Crich Tramway Village

Town, Village or Hamlet: Near a Village
County: Derbyshire
Grid Reference: SK341559
Date Visited: June 2006
Challenge Status: Requirements satisfied

Back in 2007 we went on a family trip to Crich Tramway Village. Our children were still young and so they enjoyed these kinds of outings. It gave us a chance to be with their grandparents away from the usual surroundings amd take in a bit of history. Trams in their very existence can be a romantic form of transportation; not quite a bus and slower and more elegant than a train. I'm no expert or even great enthusiast but to be around these beautiful man-made beasts was something that filled us with nostalgia and pleasure like no other public transport.

Crich (apparently pronounced 'Crych') is a village a couple of miles to the south-east of the museum and is a place that will need a visit by itself. I saw recently on YouTube that Crich Tramway Village is still in operation and visited by thousands each year, which is good to see. So many museums and places of historical interest seem to be being sold off for development land, which is a crying shame. An example of this is Snibston, the technology centre and museum built near to an old mine in Leicesteshire, which has now been flattened and has become a housing estate. Around the time of our visit to Crich, we also went there on a family visit with grandparents once more.

Here is the video we took at Crych. In those days I wasn't thinking about how to edit this together it just ended up as video postcard to look back on and bore your friends with. Luckily, it's only about two and a half minutes long. Have a look.

Cawsand, Cornwall

Town, Village or Hamlet: Village
County: Cornwall
Grid Reference: SX431503
Date Visited: Early January 2008
Challenge Status: Requirements satisfied, but a revisit to further explore the village would be nice.



In January 2008, we went down to the very south of Great Britain to Cawsand for the wedding of Lisa's brother. Her brother was married in Polhawn Fort, a few miles away.

Cawsand in January was cold, but as a Midlander living in the centre of Great Britian, anywhere on the coast is always a treat, whatever the weather. We stayed in the local pub called The Cross Keys Inn, and when we go to Cawsand again this is where we will stay. The village of Cawsand is joined with the village of Kingsand and these two villages are often called twin villages.

The video above is just a short clip of our children playing on the beach and a shot of the village.

Fradswell, Staffordshire

Town, Village or Hamlet: Village
County: Staffordshire
Grid Reference: SJ878255
Date Visited: January 2019 (and many other times before and after)
Challenge Status: Requirements satisfied

Living only a few miles away, we have been to the village of Fradswell on many occasions, mainly to the village hall to various events put on by the villagers. It's just far enough away from the busy A51 to give you a feeling of living in deep countryside, with farmland, hills, trees and grassy land for miles.




Fradswell is a dispersed village located a few miles to the north-east of the town of Stafford.

It's main centre of social activity is the village hall, built in 2016 to replace the WW1 nissen hut that had been gifted to the village after the war. There is also a church, dedicated to St. James the Less.

Fradswell Village Hall

Gayton, Staffordshire

Town, Village or Hamlet: Village
County: Staffordshire
Grid Reference: TF727193
Date Visited: January 2019
Challenge Status: Requirements satisfied



Although Gayton is close to where we live, it is tucked away so neatly that you have to have a reason to go there to sample its delights. This was only my second visit to Gayton and I must admit the village surprised me, with its Heritage Walk and historic value to the local area. There is an incredible tree in the churchyard and not knowing anything about trees we guessed it might be an elm.

Gayton in Staffordshire is a small village located to the east of the county town of Stafford. The name 'Gayton' is probably derived from the Anglo Saxon 'geat' meaning 'a primitive enclosure approached from a gate or narrow way'. There are several other villages called Gayton around Great Britain.

The village contains an historic and rare lamp box (see the video), which contains the symbol for Edward VII, who only reigned from 1901 to 1910. There is also a traditional red telephone box. Both the lamp box and the phone box are owned by the Gayton Heritage Society.

In Gayton there is also a new village hall that was built using a lottery grant and a church dedicated to St. Peter. Parts of the church date back to the 12th Century.















In 1904 an hotel was built in Gayton called 'The Gayton Hotel'. This has since been demolished and replaced by houses.

Coton Clanford, Staffordshire

Town, Village or Hamlet: Hamlet
County: Staffordshire
Grid Reference: SJ870229
Date Visited: January 2019 (and many other times)
Challenge Status: Requirements satisfied




We visited Coton Clanford specifically to make a video. It was really just a reference video of what the two or three features of Coton Clanford looked like in January 2019. Coton Clanford is very close to our hometown and can be reached by car within 10 minutes from our house. We also took some video of the nearby village of Seighford on this day and other days in January of that year. There's not a great deal to see in Coton Clanford, as you would expect, being just a quiet rural hamlet surrounded by farmland and countryside.

Coton Clanford is hamlet located to the north west of Stafford in Staffordshire.

The Methodist chapel in Coton Clanford was built in 1884, the foundation stone being laid 30 October 1884.

Clanford Hall is a Grade II listed building, built in 1684. It is a three-storey, half-timbered Tudor mansion, which is now used as a farmhouse.

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