Aerial view of the Cheddleton Road area of Leek
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Annie Plant, Cheddleton
A studio portrait of Annie Plant of Cheddleton, born in 1882. In 1901 she was living with her parents and siblings at Park Farm, Cheddleton and was working as a paper layer at Brittain's paper mill. ...
Annual dinner, Ashcombe Park Cricket Club, Cheddleton
Officials and guests at Ashcombe Park Cricket Club's annual dinner. Possibly held at the Swan Hotel, Leek. Seated 4th from left is Rev J.H. Bowman.
Archie Sutton of Cheddleton
Archie Sutton of Cheddleton in army uniform leaning on a wooden railing. A handwritten inscription on the reverse reads: 'Athens 1940. To mother with love, Archie'. He was born in Cheddleton on 9 April ...
ARP at the Vicarage, Cheddleton
Air Raid Precaution personnel outside the Old Vicarage, Cheddleton. The wearing of battledress and berets date this photograph from 1941 onwards.
Seated in the middle row, to the left of the lady, ...
Ashcombe Park Cricket Club, Cheddleton
Players, umpires and officials of Ashcombe Park Cricket Club, Cheddleton. Ashcombe Park C.C. was established in 1865 and their home ground is in the grounds of Ashcombe Park off Basford Bridge Lane.
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Ashcombe Park, Cheddleton
There had been an Elizabethan mansion known as Botham Hall on the site of the current house, surrounded by a deer park. In the late 18th century the house was owned by the Debank family, but on the marriage ...
Ashcombe Park,Cheddleton
Originally there was Elizabethan mansion known as Botham Hall built on the site of the current house, surrounded by a deer park. In the late 18th century the house was owned by the Debank family, but ...
Asylum railway, Cheddleton
A view of the electric engine that powered the asylum train serving Leekbrook Asylum. This engine is now at the National Railway Museum in York.
This image is taken from the collection of the Churnet ...
Asylum railway, Cheddleton
An electric railway ran from Leekbrook to the asylum at Cheddleton. It ran for about a mile and was under the control of the asylum. It carried everything from the workforce, inmates, food and coal! ...
Asylum staff, Cheddleton
Staff pictured in the kitchen at Cheddleton Asylum. Standing far left and wearing a dark dress and holding a large bunch of keys is one of the female attendants.
In 1890 Staffordshire County Council’s ...
Asylum tokens, Cheddleton Asylum
Finding the right work for the right patient was vital to the asylum doctors and Superintendent, in order to maximise the therapeutic effect. Cheddleton Superintendent William Menzies was particularly ...
Asylum under construction, Cheddleton
Workmen with partially installed waste water pipes at Cheddleton Asylum.
In 1890 Staffordshire County Council’s Lunacy Committee decided to build a new asylum for the north of the county due to overcrowding ...
Basford Bridge Lane, Cheddleton
Onlookers survey flood damage on Basford Bridge Lane, Cheddleton.
Basford Bridge Terrace, Cheddleton
Residents pose outside this row of cottages which is located opposite the Boat Inn at Basford Bridge, Cheddleton. The bridge crosses the Cauldon Canal. A dog is lying on the wall to the left.
The buildings ...
Basford Hall, Cheddleton
The Hall and estate stands on Basford Green within the old Manor of Cheddleton. It came into the possession of the Sneyd family in about 1815. Revd. John Sneyd commissioned the building of 'The Bathhouse' ...
Beating the Bounds, Cheddleton
A clergyman leads the parishioners, with heads bowed, in prayer during the beating of the bounds at Cheddleton. The men are holding their doffed caps.
Beating the bounds is an old custom, where parishioners ...
Belgian refugees, Cheddleton
Carl and Theo, two of the Belgian refugees billeted in Cheddleton during the First World War, pictured outside Mr and Mrs Parnell's summer house on School Lane in Cheddleton. John James Parnell was the ...