Tag Archives: Upper Stonnall

Aspirational my backside

Posted on August 10, 2014 by BrownhillsBob

I noticed in early summer that someone had been undertaking clearance work on a site near Brownhills, just down the Chester Road to the south of Shire Oak Nature Reserve, and was curious about it – it now seems that my question has been answered.
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Calling Stonnall history buffs…

Posted on January 6, 2011 by BrownhillsBob

Julian Ward-Davies sent me mail today to point out that he’d updated some of the material in his remarkable  paper ‘The Stonnall Mysteries‘. Hi Bob For some time, I have been considering the whereabouts of the original Swan Inn, which … Continue reading →

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The lost post of Stonnall

Posted on November 12, 2010 by BrownhillsBob

Way back in the mists of time, top reader and contributor Steve Hickman asked a question about when I thought the Chester Road was diverted from Stonnall Village. I started researching a reply, but in the interim, top amateur landscape … Continue reading →

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