Welcome to Stanton Heritage
Welcome to Stanton Heritage
Discover the history of Stanton upon Hine Heath in Shropshire through old photographs, documents and the memories of local people.
Browse our collection, follow a family name, or rediscover the places you know.
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Houses and their histories
Tudor Cottage, old photographs and historic sale particulars.
Stanton School, 1953
Familiar faces from the village school. Do you recognise anyone?
Along Booley Road
The lock-up, the blacksmith’s shop and a changing village in the 1980s.
Stanton United
A team photograph and the names behind the faces.
Memories of village life
Gracie Parry remembers the shop, bakery and childhood games.
Mary Webb and Stanton
The writer’s connection with the village, remembered in the press.
Browse the collections
71 original documents, organised to help you find your way.
Census records
Names, households and occupations, 1841–1911.
02 / 8 DOCUMENTSVillage memories
Everyday life, remembered in residents’ own words.
03 / 6 DOCUMENTSMaps & photographs
Old maps, village views and familiar faces.
04 / 6 DOCUMENTSSchool & celebrations
School days, traditions and coming together.
05 / 4 DOCUMENTSFamily & memorials
Family stories and lives commemorated.
06 / 9 DOCUMENTSWartime
Service, the Home Guard and life during the war.
07 / 6 DOCUMENTSTrade & estates
Mills, farms, cottages and changing ownership.
08 / 4 DOCUMENTSNewspapers
Stanton’s stories in the local and national press.
09 / 4 DOCUMENTSBooks & literature
Mary Webb, parish documents and local history.