Horsefair, Rugeley
A view of Horsefair, Ruugeley looking north-west towards the Globe Hotel. The man on the left appears to be carrying a window frame past a single horse and cart. There is a caravan, possibly belonging ...
Horsefair, Rugeley
A postcard view of Horsefair, Rugeley, looking towards the railway arches. Note the finger direction posts on the traffic island. At this time the north-south traffic would have passed through the narrow ...
Horsefair, Rugeley
Horsefair, Rugeley looking towards The Globe Hotel, much as it appears today, although the Globe is now (2018) an estate agents' premises. The cast iron horse hitching posts at the pavement edge survived ...
Lanrick House, Rugeley
This Georgian house is situated on the corner of Church Street and Wolseley Road and overlooked whtat was at the time Rugeley Grammar School. Lanrick House is now a care home for the elderly.
Lower Brook Street, Rugeley
Lower Brook Street in Rugeley looking north towards the Town Hall. On the right is William Crompton's bootmaking and shoe shop. Next door is Hunter's Provisions and Tea Dealers' shop.
On the left ...
Lower Brook Street, Rugeley
A colour-tinted postcard view of Lower Brook Street in Rugeley. At the time of this photograph it was the main road through Rugeley until Western Springs Relief Road by-passed the town centre in 1956. ...
Market Place, Cannock
An early view of the Market Place, Cannock. The indoor market, built in 1869 is on the left, incorporating Sellman's Funeral Directors established in 1870 and still (in 2018) in existence. Next is the ...
Market Square, Rugeley
A busy early postcard scene by Valentines of Market Square, Rugeley. Abraham Whitworth's grocery shop is on the left and Harris's ironmongers shop is to the right. The Town Hall's clock tower is prominent, ...
Mayfield Villa, Stockton Brook, Stoke-on-Trent
The large Georgian house, Mayfield Villa stands on Stanley Road on the north bank of the Caldon Canal. Mayfield is a grade II listed red brick house, dating from the early 19th century. The house is T ...
Methodist Church, High Street, Uttoxeter
Interior of the early 19th century (1812) Methodist Church.
Oldfields Hall, Uttoxeter
The building dates from the late 1700s, and was originally called Oldfields House. In the nineteenth century it became Martha Bennett's school, before being bought by Charles Ford as a house.
John Bamford ...
Proposed design for Town Hall, Stafford
A watercolour painting of a design for a new Town Hall for Stafford by John Nash, with figures by Thomas Rowlandson.
In 1790 a decision was made to replace the old Elizabethan Shire Hall, which was ...
Ravenhill House, Brereton
Ravenhill House was built, on the site of an earlier building, sometime between 1772 and 1787 by Assheton Curzon (later Viscount Curzon) of Hagley Hall, Rugeley . It was leased from Curzon in 1787 to ...
Rugeley from the Railway
A view of Rugeley looking from the railway line near to the town station, towards Talbot Street with its early 19th century houses and the prominent spire of the 1851 Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph ...
Shire Hall, Stafford
Watercolour painting by Catherine Brennand.
There has been a shire building in Stafford since the 1280s, used as a meeting place for the County Court and later for other civic meetings.
The present ...
St John's Square, Burslem
This is a view of the west side of St John's Square in Burslem taken from the corner of Wm Clowes Street. Newcastle Street and Market Place are off to the right hand edge. The square has along history, ...
St Joseph’s Convent, Essington
This postcard image was taken when the Grade 1 listed Hilton Hall was used as a convent. The present Hilton Hall was built for Henry Vernon in the 1720s, possibly designed by Richard Trubshaw. It replaced ...
St Joseph's Convent, Essington
This postcard image was taken when the Grade 1 listed Hilton Hall was used as a convent. The lake is the remains of a partially filled-in medieval moat. The present Hilton Hall was built for Henry Vernon ...