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Discover the Forgotten Families That Built Burntwood -- One Hedge, One Hearth, One Legend at a Time
Families That Shaped Burntwood is not your average history book. It's a gritty, grounded, and deeply human portrait of a Staffordshire town shaped by sweat, stubbornness, and the stories no one bothered to write down -- until now.
Set across centuries of land struggles, family feuds, manorial courts, field clearings, and industrial shifts, this book pulls back the curtain on the real people behind Burntwood's foundations. From the stubborn ploughmen of the 1200s to the soot-streaked bricklayers of the coal age, Families That Shaped Burntwood tells the unvarnished truth of a place that refused to be forgotten.
Whether you're a local tracing your ancestry or a reader fascinated by the hidden histories of ordinary people, this book brings Staffordshire's heartland roaring to life -- with wit, pride, and a fair bit of manure.
What's Inside:
? Authentic Family Histories -- Meet the Smallmans, Cartwrights, Taylors, Bradburrys, and other real families who laid the groundwork for Burntwood's rise.
? Unearthed Local Records -- Dive into translated manorial court rolls, tithe maps, subsidy rolls, and land documents that reveal how lives were lived, lands were fought over, and justice was dispensed (often with a side of goose theft).
? Modern Place Anchors -- Connect history to the present with clear references to familiar places like Boney Hay, Spinney Lane, Burntwood Park, and Ridgeway School.
? Rich Storytelling -- Far from dry facts, this is history told with a storyteller's edge -- full of local humour, sly wit, and poetic grit that captures the soul of Burntwood.
? Pride of Place -- Rooted in real Staffordshire soil, this book honours the tough, proud, and quietly heroic lives that made modern Burntwood what it is today.
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Burntwood history
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Staffordshire family history
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Staffordshire local history book
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genealogy Burntwood
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manorial records Staffordshire
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Burntwood ancestry
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coal mining Burntwood
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ridge and furrow farming UK
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UK regional history
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Midlands heritage
Perfect For:
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Local history lovers across the West Midlands
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Burntwood residents and ex-pats wanting to reconnect with home
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Genealogists tracing roots in Staffordshire and the Cannock Chase area
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Readers of historical nonfiction with a focus on British rural life
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Secondary schools and libraries looking to teach history where it happened
About the Author:
Mark is a Staffordshire local with a deep affection for Burntwood, its stories, and the soil beneath his boots. His writing blends historical research with storytelling flair, capturing the spirit of ordinary families who made extraordinary contributions -- not by shouting, but by showing up.
Don't just read history -- live it.
Order Families That Shaped Burntwood today and walk the fields your ancestors once fought for, laughed on, and called home.
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