Author Description

This set of articles about Market Drayton in 1851 is the collective work of the members of the Local History Group of Market Drayton U3A: Meriel Blower, Peter Brown, Kunigunda Gough, David Jenkins, Bill Page, Ian Picton-Robinson, Grace Russell, Chris Sharp and Ros Wells. Each member of the Group chose a subject or subjects which particularly interested them and conducted their research in their own way. The articles were then lightly edited by Peter Brown, mainly to minimise duplication and to try to ensure consistency.This book does not pretend to be a comprehensive portrait of the Market Drayton area in 1851. Many relevant topics have been omitted or covered only sketchily - sometimes because the source material was not readily available, sometimes because nobody in the Group possessed the necessary background knowledge or interest. Nevertheless, we hope the reader will find much of interest about the town and its surrounding area in a time of transition.