Domestic servants, Shugborough
Laundry maid Janet Downie with 3rd housemaid Maisie Stephens standing by the River Sow at the rear of Shugborough Hall. They shared a room in the Servants' Quarters.
Janet Downie left Shugborough ...
Eccleshall Castle
Eccleshall Castle viewed from the south, with the River Sow and meadows in the foreground. The castle was used as the residence of the Bishops of Lichfield. The first reference to this building was in ...
Essex Bridge, Great Haywood
There has been a bridge crossing the River Trent at Great Haywood since the sixteenth century. It was rumoured that the bridge was built by the Earl of Essex, to allow Queen Elizabeth I to visit him ...
Essex Bridge, Great Haywood
A lantern slide view of the Essex Bridge looking from Great Haywood towards the Shugborough estate. There has been a bridge crossing the River Trent at Great Haywood since the sixteenth century. It was ...
Essex Bridge, Great Haywood
Photograph of the Essex Bridge taken in April 1998 after heavy rain. The meeting of the River Sow and River Trent can be seen through the two left hand arches. The River Sow is on the left.
There has ...
Essex Bridge, Great Haywood
There has been a bridge crossing the River Trent at Great Haywood since the sixteenth century. It was rumoured that the bridge was built by the Earl of Essex, to allow Queen Elizabeth I to visit him ...
Essex Bridge, Great Haywood,
There has been a bridge crossing the River Trent at Great Haywood since the sixteenth century. It was rumoured that the bridge was built by the Earl of Essex, to allow Queen Elizabeth I to visit him ...
Essex Bridge, Great Haywood,
There has been a bridge crossing the River Trent at Great Haywood since the sixteenth century. It was rumoured that the bridge was built by the Earl of Essex, to allow Queen Elizabeth I to visit him ...
Fire Station, Stafford,
Fire station on Mill Bank. In about 1971 the fire station was located to Lammascote Road, on the site now occupied by Asda.
Fishing in the River Sow, Shugborough Park
In the background can be seen the Essex Bridge.
Photographer: Benjamin Karleese.
Floods by South Street, Stafford,
The River Sow in flood, looking towards the Gas Works from South Street.
Floods, Bridge Street, Stafford
Severe flooding in Stafford during November 2000. Several riverside buildings, including the former Picture House cinema, converted to a bar at the time of the flooding were badly damaged by flood water....
Floods, Victoria Park, Stafford,
View of Izaak Walton Walk and the Coronation Bridge.
Gondola on the River Sow, Stafford
Green Bridge, Bridge Street, Stafford
Pictured is the Green Bridge which spans the River Sow, on Bridge Street, Stafford.
On the extreme left there are the two roof gables of the Coach and Horses public house on Mill Bank, the next lower ...
Green Bridge, Stafford
Watercolour on paper, pencil and wash. View of Green Bridge, Stafford, looking downstream along the River Sow with the Royal Brine Baths beyond the bridge to the left. Signed bottom right on pencil 'Ruby ...
Heron fishing, Victoria Park, Stafford
A Heron catching a fish in the River Sow in Victoria Park, Stafford, on an early winter's morning.
The £2.5 million project for the restoration of Victoria Park received funding through the National ...
Hilcote Bridge, Eccleshall
This bridge, near the hamlet of Hilcote, carries the road between Eccleshall and Stone over the River Sow. It was formerly known as Dunforde Bridge. Hilcote Hall can be seen in the distance to the left.
A ...