Comments for Denstone Village

Comment on Discussion Board by rita dodd

rita dodd — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:39:03 +0000

hello,
i am researching my family tree and most of my ancester lived and worked in stubwoo. they were saddlers and master saddlers and farmers. therer names were carter and wood. the wood side of the family were farmers. i have gone back to the 1700s with carters and all were born and bred in and around stubwood denstone. the last know carter was john carter living in stubwood with his wife and sonjames in 1901. my mother who is 90 remembers him saying that he worked for lord and lady heywood and lived in at some point as housekeeper and groomsman. i wonder if you know any of these people and if there is any mention of them in the local church. i thank you for your time and look forward to hearing from you soon regards rita

Comment on Discussion Board by Liz Bull

Liz Bull — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:44:50 +0000

Hi I wondred if any one could give an educated guess as to why my great garndfather born 1838, called Aaron Bull, a stone mason was a boarder in the 1861 census in the village of Denstone in Alton. He was a Repton man.
Did he help build the village

Comment on Discussion Board by Jock Coats

Jock Coats — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 13:31:18 +0000

Ken, found this discussion as a result of the new ODs Facebook group who were asking after you. Until the 2011 census figures are published you have to rely on older data. But here’s household information for the Denstone Civil Parish super output area. I expect you can assume that those shown as living in a communal establishment are the boarding pupils. But the caution is that this data is 2001:

http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=799403&c=Denstone&d=16&e=15&g=484929&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1333891396321&enc=1&dsFamilyId=781

Cheers,

Jock Coats (join us at http://www.facebook.com/groups/309770919080366/ if you like!)

Comment on Discussion Board by Berenice Baynham

Berenice Baynham — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:32:19 +0000

I’m endeavouring to photograph as many of Staffordshire’s war memorials as possible – my definition of a war memorial is very broad – and visited Denstone today to photograph the village’s memorial cross and also the roll of honour in All Saints’ porch. Does anyone know if there are any memorial plaques inside All Saints which are war-related? And is there a war memorial plaque or roll of honour inside Stubwood Methodist Church?

Comment on Discussion Board by ken ryder

ken ryder — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:22:42 +0000

What is the current population of Denstone, with & without Stubwood and/or Prestwood; including staff resident at Denstone College, but not the pupils (unless of course they are children of members of staff)?

Comment on Discussion Board by Bob Beaumont

Bob Beaumont — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:44:09 +0000

The name ‘Robert’s Green’ is very recent history. The land on which the recreation area was established is owned by a Robert Johnson. He leases it to the Tom Boden Memorial Sports Trust for an affordable rent. In recognition of his assistance in providing the this facility for the community the Sports Trust determined to name it ‘Robert’s Green’.

Comment on Discussion Board by Mary Cott

Mary Cott — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:53:38 +0000

Hello

I recently visited your village whilst on holiday. Could you please let me know the historical significance of the area named “Roberts’ Green”.
Thank you.
Mary Cott