Burntwood Heritage Trail and Blue Plaques
Burntwood, Edial and Woodhouses
Edial House Farm early 19th century farm house Farm probably existed by the 16th Century
Maple Hays existed by 1674. In 1884 bought by Albert Worthington
Pipe Hall, Woodhouses
Used as a Beer House in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century
Woodhouses Lane existed by 1656. Road from Woodhouses to Cannock
Built in 1900 as St Matthews Hospital Church. Closed 1995
St Mathews Chapel opened with the cemetery in 1867. Closed in 1956. Demolished in the late 1960’s
Burntwood Rechabite’s located here in 1890’s
School House built in 1769 by Elizabeth Ball as a charity school
Christchurch opened in 1820. Burntwood’s first church
Site of Burntwood Dame School which existed by 1775
The Old School House. Former Burntwood First School originally built in 1877 and converted into ten houses in 1992
Burntwood Memorial Institute started in 1921. Rebuilt in 1971
A house existed here at Fulfen by 1537
Walter Stansfield’s bakery operated between 1920 and 1963
Nailing was a renown cottage industry in Burntwwod
The Nags Head Inn existed by 1799 and probably by 1775
Green Lane existed by 1700, as did Green Lane Farm. This was the road from Boney Hay to Cresswell Green
The Lord Nelson Inn existed by 1824. It was an Inn, Blacksmith’s and slaughterhouse
A house stood here in the 17th Century. It was the Star Inn by 1790
Burntwood or ‘Brendewode’ was first mentioned in 1296
Site of Burntwood Methodist Chapel. Built in 1849. Disused in 1875.
Site of the Blue Ball Inn. Existed by 1775
Site of Park Primary School. Opened in 1968. Closed in 1999.