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Local archive • Undated • Alton
Alton local archive
Alton has its own LimePin Time Capsule for photographs, places, businesses, people and local memories connected with this community.
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Alton
Staffordshire Moorlands · Staffordshire
A historic Staffordshire Moorlands village, preserving the people, places, businesses and memories that shaped Alton through time.
Nearby archives: Oakamoor · Denstone · Cheadle · Ipstones · Leek · Uttoxeter · Bradley in the Moors · Farley
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THE LOCAL STORY OF ALTON
2 community contributions • archive growingStories through time
1847
Landmark • 1847 • Alton
Alton Castle and Pugin
The present Alton Castle complex was remodelled in the 19th century with work by A. W. N. Pugin for the Earl of Shrewsbury. It forms part of the striking Gothic landscape around the village.
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Photo memory • 1980
The high street as people remember it
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Local story • 1950
Everyday life in the community
Schools, workplaces, journeys, celebrations and ordinary days all belong in local history. This timeline grows with community contributions.
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Place history • 1920
Businesses that came before us
Help record what used to occupy today's shops, homes, workshops and landmarks.
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