What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Site of:- Chasetown Institute. Built 1888 on land donated by The Cannock Chase Colliery Company. Closed 1986. Recorded plaque organisation: Burntwood Chase Heritage Group.
Chasetown Institute, established in 1888 through a donation of land by the Cannock Chase Colliery Company, served as an educational and social hub for the community until its closure in 1986; it reflects the historical importance of mining communities and their institutions in nineteenth and twentieth century Britain.
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Places near here
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Chasewater Innovation CentreHeritage attraction · 1192 yd
Chasewater Railway MuseumMuseum · 1641 yd
Air PulseMemorial · 1.3 mi
The WindmillListed building · 1.4 mi
Brownhills Miner Black Country GeositeNature reserve · 1.5 mi
Wimblebury HillMountain / peak · 2.4 mi
Gentleshaw CommonVisitor information · 2.5 mi
Oak Park and Pithead MonumentMonument or public art · 2.6 mi
Walsall Wood Colliery Pit Head MonumentMemorial · 2.6 mi
Shireoak HillMountain / peak · 2.8 miOther information
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