CRICH PARISH

which consists of the villages of Crich, Fritchley and Whatstandwell

Wheatcroft news clippings

Courtesy of John Hardwick

The following are news clippings from the Derbyshire Times – various dates from about 1905 onwards. They were in an old battered scrap-book of local newspaper clippings, sadly not dated, but interesting non-the-less.


Wheatcroft Institute – was erected about 1900. Read more...

newsclipping of Wheatcroft Institute

A 1929 news item –

news clipping Wheatcroft


The state of the road in Wheatcroft caused a flurry of letters to the Derbyshire Times.

news clipping of Wheatcroft

news clipping of Wheatcroft

news clipping of Wheatcroft

news clipping of Wheatcroft


Obituary reports of the time are very useful for family historians.

news clipping of Wheatcroft

news clipping Wheatcroft

news clipping Wheatcroft

news clipping Wheatcroft

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