Burntwood Heritage Trail and Blue Plaques
Chasetown

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Site 1 Hammerwich Hospital.jpg

Hammerwich Hospital

 
Site 2 Chasetown Gas Works.jpg

Chasetown Gas Works

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Site 3 St Annes's Church Vicarage.jpg

Site of The Old Vicarage. Built in 1911 for the Rev. George Drury. St Anne’s Church sold 1979

 
Site 4 Staffordshire Knot  Pub.jpg

Site of ‘The Staffordshire Knott Pub’. Built by 1862. Used as a venue for various friendly society meetings

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Zion Hill Primitive Methodist Chapel

 
Site 6 No 4 Pit of CCCC.jpg

Site of No. 4 Pit of the Cannock Chase Colliery Company. Known as Fours Mount. Opened in 1854. Disused by 1883

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Site 7 St Joseph's RC Church.jpg

St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church

 
Site 8 Chasetown Police Station.jpg

Chasetown Police Station. Originally built 1873. Rebuilt 1963. New Station built 2004

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Site 9 Greyhound Public House.jpg

Site of The Greyhound Pub. Closed in 1963

 
Site 10 Chasetown Mining College.jpg

The Mining Institute. Opened 1in 1913. Closed as a college in 1987

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Site 11 Chasetown Clock.jpg

Site of The Clock. Originally erected in 1902 as a Boer War memorial. Original clock knocked down by a lorry in 1967

 
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Chasetown developed after the first coal mine was sunk in 1849

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Site 13 Trinity Methodist Church.jpg

Site of Wesleyan Chapel known as Trinity Methodist Church. Built 1864. Closed 1977.

 
Site 14 Chasetown Institute.jpg

Site of Chasetown Institute. Built 1888 on land donated by the Cannock Chase Colliery Company. Closed 1986.

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Site 15 Chasetown Indoor  Market Hall.jpg

Site of Old Market Hall. Operating as a cinema by 1914

 
Site 16 Gus Sanders Charabancs Garage.jpg

Site of Old Market Hall. Operating as a cinema by 1914

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Site 17 Uxbridge Public House.jpg

The Uxbridge Public House existed by 1856. Used as a mortuary

 
Site 18 Three Cottages Church Street Chasetown.jpg

Three pairs of cottages were built in Church Street circa 1854

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Site 19 St Annes Church Chasetown.jpg

St Anne’s Church built 1865. The first Church of England to be lit by electricity 1883

 
Site 20 Chasetown First School.jpg

Site of Chasetown First School. Built 1911. Closed 1999

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Site 21 Number 2 Pit CCCC.jpg

Site of No. 4 Pit of the Cannock Chase Colliery Company. Known as ‘The Uxbridge’ and later ‘The Fly’. Opened 1852. Closed 1940

 
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Site of No. 1 Pit of the Cannock Chase Colliery Company. Known as ‘The Marquis’. Opened 1849. Closed 1856.

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