Bowling Green Screen, Chillington Hall
In the distance stands the brick and stone bowling green screen which has a pair of niches framing an archway behind which there was once a bowling green. The screen was built around 1724 and restored ...
Broadhurst Green Road, Cannock Chase
This unused postcard view is looking eastwards on Broadhurst Green Road on Cannock Chase, close to the crossroads with Chase Road, Broadhurst Green and Penkridge Bank Road. The house on the left is now ...
Brook Street Methodist Chapel, Stafford,
This chapel was built in 1888 on Eccleshall Road, approximately where the petrol station is today.
Until the 1920s the chapel was known as the Christian Brethren Chapel.
Broughton Hall
Broughton Hall was built for Sir Thomas Broughton in the mid-sixteenth century, possibly on the site of an earlier building. During the eighteenth century the ornate timber work was covered in plaster, ...
Bungalow, Hixon
A postcard view of two women and a car outside a bungalow, thought to be in Hixon. Please contact us if you recognise anyone in the picture or the precise location.
Cemetery gates on Stapenhill Road, Burton-on-Trent
Framed postcard showing the cemetery gates on Stapenhill Road with a tram just approaching, bound for Stapenhill.
Chillington , Giffard's Cross/Gateway
Church of the Holy Angels, Hoar Cross
The ornately carved organ screen and black and white marble floor were designed by G.F. Bodley, the architect of the church.
The church was built between 1872-1876 in the Decorated style. The architect, ...
Church of the Resurrection, Dresden. Photographed by William Blake.
Church exterior with a view of the Church of the Resurrection at Red Bank, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken ...
Church Street Crossing, Stone,
The Crossing Keeper's house stood on the Stone to Colwich line and dates from 1849.
When automatic barriers were introduced there was no longer any need for a keeper, so the house was demolished in ...
Corporation Street School, Stafford,
Corporation Street School replaced the British School in Earl Street in 1894. The first master was John Wheeldon and today the school is named after him.
In 1909 the building was extended to form ...
Corporation Street, Stafford,
Corporation Street was built in the 1890s.
It was said to be the longest street in Stafford.
Coton Hill Farm, Coton, Milwich,
Cottages in Milford
Cottages on the corner of Main Road and Brocton Road in Milford. The low thatched cottage on the left was the home of Eliza Jane (Jinney) Alderson during World War 1. Her parents had moved into the cottage ...
County War Memorial, Stafford,
The County War Memorial was unveiled in 1923.
It stands on Victoria Road, by the entrance to Victoria Park.
Courtyard entrance, Trentham Hall
Looking south from Park Drive to the courtyard entrance of Trentham Hall. Through the stone gate piers there is a glimpse of the carriage porch. The courtyard buildings have been fenced off and are ...
Cross Ways, Pottal Pool, Cannock Chase
A postcard view of what is now the A34 Cannock to Stafford Road disappearing into the distance. The Penkridge to Rugeley Road comes from the left and onwards to what was, during World War I, Rugeley Camp. ...
David Hollins Nurses Home, Stafford,
David Hollin was a boot and shoe manufacturer. He lived in Highfield Manor on Newport Road.
In 1916 he left £12,000 in his will 'for the erecting and furnishing of a Nurses' Home'. The David Hollin ...