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Historic Buildings & Sites
For a town of its size Madeley has a wealth of attractive old buildings and reminders of the past, most of them steeped in history. On this page we will show pictures and brief descriptions, which will soon lead to pages dedicated to each building.
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| This wedding photo, believed to date from the 1920s, was taken in the back yard of one of the group of houses known as Cross Hill, on the junction of Church Street and Station Road.
Each side of the tiny triangular site held two houses, with three toilets in the central yard area.
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The Roman Catholic Chapel in High Street, dedicated to St. Mary, built in 1853, in the early english style, consists of a nave and aisles, and will accommodate about 300 persons; the Rev. William Molloy is the pastor, and resides in a house adjacent
From the Post Office Directory for Shropshire, 1863
Madeley has a long history of religious tolerance, as a result the area has always had a significant Catholic population
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 Cross Hill today (August 2000). The houses were demolished in the early 1930s and the site donated to the people of Madeley by the owner, Alderman Thomas Legge, the former proprietor of the Blists Hill brick and tile works that carried his name.
You can just see the Old Vicarage and the tower of St. Michael's Church in the background on the right, the Six Bells public house is just out of the picture to the right.
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| The old Primitive Methodist Chapel, on Madeley High Street, now known as The Peoples Centre
It is home to Madeley Local Studies Group
(and this web site!)
Click here to find out more
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Upper House, Church Street — once used as a hiding place by King Charles II |
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 The War Memorial, on The Green near Russell Square, commemorates the many local people who gave their lives during the 1914—18 and 1939—45 World Wars
Click here to find out more about the Memorial and the lives it commemorates
We hope to track down the stories of as many of them as possible and publish them on this site
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 The Anstice Memorial Working Men’s Institute — believed to be the first working men’s institute in the world to have its own premises (1868).
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| The Fletcher Memorial Centre — believed to be the only Methodist Church in the world to be named after an Anglican Clergyman — John Fletcher, Vicar of Madeley
Click here to find out more about the Fletcher Memorial Centre and the history of Methodism in Madeley.
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The grave in St Michaels Churchyard of the “Nine Men of Madeley” (the youngest, William Onions, was a boy of 12) — killed at the Brick Kiln Leasow (or Lane) Crawstone (a variety of ironstone) Pit on Tuesday 27th September 1864 when the loops of chain on which they were raised and lowered became detached from the winding rope as they were ascending the shaft and they plunged to the bottom of the pit.
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The old Madeley Market Station (LNWR/LMS). Madeley had a passenger service from 1861 until 1952, with freight services ending in 1960.
There was also a GWR station on the Madeley Junction — Ironbridge line.
See also Madeley's Railway
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Madeley Court — once the home of Basil Brooke, Speaker of Parliament, and Abraham Darby the First.
This old print was sent to us from New Zealand by Helen Verrall, whose husband is a descendant of Francis Woolfe, the builder of Upper House
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 St Michaels Church, Church Street. Designed by Thomas Telford (one of only 2 buildings to be designed by him in what is now the town of Telford).
The Rev. John Fletcher, vicar here in the late 18th century, was a close friend of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism.
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