Description:This postcard view was taken looking north along the Eccleshall Road towards St. Mary’s Church in Mucklestone.
The church which is a Grade II* listed building, was rebuilt in 1883 by Lynam and Rickman, architects of Stoke on Trent, in the Decorated style. They retained the mediaeval Decorated west tower from which Queen Margaret of Anjou is reputed the have watched the Battle of Blore Heath in 1459. Her forces were defeated and she was forced to flee. A Mucklestone blacksmith, William Skelhorne, reversed the shoes on her horse to confuse her pursuers. The church contains a number of monuments to the Chetwode family and some splendid Kempe windows.