Nine ways to explore
Topics and collections
Every collection offers a different way into parish life. Follow a surname, rediscover a familiar place, or look at the village through someone else’s eyes.
01 / 24 DOCUMENTS
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.
