Confirmation group, Colwich
A Confirmation group taken on Colwich Vicarage lawn.
Left to right: Lilly Seaton, Marjorie Moore, Eileen Harrison, Cynthia Latham, The Vicar (Rev. Chilwell?), Bishop of Stafford (Douglas Crick), Freda ...
Congregation in the Control Tower, Perton
A Christian service being held in the Upper Room of the Control Tower at Perton. The building has since been demolished.
Soon after construction of housing on the former Perton Airfield site started ...
Cutting the first sod of the new St. Paul's church, Edensor, Longton.
Vicar Lane has just cut the first sod.
The old church was opened in 1854, but was replaced by a new church on Longton Road in 1940.
Dedication of the Church at Perton
The dedication of the Church at Perton on Saturday 2 October 1982. On the right is Deaconness Sheila Finn, Minister for Perton. Unveiling the plaque if Rt. Rev. Kenneth Skelton, Lord Bishop of Lichfield.
Soon ...
Dedication of the church gates, St. Mary's Church, Ellenhall
The dedication of new gates at St. Mary's Church, Ellenhall. By the gates are Rev. Frank Oliver (Rector of Haughton) and Rev. Richard M. Farmer (Vicar of Ellenhall). See linked image for the names of ...
Dedication of the electric bells, Fazeley Church
The Rev. Arthur M. Coxon, Vicar of Tamworth, and Rev. Dean are seen here dedicating the electronic bells in the vestry of Fazeley church.
Dedication of the new school extension, Eccleshall
The Bishop of Stafford, Right Rev. Douglas H. Crick, speaking at the dedication of the foundation stone of the extension to Eccleshall Central Church of England School. With him are some of the clergy ...
Dedication of the site of the Church at Perton
The dedication of the site of the new Ecumenical Church Centre (the Church at Perton) by Deaconess Sheila Finn, Minister for Perton, who is standing in the foreground.
Soon after construction of housing ...
Dedication of the War Memorial, Eccleshall,
Dedication of the First World War memorial in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church.
The War Memorial Cross was unveiled by the Lord Lieutenant of the County (The Right Hon. The Earl of Dartmouth, ...
Dippons Lane, Perton
Miss Jackson and her dog Bullet walking along Dippons Lane in Perton. Much of Dippons Lane has disappeared under housing including that around Gainsborough Drive.
Perton Airfield was constructed in ...
Dr. Henry Sacheverell
Dr. Henry Sacheverell (1672-1724), clergyman and politician, was born at Marlborough, Wiltshire. His first post was as Vicar of Cannock, and he was later preacher at St. Saviour's, Southwark. As Vicar ...
Dr. Henry Sacheverell
Dr. Henry Sacheverell (1672-1724), clergyman and politician, was born at Marlborough, Wiltshire. His first post was as Vicar of Cannock, and he was later preacher at St. Saviour's, Southwark. As Vicar ...
Dr. John Bridgeman
Dr. John Bridgeman (1577-1652) was Bishop of Chester 1619-1652. He married Elizabeth Helyar, daughter of Reverend William Helyar, in 1606. His oldest son Orlando was a judge and baronet and his third ...
Drake Hall Chapel, Drake Hall, near Eccleshall
Page 10 of 'Drake Hall - A War-Time Hostel', a souvenir book produced for staff and residents at the Swynnerton Royal Ordinance Factory hostel at Drake Hall, produced in 1945. This page describes the ...
Duke of York's visit to Tamworth, Hospital Street
The Duke of York is pictured here during the ceremony to declare the War Memorial Hall open. Standing on the platform are, from the left, the Vicar of Tamworth Rev. Rogers, Bishop of Lichfield, the Duke ...
Easter Dues - a notice to the householders of Hanley and Shelton, from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Local taxes, or 'tithes,' were a controversial issue in 1824 - not least those collected every Easter by the local clergy.
The Peter Watson Case
When, in Durham, a shoemaker-turned-troublemaker ...
Ebenezer Congregational Church, Tutbury
A postcard view of the interior of the Ebenezer Congregational Church in Monk Street, Tutbury, decorated for a harvest festival or flower service. The organ can be seen behind the man with hymn boards ...
Eccleshall Church Fete
The opening of Eccleshall Church Fete on a rainy day at the Old Vicarage, Eccleshall. From left to right, Rev S. Tetley (Vicar of Eccleshall), Mrs Fountain-Page, Rev Preb M. Fountain-Page, Mrs Tetley. ...