Roll of Honour dedicated
On Sunday 10th November 2019 a Roll of Honour for the men of Doxey who fell in the World Wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 was dedicated at Doxey Parish Church by the vicar Martin Strang. On it were the names of 10 men who died as a result of serving in WW1 and one in WW2.
Doxey Reunion 2019
68 years later, some are back in another Church Hall
< Click Here for more information >
A lot more Photographs
( But not necessarily the right ones !!)
I have added a lot of material to the pages titled "Find your way around". These now include descriptions and pictures (new and old) to give an feel for the character and history of the various areas of Doxey.
The areas are (click to view) :
However I am limited in the photos that I have available, and I am conscious that the standard of quite a lot of them is quite low. You may well agree; therefore I am asking you to dig out those photographs that you have (or you can take them specially) and share them with this site.
I will be at the Reunion next Sunday (Oct 20th) and I can scan any originals and let you have them back immediately.
Any help will be very gratefully received - Thanks !
Suggestions and corrections will always be (gratefully ?) received.
Memories of the Doxey Institute
Shirley Butler has provided some photos of events at the Doxey Institute, which was demolished over 20 years ago. Click here to view
A Doxey Silver Wedding - 119 years ago
Some time ago David Hughes - Chairman of Doxey Parish Council - passed on the above card to the website. West Bank which was built in the late 19th Century is now the
Doxey Universal Sports and Social Club. We have researched the Wilson Family that lived there from about 1890 to 1916(?) before retiring to build an ultra-modern concrete garage in Westmoreland. Latest Changes to Website
Using the website - The menu structure has been slightly simplified with 'little green arrows' to show sub-menus. If you want more explanation see here for help on how to find things 21.11.19
Moved hosting of website from Berlin to Keele [definately nothing to do with Brexit !!!] 19.11.19
Doxey Roll of Honour dedicated. 13.11.19
Revised Menu System - removing unmaintained pages 13.11.19
Find your way around (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 - added content 18.10.19
Reunions 2007,9,17 - Updated - easier to use (??) 13.10.19
Doxey Institute - Photos 23.9.19
Website awakes again (!)) - Article on Wilsons - West Bank. Doxey Day 8.8.19
Maps updated to include Mallard Walk 1.8.19
Doxey Reunion 2017 - Express and Star 'pdf' article 7.11.17
Growth of Doxey pages revised and brought up-to-date (to 2017) 23.9.17
Update on arch in Doxey House garden. we know where it came from - not where it went ! 20.9.17
The pages relating to the Local Plans and the Burleyfields development have been restructured and now are presented in chronological order. Any corrections on matters of fact or layout (if not always interpretation !) will be appreciated. 18.4.17.
The Doxey Website -- What Next ?
Visitors to this site will have noticed that there have have been virtually no updates for the last two or three years [up to 2019]. With the demise of the Community Association in 2015 the original purpose of the website has gone.
However as webmaster I am reluctant to close the site and lose the material that has been added over the last 12 years.
We will make no attempt to keep up to date with local news which is available from many other sources :
- Doxey Parish Council
- Stafford Borough Council
- Staffordshire County Council
- Local Newspapers
- Radio Stations
- St Thomas and St Andrew - Doxey Parish Church
but will provide a site to talk about the History and Geography of the Doxey area.
With the 'Mallard Walk' estate being built as the first phase of the Burleyfields development, Doxey is continuing to grow and we will continue to provide up-to-date maps of the area (with data from the Open Street Map project).
If you have any thoughts on what we should be including please email me - webmaster at doxeyca.org.uk
