Kinver Library
Kinver Library on Vicarage Drive. It was originally built as the National School.
The National School for boys and girls was opened in 1851. In 1856 there were 69 boys and 53 girls. In 1861 it became ...
Cheslyn Hay Library
Cheslyn Hay Library stood on High Street and was built in 1974 at a cost of £9,000. It was opened by Staffordshire County Councillor H.A. Hawkins, Chairman of Staffordshire Education Committee, on 27 ...
Lady Burton, Rangemore
Harriett Georgina Bass (1841-1931), daughter of Edward Thornewill of the Thornewill engineering company of Burton-upon-Trent. She married Michael Arthur Bass, Lord Bass, in 1869. She was born at Park ...
Lady Burton, Burton upon Trent
Lady Burton with a bouquet of flowers at the Railway Mission Hall , Moor Street, Burton upon Trent.
Harriett Georgina Bass (1841-1931), daughter of Edward Thornewill of the Thornewill engineering ...
Lady Burton, Yoxall
Lady Burton opening Yoxall Parish Hall in 1905.
Harriett Georgina Bass (1841-1931), daughter of Edward Thornewill of the Thornewill engineering company of Burton-upon-Trent. She married Michael Arthur ...
Lady Burton, Rangemore Hall
Lady Burton is pictured in an Austin sports tourer outside Rangemore Hall.
Harriett Georgina Bass (1841-1931), daughter of Edward Thornewill of the Thornewill engineering company of Burton-upon-Trent. ...
F. Kenning & Sons, Derby Turn, Burton-upon-Trent
This view shows F. Kenning & Sons garage and showroom at Derby Turn, Burton-upon-Trent.
This family business began with Frank Kenning who in 1878 had started a door-to-door hardware retail business. ...
The Park, Cross Street, Cheslyn Hay.
The Hawkins family were owners of many houses in Cheslyn Hay, one of which was named The Park and stood on Cross Street.
Group outside The Park, Cheslyn Hay
The Park is situated on Cross Street, Cheslyn hay was built in about 1850 for Edward Sayer, owner of the Coppice Colliery. Henry Hawkins, the founder of the local tile making business, purchased the house ...
Burton and Ashby Light Railway, Swadlincote
This narrow-gauge, electric, inter-urban tramway was owned by the Midland Railway. It operated between the towns of Burton on Trent and Ashby with interim stations at: Stanhope Bretby; Winshill; Newhall; ...
Cannock Library
The first storey of Cannock Library was opened by Jennie Lee, M.P. on 30 March 1957 and was built at a cost of £23,000. The library was built in two stages and the second storey, which included an assembly ...
Great Wyrley Library
Great Wyrley Library stands on Wardles Lane and was built in 1962 at a cost of £9,000 and an initial stock of over 10,000 books. It was opened by Alderman F.A. Dale, Chairman of Staffordshire County ...
Codsall Library
Codsall Library stood on Histons Lane and was opened in 1961. The library later moved into nearby South Staffordshire District Council's offices on Wolverhampton Road.
Penkridge Library
Orginally built in 1858 as a savings bank, Penkridge Library stands on Bellbrook, at its junction with Cannock Road in Penkridge. By the 1880s it was in use as a police station, which included a Court ...
Wombourne Library
Wombourne Library stands on Windmill Bank and was opened in 1960
High Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
This view looks south-east from the Delph Market Square along the High Street, Swadlincote.
In the distance there is a Burton and Ashby Tramcar. Many of the buildings in this scene remain although ...
Midland Road, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
This view looks north along Midland Road, Swadlincote.
On the left a newly built property is waiting for the windows to be fitted, this would become W. Wilkinson’s, fruit and vegetable supplier. In ...
Floods, Guild Street, Burton-upon-Trent
Floods on Guild Street, Burton-upon-Trent. A Triumph Mayflower is making its way across the level crossing. Bass brewery buildings can be seen to the left and in the distance is the Magistrates Court ...