Coulthwaite's Training Stables, Hednesford
Tom Coulthwaite's stables are the red-roofed buildings in the left middle distance in this colour-tinted postcard view taken from Hednesford Hills, near the present day Raceway. They have since been ...
Council School, Great Wyrley
Built in 1882, the average attendance then being 160. It was enlarged in 1906. By 1910 the premises were unsatisfactory and the school managers were instructed to reduce numbers by excluding children ...
Crossley Stone and Bow Street, Rugeley
Crossley Stone runs off Elmore Lane near the park in Rugeley. The three-storey house on the right is number 20 Crossley Stone, a late 18th century Grade II listed house, and it is a side return of the ...
Denbigh Street and Lowther Street, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent
A view eastwards along the back alley between Lowther Street (to the left) and Denbigh Street (to the right). In the far distance, on the horizon, can be seen the tower of St John's Church on Town Road, ...
Derelict cottages, East Cannock Road, Hednesford
The cottages were adjacent to East Cannock Colliery near the junction with Lower Road, Hednesford. They are in readiness for their demolition in 1937. The end building was a shop with enamel advertising ...
District Hospital, Rugeley
The Rugeley District 'Cottage' Hospital and Provident Dispensary was built by public subscription in 1871 after the designs of W. A. Bonney C.E. and stood on Brereton Road on land donated by the Earl ...
Elizabethan cottage, Horsefair, Rugeley
Rugeley would once have had many timber-framed cottages, most of which were lost in the extensive fires of 1646 and 1708. This thatched cottage stood in the site now occupied by James Furnishers. On ...
Engraving of St. Mary's Church and Market Square, Lichfield
The present church of St. Mary's dates from the late 19th century, having replaced an earlier, medieval, church. During the Easter Sunday Service in 1716, part of the church spire fell down, and this ...
Ferry Bridge, Burton-upon-Trent
Ferry Bridge is a Grade II listed self-anchoring 75 metre, three-span Victorian wrought iron suspension footbridge across the River Trent in Burton-upon-Trent.
Ferry Bridge was built by the Burton ...
Field Head, Upper Mayfield
A postcard view of Field Head in Gallowstree Lane, Upper Mayfield.
This late Victorian house dates from around 1898 and was built by George Simpson for his 26 year old son George Simpson junior. Around ...
General View of Hednesford
This early view of Hednesford is probably taken from the area bordering Church Hill, close to where the present Roman Catholic burial ground is located, looking towards the town.
Gravel Pit Lodge, Hanchurch
A postcard view of Gravel Pit Lodge, a Grade II listed building built in 1859. It was one of the former entrances to the Trentham Estate at the end of a carriage drive lined with elm and lime trees leading ...
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 ...
Grove Junior School, Northwood, Hanley
This Victorian school, opened in 1891, is still in use [2013]. It is situated in off keelings Road, between Turner Street and Myatt Street, Northwood, Hanley.
The tower is an ornate lantern style ...
Hacienda Villa, Gladstone Street, Basford, Stoke-on-Trent
Gladstone Street runs south off Etruria Road. The northern end was developed for housing between 1880 and 1900. The houses at the southern end date from the 1920. Hacienda Villa, number 25 Gladstone Street, ...
Hawthornden Manor, Bramshall Road, Uttoxeter
View of Hawthornden Manor, from the south-west. The manor was once home to Samuel Brassington Bamford, but has since been converted into flats.
Haydon Street, Basford, Stoke-on-trent
The photograph shows the terrace of bow fronted houses, numbers 5 to 9, in Haydon Street in Basford, close to its junction with Etrurtia Road.
Hednesford views
A colour-tinted postcard with five views of Hednesford: West Hill (Green Heath Road) looking towards Market Street (the house on the right was the home of Albert Stanley M.P. and Trade Unionist around ...