752-2003

A history of Congleton's largest and oldest silk mill

Social Divisions of Congleton in the 19th Century. Pt 2: The Working Classes and the Destitute

This booklet is the second part of the "Social Divisions of Congleton" series, focussing on the working classes.

Congleton in the 16th and 17th centuries

How growing prosperity influenced the development of Congleton and the surrounding area.

Some Seventeenth Century Congleton Innkeepers

Congleton was on two main transport routes in the 17th century, making innkeeping a profitable business.

The Chemists of Mill Street (1831-1987)

The chemists who operated in Mill Street, Congleton, in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Buglawton

The story of Buglawton from the Domesday Book to the twentieth century.