The Sticks at home
People and places here and about, then and now.
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About
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- 06 December 2016
We are the family that live at Ladymoor Gate, or as the Webmaster calls it "The Sticks". If there... -
History of Ladymoor Gate
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- 23 November 2014
I think it is natural that when you live in an old house you wonder about its history. Who built... -
The Durbar family
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- 11 January 2015
By (in some spellings Doorbar) was occupying Ladymoor Gate as tenants. They were the sitting... -
The Harrison family
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- 04 January 2015
By was occupying Ladymoor Gate Farm and a between multiple parties sets out the following time... -
The Shufflebotham family
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- 24 December 2014
The Shufflebotham family were living at Ladymoor Gate at the time of the and censuses. Richard... -
The Stonier family
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- 24 December 2014
The Stonier family were living at Ladymoor Gate at the time of the first but were they tenants or... -
Previous Occupants
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- 22 December 2014
Our immediate predecessors at Ladymoor Gate Farm lived here only for a short time. Their hobby was... -
1901 - The Durbar family
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- 23 November 2014
There was another change of occupation between 1891 and 1901. On census day 2nd April 1901 the... -
1911 - The Durbar family
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- 23 November 2014
The Durber family (same family, slightly different spelling) was still living at Ladymoor Gate in... -
1891 - The Harrison family
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- 23 November 2014
Ladymoor Gate was still occupied by the Harrisons. From the census infomration The Harrison family... -
1881 - The Harrison family
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- 23 November 2014
By 1881 the size of the farm had reduced further from the 46 acres in 1871 to 30 acres. the... -
1871 - The Shufflebotham family
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- 23 November 2014
The farm was still in the Shufflebotham family by 1871, but significantly reduced in size. Why... -
1861 - The Shufflebotham family
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- 23 November 2014
In 1861 the farm had reduced by 5 acres and Richard now employed two people, although he no longer... -
1851 - The Shufflebotham family
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- 23 November 2014
On 30th March 1851, census day, Samuel Stonier was the only member of the family who had occupied... -
1841 - The Stonier Family
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- 23 November 2014
On 7th June 1841, the day of the census, 13 people were in residence at Ladymoor Gate. In those... -
Border trouble
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- 24 November 2014
For most of its history, Ladymoor Gate was in the parish of Horton, in the district of Blackwood... -
Legal Documents
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- 03 September 2017
When we purchased Ladymoor Gate Farm in 1988 this area it was not required to register with the... -
1850 Notice of Sale
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- 13 September 2016
John Stonier advertised his farm stock and items for sale in 1850, although he did not sell the... -
William Stonier Will Extract
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- 13 September 2016
Will dated 29 Sep 1806. Proved Lichfield 21 Nov 1810. -
1920 Lease Agreement
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- 13 September 2016
In 1920 Walter Mellor leased Ladymoor Gate Farm to Daniel Durbar, son of William -
1906 Conveyance Documents
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- 13 September 2016
In 1906 following the death of Richard Harrison his executors sold Ladymoor Gate Farm, with a... -
1910 Conveyance Documents
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- 11 September 2016
This deed of conveyance shows that in August 1910 George Mellor sold Ladymoor Gate to Walter... -
1906 Mortgage Documents
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- 11 September 2016
Documents showing that George Mellor mortgaged Ladymoor Gate Farm to Elizabeth Venables for £1,000... -
Search our BMD certificates
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- 26 May 2014
The Certificate Databases provide tables of certificates with sort, filter and view options. Note... -
Why did we do it?
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- 26 May 2014
We started our family tree research in 1998 in response to questions from our then seven year old... -
Useful Links
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- 26 May 2014
We found these sites useful UK and Ireland Genealogy - GENUKI - got us off to a good start. Census information... -
One thousand years of family history
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- 26 May 2014
There are now 37 generations in the Bradbury-Baker database going from the 21st to the 11th... -
Our Family Tree Databases
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- 26 May 2014
Generated using Webtrees the database allows you to search for surnames and explore family... -
Help with BMD Certificate Catalogue
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- 26 May 2014
By default a summary of all the certificates of the selected type (according to menu selection)... -
Two generations take mother's maiden name
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- 26 May 2014
My maiden name is Bradbury; my Dad knew his grandfather, James Marsh Bradbury. It was relatively... -
The Mysterious Colonel Hallows
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- 26 May 2014
In fact it turned out that there was no mysterious Colonel Hallows. The family story, which... -
From Refugee to Slave Trader
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- 16 July 2020
When their church, the Bretagne Church in Pons, France, was burned down in April 1686 Claude... -
Victorian skeletons in the closet
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- 30 March 2020
It's often claimed that if family historians look hard enough they will find at least one king,... -
Running away to join the church
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- 29 January 2020
Religion, identity and class, as we all know can be emotive subjects and at the turn of the... -
His uncle Daniel was killed in action
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- 20 September 2019
Before my maternal grandmother died she told me about the members of her family she knew and could... -
Imagine a different life
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- 18 July 2020
While we are still restricted in our movements and the places we can visit, one way of escaping... -
Staying in is the new Out and About
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- 26 April 2020
Life under coronavirus lockdown has not made much difference to us at the Sticks. It has curtailed... -
Walks
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- 28 December 2019
With a dog and so many footpaths within a few hundred metres of our gate it is not surprising that... -
Favourite Spots
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- 06 November 2016
Situated in the North Midlands of England (a small country, still at the time of writing part of... -
Local information
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- 29 November 2014
North Staffordshire is not the first place you'd think of as a major tourist area, but it is. If... -
Time and place
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- 10 February 2020
When I added the category "Favourite Spots" recently I had in mind to showcase some of the... -
Lions Paw Woods
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- 28 December 2019
Barely 500m down from the Sticks, a public footpath crosses the lane. To the left it climbs up... -
Marshes Hill and vicinity
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- 23 November 2014
Our official address is Marshes Hill, Brown Edge. Marshes Hill, a local nature reserve is a site... -
Walk and talk blogs
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- 16 October 2016
The Worker used to be a keen runner, but like the Old Dog, has had to slow down due to creaky... -
Car Parks
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- 16 January 2020
You can start most of our local walks from one of these convenient car parks (see map below). ... -
Rudyard Walk and/or Run
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- 29 December 2019
We have to drive to get to this route but it makes an occassional change from the walks nearer to... -
Knypersley run via waterfall and rock
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- 29 December 2019
This route could be used as a walking route, starting and finishing at the car park adjacent to... -
Marshes Hill Short Loop
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- 29 December 2019
In bad weather when the dog needs a walk this is our make do route. Entirely on roads to avoid the... -
Biddulph Moor Short Run
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- 29 December 2019
We don't usually walk this route as it is all on roads. This was tracked while we were out for a... -
Endon Bank Walk
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- 28 December 2019
This is a longer walk, some of it through fields which can be muddy after prolonged wet weather... -
Lanes and Fields
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- 28 December 2019
A longer walk along lanes, through fields and farm yards, up bridle paths and tracks. The fields... -
Tongue Lane, St. Anne's and Broad Lane
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- 28 December 2019
An extension and variation of the Tongue Lane and St. Anne's route this route takes in Fiddlers... -
Woods and Lake Walk
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- 28 December 2019
The start of this route is the same as the Woods, Lake and Feeder route. It devaites from that... -
Grand Circle Walk (St. Anne's)
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- 28 December 2019
The Grand Circle walk is a variation on our Woods, Lake and Feeder walk. The first half of the... -
Tongue Lane and St. Anne's Route
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- 28 December 2019
This is a short route with several variations. The track shows the standard route following the... -
Grand Circle Walk (Allotments)
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- 28 December 2019
This walk is the same as the Grand Circle Walk (St Anne's) except that at the top of the track up... -
Classic lake and feeder route
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- 28 December 2019
One of our favourite walks which takes us down through the woods to the lake, skirts the lake and... -
Evening Walk
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- 25 October 2016
We don't have much time in the evening so our walk has to be quite short, only about an hour. Our... -
In the garden
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- 06 November 2016
Over the years we have had a love hate relationship with our larger than average garden. We like... -
Summer harvest
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- 28 July 2021
We have been busy in the garden and the diary moved back to pen and paper. Detailed records of... -
Flattened by snow
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- 07 January 2021
We weren't expecting it but three days after Christmas we woke to about 10cm of snow that had... -
One pumpkin is a relative success
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- 05 October 2020
What a wet start to the week. Yesterday between the showers we started thinning out the bullrushes... -
Cucurbits and cabbage but fewer beans
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- 08 July 2020
So much for the long hot summer. The last few weeks have been wet and windy, hindering work in the... -
First garlic in the bag despite rust
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- 22 June 2020
As planned we dug up the seriously rust affected garlic, variety Early Purple Wight. Very relieved... -
Progress and set backs in the veg garden
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- 21 June 2020
Today, planted out the last few celariac plants and also filled in the gaps left by harvested... -
Pulling out brambles, what better way to relax?
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- 14 March 2020
Leek, cauliflower and carrot seedlings which germinated indoors moved into greenhouse. Choy sum... -
February storms
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- 24 February 2020
We have escaped the storms this month relatively unscathed, but parts of the ground are becoming... -
Crocuses in bloom, cauliflowers in the bin
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- 10 February 2020
After my concern about infection in the winter brassicas I scoured the on-line information to try... -
Tomato plants and new fruit trees
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- 28 January 2020
Brocolli that did nothing last year, and which I'd been intending to pull up to make way for new... -
Odd jobs and frustrating weather
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- 16 January 2020
We've been busy with odd jobs in the garden but so far the winter projects we'd planned have... -
First shoots of next year's beans
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- 30 October 2019
The first shoots from the onion and garlic sets I planted a few weeks ago are starting to show... -
From summer to autumn in greenhouse, garden and kitchen
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- 11 October 2019
It's been a busy week alternating between garden, greenhouse and kitchen depending on the weather... -
Fruits, berries and surplus of aubergines
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- 02 October 2019
Early Autumn is the best time for my raspberries and this year they have been better than ever,... -
From garden to kitchen
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- 26 September 2019
Spent the last few days doing maintenance around the garden, composting and planting spring... -
Woodland bulbs
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- 21 September 2019
One of my favourite places in the garden is the little patch of woodland which used to be scruffy... -
It's all go
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- 20 September 2019
Yesterday the spring greens arrived, fortunately we had the bed already prepared and planting was... -
Raspberry time
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- 17 September 2019
Spent the last few days digging out old bean plants and harvesting the last of the potatoes and... -
Jam and Pickles
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- 04 September 2019
So much for staggering the planting to help manage the harvest. Everything still seems to have... -
Tomato problems
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- 23 August 2019
Catastrophe with my outdoor tomatoes. Some sort of infection developed that was affecting the... -
Wind and rain
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- 17 August 2019
Not much activity in the garden this week with all the wind and rain. Mould is claiming more... -
Green Tomato Marmalade
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- 11 August 2019
Harvested the last broad beans and cleared the bed. Brassicas planted yesterday survived the... -
Busy day
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- 10 August 2019
Brassica plants arrived. Set up the cloche for the new bed - 10 x 33cm rebar posts stapled to the... -
Eaten straight from the vine
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- 09 August 2019
No more mouldy aubergines and several fruits developing well. Still only one or two ripe tomatoes... -
Not many cucamelons
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- 08 August 2019
Finished the modifications to the first compost bay and spent a couple of hours shredding... -
First red tomato
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- 07 August 2019
Collected the shredder yesterday. Modified first compost bay with corrugated sheeting and wire... -
Docks, brambles and compost
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- 05 August 2019
Spent the morning pulling up nettles and brambles which had grown over some old corrugated sheets... -
First beetroot and kohlrabi
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- 04 August 2019
Added extra support for the collapsed tomato plant. It looks ok but a lot of small green tomatoes... -
Tomato plant collapses
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- 03 August 2019
Moved soil from heap to new bed. Heap almost gone. Will be ready to start more managed composting... -
Potatoes
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- 02 August 2019
Potato crop (early Cassablanca) still disappointing. Nicely formed, nice size potatoes and... -
Aubergine problems
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- 01 August 2019
After early concern about moneymaker aubergines when leaves were wilting they seemed to recover... -
Still raining
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- 31 July 2019
Raised the containers of the squashes I moved outside last week with a couple of laths to make... -
More rain
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- 30 July 2019
Bright start but didn't last long. After early trip into town, just enough time to check on the... -
Harvesting
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- 29 July 2019
Managed to dig over half the new bed, removed stones and barrow full of couch grass roots. If it... -
Frustrating Sunday
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- 28 July 2019
Wet and windy for the successive second day. No end in sight to this miserable weather but at... -
Orchard
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- 03 February 2020
Shortly after we started our vegetable garden about 30 years ago we planted two apple and two pear... -
Flowers and shrubs
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- 23 September 2019
It was always my intention to plant a low maintenance garden. Under the guidance of my mother - a... -
Woodland
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- 06 November 2016
The garden directly to the front of the house is lawn, er well, OK, grass which stretches down to... -
Vegetable Garden
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- 26 December 2014
Having so much land available it would be a shame not to grow some of our own fruit vegetables... -
The Pond
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- 26 December 2014
Before the time when on-line activities took over from real life we spent a lot of time gardening... -
Andy's memorial garden
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- 22 November 2014
After Andy died on 21st May 2004, we decided that we needed to create some kind of memorial for... -
One year later
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- 23 July 2019
A few photos of the pond a year after completion, the plants now established. All we need now are... -
The finished pond
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- 04 September 2016
Oxygenating plants were planted up and lowered to the bottom of the pond and a variety of water... -
Lining and filling the pond
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- 04 September 2016
At last we are nearing completion. For six weeks we have had a pond with no water! The liner and... -
Watercourse
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- 04 September 2016
Before we lined the main pond we worked on the watercourse. We used a thick butyl liner with an... -
Building the pond
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- 24 December 2014
We built a low brick wall around the edge of the pond to provide a firm edge and a base for the... -
Digging the pond
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- 24 December 2014
First we marked out the site of the pond with a number of wooden pegs. These showed the postion,... -
Weather woes and more to learn
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- 14 June 2021
The purple broccoli (I think Rudolph and Claret) continued to produce a good crop until the end of... -
Winter harvest and first bumble bee of the season
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- 04 April 2021
Last week we saw the first bumble bees busy flitting around. Time to move the broad beans and... -
Chilli start
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- 08 February 2021
We sowed our first seeds of the year on 11th January: a number of different (fairly) hot chilli... -
December in the poly-tunnel
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- 11 January 2021
The snow and sub zero temperatures that arrived in late December have disappeared and the forcast... -
Winter garden biding its time
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- 16 December 2020
Winter. The ground is wet and the paths are slippery, the greenhouse has been cleaned ready for... -
Highs and lows in a reliably unreliable summer
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- 02 September 2020
The third summer since I restored my vegetable garden is drawing to a close. If I've learned... -
Spring crops reach our table
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- 18 June 2020
It's raining today so I have postponed some of the tasks I was planning in the garden. A lot has... -
Constructing our poly tunnel has kept us busy
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- 26 April 2020
April has been a busy month. Constructing our poly-tunnel has taken a lot of our time but we were... -
December garden
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- 17 December 2019
The vegetable garden has been left to itself for most of the last month. The continuing rain and... -
Overtaken by Winter
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- 21 November 2019
Most of November has been wet and windy so time in the garden has been limited. The holly tree and... -
Splashing out on a polytunnel
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- 29 October 2019
The last couple of months have been a bit hit and miss in the vegetable garden as the wet weather... -
Ready for a diet of healthy winter greens
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- 17 September 2019
At the start of August we planted the new bed with winter brassicas, covered them with super-fine... -
Over crowded
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- 25 August 2019
The first batch of seeds I sowed this year either germinated quickly, became straggly and many... -
New expansion projects
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- 31 July 2019
In a previous article I lamented the fact that my parsnips had failed. I spoke to soon or was too... -
The broad beans keep coming
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- 14 July 2019
In my last article I said we were nearing the end of the broad beans I had grown over winter. That... -
In the greenhouse
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- 22 June 2019
Our local supermarket recently changed hands and the new owners altered the separate workshop... -
Carrots but no parsnips
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- 29 May 2019
Despite adding three new beds to our vegetable garden, effectively doubling the capacity since... -
Beans in flower for first anniversary
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- 18 April 2019
It's just over a year since we started renovating our vegetable garden and recommissioning the... -
Review of the season
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- 18 October 2018
Our first "full time" season of vegetable gardening for some years was admittedly trial and error... -
Beds in the orchard
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- 09 September 2018
Flushed with our early success and with grand ideas to plant crops to keep us in home grown food... -
Battle with the butterflies
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- 03 August 2018
I saw somewhere that butterflies are in decline. Maybe it was refering to a specific type because... -
Herbs and spice and all things nice
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- 01 June 2018
The best thing about growing plants in the greenhouse is there are NO WEEDS or slugs. Insects, yes... -
Vegetable garden renovated
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- 30 May 2018
Beginning of April. Time to restore the vegetable garden. The carpets have been down for a couple... -
Vegetable garden mothballed
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- 09 April 2018
Our desire for homegrown vegetables continued but the time we had to spend in the garden declined... -
Evolution of the Vegetable Garden
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- 26 December 2014
Rubble and clay When we moved to the Sticks in 1988 it had recently undergone major modifications and the... -
Branches, brambles and stones
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- 04 March 2020
The ground around the dozen of so trees on the hill behind our house has become overgrown with... -
Summer colour and a mess of pots
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- 27 July 2021
Ornamental plants are somewhat of an after thought in my garden when it comes to putting in the... -
Transformed with flowers
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- 28 August 2020
Restoring our neglected garden has involved a lot of hard, strenuous work - heaving, dragging, digging,... -
Aiming for more colour in these gloomy times
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- 18 June 2020
In a continuing attempt to cheer up my garden with some colour, I planted almost 100 bulbs earlier... -
A splash of colour
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- 23 September 2019
Most of my focus for the last couple of years has been on restoring the vegetable plot and... -
New look for The Sticks
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- 16 January 2020
The component I was using to display gpx tracks for our walking routes was withdrawn and I needed... -
Travel diary updates
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- 02 November 2019
I have resumed the transcription of my travel diaries and added new entries to the travel photo... -
Family Stories
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- 03 October 2019
Too often genealogy is a race to trace the ancestoral tree as far back as possible. People from... -
New Gardening Dairy
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- 28 July 2019
To support my efforts with @WeedsSeeds I have started a new gardening diary section. The aim is... -
Seeds & Weeds on Twitter
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- 14 July 2019
Seeds and Weeds now has a Twitter account and tweets as @WeedsSeeds. Follow @WeedsSeeds A feed is shown on the... -
Pictures added to travel blogs
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- 26 June 2019
I have finally started to scan and upload some of the many photographs from my 1983 trip to the...
Travel
Journeys and adventures further afield
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Syria and Jordan 1993
In November 1993 Andy and I travelled to Syria with a tour organised... -
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Journey through India and Nepal (1981)
This is a transcription of the diary I made when travelling to India... -
A small town and a slow train
22nd August: A small town near the Taj Mahal Outside and a few... -
The Taj Mahal
22nd August The Taj Mahal was build as the final resting place for... -
Road to the Taj Mahal
22nd August Got up about 6:30 and went out about 7:00. Took a... -
Lost in Agra
21st August The rickshaw now took me across the River Jumna, it was... -
Sikandra Mausoleum
Belatedly realising the historical significance of where I had been... -
Rickshaw round Agra
21st August: Agra Still tired when time to leave comfort of Golf... -
To Delhi
19th -20th August 1981 Getting there Departed London Heathrow for... -
Trouble at the airport
Tuesday 1st September Got up early, very misty, and went for... -
More shopping in Kathmandu
Monday 31st August Raining again. Our last full day in Nepal. Time... -
Budhanilkantha
Sunday 30th August: Cycling Raining! But we hired the bicycles again and... -
Patan and the Pashupatinath Temple
Saturday 29th August: Cycling We hired bicycles and set off for... -
Exploring Kathmandu
Friday 28th August Ben couldn't afford the Tibetan rugs that he... -
The "Monkey Temple"
Friday 28th August Cooked our own breakfast. It was difficult to do... -
Shopping and eating in Kathmandu
Thursday 27th August: Shopping and eating in Kathmandu Visa photos... -
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Bus to Kathmandu
Wednesday 26th August: Bus to Kathmandu We got up at 5:30 after a... -
Mazafarur to Raxaul
Tuesday 25th August, afternoon: Mazafarur to Raxaul From the railway bridge... -
Train to Mazafarpur
Sunday 23rd August: Day of rest near Delhi We went swimming in the... -
The Golden Temple
Tuesday 8th September The night was hot. I think it was the hottest... -
Amrtisar
Monday 7th September I slept until 8:00, which was late, and had a... -
Rest day in Delhi
Sunday 6th September: Resting back in Delhi Best night's sleep so... -
Ill in Varanissi
Friday 4th September We all awoke feeling ill. I had belly ache, as... -
Varinassi and the Ganges
Thursday 3rd September No after effects from last nights gastronomic delights... -
Patna
Wednesday 2nd September After feasting on an expensive breakfast we... -
Peru and Galapagos Islands (October 2000)
It had long been my ambition to travel to South America, and in... -
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The road to Aleppo via Homs, Hama and Ebla
Tuesday 30th November 1993, 10:00am - 4:30pm We look out from the... -
Valley of the Tombs
Tuesday 30th November 1993 7:30 - 10:00am A relative lie in this... -
Palmyra at sunset
Monday 29th November 1993, afternoon When we booked this trip the... -
First taste of Damascus
Monday 29th November 1993, 11:00am to 1:00pm We pile off the bus in... -
Is it all propaganda on road to Damascus?
Monday 29th November 1993, 8:30am to 11:00am Just after 8:30am and... -
Inside the walls of Bosra
Monday 29th November 1993 6:00 to 8:30am It was worth getting up... -
From Amman to Bosra
28th November 1993 Amman, capital of Jordan. Up and down the hills... -
The Southern States 2017
As my daughter was finishing her year of study in San Luis Obispo... -
USA and Canada 1987
By the Summer of 1987 I had been married for a year and my husband... -
USA First Visit 1983
I can't remember now who decided we should travel to the USA. I was... -
Long drive South through the rain
Friday 24th June We finish breakfast and leave Lake at just after... -
Old Faithful and the hospital
Thursday 23rd June We are eating breakfast in the hotel restaurant... -
Volcanic Mud Pools & Yellowstone Grand Canyon
Wednesday 22nd June We leave Lander on the 2nd stage of our journey... -
Trail Ridge Road and on to Yellowstone
Tuesday 21st June Once again I wake to bright sunshine. It had been... -
Snow drifts in the sun and lots of motorbikes
Monday 20th June Camping last night wasn't as bad as I'd feared it... -
Misery guts in the Rockies
Sunday 19th June 1983 It is quite late when we get up. I finish... -
Road to the Rockies
Saturday 18th June 1983 We wake after a very cold night and little... -
Jemez Valley and the Indian Pueblos
Friday 17th June 1983 We have got ahead of our planned schedule and... -
Headache at El Morro and shivering in the Ice Caves
Thursday 16th June 1983 We leave Navajo at a few minutes past 8:00... -
Petrified Forest and Painted Desert
Wednesday 15th June 1983 We have a long way to go today so we get... -
Caves, mountains and flags
Tuesday 14th June 1983 We are late getting up. I had been lying in... -
In the land of the Saguaro
Monday 13th June 1983 We set off just before 9:00am. It is starting to... -
Out of fuel on the Apache Trail
Sunday 12th June 1983 We make our own breakfast, very health: water... -
Journey to Phoenix
Saturday 11th June 1983 The weather is still dull, miserable and... -
Underwhelmed at LAX
Friday June 10th 1983 - Delays The day after the general election... -
The Creole Nature Trail
We arrive at George Bush Intercontinental airport on time, but as... -
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Santorini August 2013
Louise and I spent a week in Santorini during August 2013. By chance... -
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A day in old Pompeii with a bored teenage daughter
Friday 31st August 2012 - Pompeii "No there won't be any shops," I...
Blogs
Rooted to the Spot
Assorted articles - sad, amusing and sometimes angry, chronicalling our attempts to dal with approaching Brexit, presented magazine style
