Date:1970 - 1980 (c.)
Description:The engine is the narrow gauge locomotive 'Isabel', built by W.G. Bagnall Ltd. in 1897 for the Cliffe Hill Granite Company. She was named after John Rupert Fitzmaurice's (1865-1949) wife Isabel (nee Bennion,1871-1905). Fitzmaurice was the Chairman of the Cliffe Hill Granite Company Limited. She returned to Stafford in 1952 and was displayed by the park, opposite the railway station. In 1978 she was partially restored and then removed in 1984. Full restoration was completed in 1991 when she was moved to Amerton Farm where she is still in use. On the left is the County War Memorial, unveiled in 1923.
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‘Isabel’ pictured during restoration at GEC’s Castle Engineering Works, Stafford. ‘Isabel’, a narrow ...
‘Isabel’ pictured during restoration at GEC’s Castle Engineering Works in Stafford. ‘Isabel’, a narrow ...
The land between Izaak Walton Walk and the railway station was marshy and liable to flooding. In 1903 ...
The engine is the narrow gauge locomotive 'Isabel', built by W.G. Bagnall Ltd. in 1897 for the Cliffe ...
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Image courtesy of: William Salt Library
Donor ref:William Salt Library No., Stafford 46F, img: 979 (18/1453)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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