Redfern's Cottage: Museum of Uttoxeter Life

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Overview

Please note that the museum is undergoing a refurbishment, and will reopen in Spring 2017. Most of the collection housed inside this whitewashed cottage was donated by local people in 1987 when it opened as a Heritage Centre. It includes a unique collection of trade tokens from every town in Staffordshire and some in Derbyshire. In times when precious metals were scarce, these tokens were manufactured by shops and traders as a way of paying their employees, and were accepted currency. The collection of trade tokens dates from the early 17th century to the late 1800s. The rest of the collection comprises civic and domestic artefacts from Uttoxeter as well as a stash of Roman Samianware excavated locally. There is a well-stocked gift shop specialising in quirky pamphlets and old local history books, a sunny courtyard where you can discover what grew in a 17th-century kitchen garden and a re-created wartime kitchen where you can marvel at the lack of mod cons.

Location

34-36 Carter Street, UTTOXETER, ST14 8EU

About the area

Staffordshire features lofty moors, deep dales and tremendous views of both. Further south are the six sprawling towns that make up Stoke-on-Trent, which historically have had such an impact on Staffordshire’s fortunes, not to mention its culture and countryside.

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Redfern's Cottage: Museum of Uttoxeter Life

34-36 Carter Street, UTTOXETER, ST14 8EU

01889 567176

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Redfern's Cottage: Museum of Uttoxeter Life

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Overview

Please note that the museum is undergoing a refurbishment, and will reopen in Spring 2017. Most of the collection housed inside this whitewashed cottage was donated by local people in 1987 when it opened as a Heritage Centre. It includes a unique collection of trade tokens from every town in Staffordshire and some in Derbyshire. In times when precious metals were scarce, these tokens were manufactured by shops and traders as a way of paying their employees, and were accepted currency. The collection of trade tokens dates from the early 17th century to the late 1800s. The rest of the collection comprises civic and domestic artefacts from Uttoxeter as well as a stash of Roman Samianware excavated locally. There is a well-stocked gift shop specialising in quirky pamphlets and old local history books, a sunny courtyard where you can discover what grew in a 17th-century kitchen garden and a re-created wartime kitchen where you can marvel at the lack of mod cons.

Location

34-36 Carter Street, UTTOXETER, ST14 8EU

About the area

Area image

Staffordshire features lofty moors, deep dales and tremendous views of both. Further south are the six sprawling towns that make up Stoke-on-Trent, which historically have had such an impact on Staffordshire’s fortunes, not to mention its culture and countryside.

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