2008 RBFO
International Brough Reunion

The 2008 International Brough Reunion will be held in
Meerbrook, Staffordshire, England, on August 9, 2008

On Saturday, August 9, 2008, the RBFO will hold an International Brough Reunion in Meerbrook, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. Brough family members, relatives and friends are welcome to attend this world-wide event. Here is a schedule of various RBFO activities surrounding the time of the reunion:

Tuesday, August 5, 2008: Fly into Manchester, England. Rest.
 
Wednesday, August 6, 2008: Travel to Leek, Staffordshire. Tour of Brough sites in Staffordshire.
Morning: Meet at 10:00 A.M. at St. Peter's Church, Stoke-on-Trent (see map below: Glebe Street, Stoke-on-Trent, opposite the Town Hall), where daily schedules and maps will be distributed. Visit Longton and Dresden area sites. Afternoon: visit the Gladstone Pottery Museum (on Uttoxeter Road, Stoke-on-Trent).

Thursday, August 7, 2008: Tour of Brough sites in Staffordshire. Morning: visit Ranton and Gnosall. Afternoon: visit Staffordshire Record Office.

Friday, August 8, 2008: Tour of Brough sites in Staffordshire. Morning: visit Leek, Biddulph and Rushton Spencer. Afternoon: visit Windygates, Middle Hulme and Meerbrook. Evening: Dinner at the Three Horseshoes Inn (on Buxton Road in Blackshaw Moor).

Saturday, August 9, 2008: International Brough Reunion in Meerbrook, Staffordshire.

Sunday-Wednesday, August 10-13, 2008: Independent visits of sites in the British isles.

Thursday, August 14, 2008: Fly out of Manchester, England.

For more information about this reunion, please contact the RBFO by email at: officer@broughfamily.org

Websites that RBFO Members might find worthwhile:
Staffordshire Peak District Natural & Cultural Heritage Sites: http://www.peak-experience.org.uk/
Hotels and B&B's in Staffordshire: http://www.visitpeakdistrict.com/
Premier Inns in Staffordshire: http://www.premierinn.com/pti/home.do
Church of England locations and information: http://www.acny.org.uk/
St. Peter Church, Stoke-on-Trent: http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=5413
Dresden Church of the Resurrection, Dresden: http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=4264
Dresden Church of the Resurrection, Dresden: http://www.thepotteries.org/walks/dresden/1.htm
St. James the Less Church, Longton: http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=4382
St. Edward the Confessor Church, Leek: http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=4353
St. Lawrence Church, Biddulph: http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=3533
St. Lawrence, Rushton Spencer: http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=4381
St. Lawrence, Gnosall: http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=4284
St. Matthew, Meerbrook: http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=4358
The Three Horseshoes Inn & Country Hotel: http://www.threeshoesinn.co.uk/
Staffordshire Record Office: http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/sro/
Gladstone Pottery Museum:
http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure/museums/gladstone-pottery-museum/

     The map below shows the location of Meerbrook, England, as well as other cities and towns in northern Staffordshire where Brough families have lived during the past several hundred years.

Some Historical Brough Sites RBFO Members will Visit
during the 2008 Internatinonal Brough Reunion
in Staffordshire, England, on August 6-9, 2008

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