Stories

Lady Alice Warburton: The Woman Behind the Ghost of Congleton’s Haunted Walk

This is the story of Lady Alice Warburton, born in 1762. Her ghost is said to haunt Congleton’s Lady Warburton Walk, her true story involves a wealthy marriage, widowhood, and travels across Europe.

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Women’s History: Pam Lomas and the G.P.O Telephonists

Pam Lomas worked as a telephonist at the Congleton Telephone Exchange, located above the Post Office in Mill Street, between 1954 and 1961. Click to find out more about Pam’s life as a GPO telephonist during this time.

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Congleton War Memorial Hospital 1924 – 2024

Congleton War Memorial History celebrates 100 years in 2024

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From Vision to Reality: The inspiring story of Congleton Museum’s inception

How a determined band of volunteers created and now runs an accredited museum to illustrate the story of Congleton.

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Clockmaking: A lost industry of Congleton

Congleton’s clockmakers were the town’s precision engineers of the 18th and early 19th centuries...

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Exploring the Woodwork Artistry of Samuel Frodsham

What links a war memorial in St Martin’s Church, Ashton on Mersey, a shop window at 7 Swan Bank, the library fittings in Gawsworth Hall, the screen and roof of Astbury Church and the font cover of St James Church, Congleton?

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Harvesting Hope: Congleton’s Women’s Land Army in the Great War

The story of a Congleton-born Land Army girl.

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George Wright

George Wright of Thomas Street Congleton was a fustian cutter who enlisted in 1914....

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Electrifying Congleton: Igniting a New Era of Light and Power

Why did electricity come to Congleton so late?

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Knickebein, Mow Cop and Aspirin

How Mow Cop became the Aspirin to cure a wartime RAF Headache...

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