The High Bridge, Handsacre
The High Bridge was made at Coalbrookdale works, ironbridge, and was constructed between 1829 and 1832. It replaced an older stone bridge which stood just downstream and crosses the River Trent between ...
The Lake, Alton Towers
A view of Alton Towers lake looking north-east towards the bridge. Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852.
The 15th Earl began ...
The Mill and Canal Wharf, Great Haywood,
View of the mill and canal wharf from the towpath of the Trent and Mersey Canal; the bridge marks junction of the canal with the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal.
Far left is the corn mill, powered ...
The new Hough Bridge, Pershall, near Eccleshall
A view of the ford and the then newly installed footbridge over the River Sow close to the Hough at Pershall, near Eccleshall. The Hough farm is further along the road in this photograph.
A postcard ...
The Old Pork Pie Shop, Greengate Street, Stafford
Watercolour painting by John Muswell. A view of Greengate as it would have been in the mid 19th century. The shop in the foreground was Jenkinson's bakers and confectioners (The Old Pork Pie Shop). Next ...
The Old Trent Bridge from the east bank, Burton-on-Trent
The Old Trent Bridge, Burton-upon-Trent
The Old Trent Bridge from the east bank, Burton-on-Trent. Burton Bridge is first mentioned in the very early 12th century, but there may have been a bridge here even earlier than that. The old bridge ...
The Parsonage, Hopwas
A postcard view of the Parsonage at Hopwas with a group of children posing on the bridge over the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. The building still stands at the junction of Hints Road and Nursery Lane....
The Post Office, Burton Road, Rolleston
Anne Robinson was postmistress in Rolleston from 1900 until 1940.
The Post Office, Burton Road, Rolleston on Dove
Anne Robinson was postmistress in Rolleston between 1900 and 1940. A view of the Post Office on Burton Road, looking along Burnside.
The Potteries Loop Line between Hanley and Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken looking west from the Josiah Wedgwood Street railway bridge along the Loop Line between Hanley and Etruria. This section of the Loop Line was opened in the early 1860s. The road ...
The Recreation Grounds, Stapenhill, Burton-upon-Trent
A quiet scene with a man sitting in the grass by a footpath, and through the trees above the urn there is a glimpse of Burton-upon-Trent’s Trent Bridge. This view was taken from Stapenhill Woodland Walk ...
The River Churnet at Alton
The Roebuck, Wolseley Bridge
This view was taken by Wolseley Bridge looking southwards across the River Trent to The Roebuck, later known as the Wolseley Arms.
A note about this early postcard: due to the Postal Regulations at ...
The Roebuck, Wolseley Bridge
The Roebuck is seen here standing at the junction of the A51 and A513. On the right is Wolseley Bridge spanning the River Trent.
In later years The Roebuck became known as The Wolseley Arms, however, ...
The southern entrances to Harecastle Canal Tunnels, Tunstall
The Trent & Mersey Canal passes through the higher ground between Tunstall and Kidsgrove using the Harecastle Tunnel. The photograph shows the two tunnels bored to take the canal. On then left is the ...
The Strand, Longton
The view along the Strand towards the railway bridge and Times Square, with the Crown Hotel building behind, taken from close to the corner of Heathcote Road. On the left hand edge is the entrance to ...
The Watts-Russell Cross, Ilam
A postcard view with the Grade II listed Watts-Russell Cross in the foreground. This elaborate cross was raised by Jesse Watts-Russell of Ilam Hall in memory of his wife Mary, who died in 1840. It is ...