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 ...
Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent
This image is titled 'Old Burton, Station Street junction with Guild Street'. This view is almost unrecognisable today. A dray, probably loaded with sacks of barley or malt, and two other horse-drawn ...
Midland Road, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
This view taken from the old railway bridge looks north along Midland Road, Swadlincote. On the left in the distance there is a newly built property that would become W. Wilkinson’s fruit and vegetable ...
Shri Guru Ravidas Temple, Wolverhampton
The Mount Zion Methodist Church on Horseley Fields Road, Wolverhampton, opened in 1867 and closed in 1968 due to a dwindling congregation. For a short while between 1968 and 1977 the former chapel was ...
The Delph, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
In the centre of this busy scene at the Delph Market Square junction with High Street and Midland Road, there is a Burton and Ashby Tramcar. All of the buildings in the background remain (2024) although ...
St Chad's Church, Lichfield
Separated from the Lichfield Cathedral by the length of Stowe Pool, St. Chad's church succeeds an early Saxon church of which nothing remains. The present church incorporates parts of a 12th century replacement ...
Theological College Chapel, Lichfield
The College was founded in 1857 and was located in this building on the south side of the Cathedral Close from 1872. The Theological College closed in 1972. The chapel was built in 1885 and in 1980 was ...
South door, Lichfield Cathedral
Exterior view of the 13th century south doorway of Lichfield Cathedral with steps leading up from the roadway of the Close. The Ecclesiastical College stood opposite this door at the time of this photograph. ...
Vicars Close and Lichfield Cathedral
Taken from the lower courtyard of Vicars Close, Lichfield, the three spires of Lichfield Cathedral can be seen above the ancient roof tops. The bright, rectangular feature at the bottom of the photograph ...
Minster Pool and Lichfield Cathedral
Lichfield Cathedral from the south-west with Minster Pool in foreground.
This picture is from an album of photographs taken by Thomas Harvey Boycott (1876-1949) who lived with his widowed mother, Fanny ...
Burnell's grocers shop, Rugeley
J. Burnell & Son Ltd.'s grocers shop on Market Square showing its original Georgian shop windows.
Joseph Burnell advertised his business in 1862: J.Burnell (late Hattersley) 'The Tea & Colonial Warehouse', ...
The Clock House, Keele University
The Clockhouse, pictured here under snow, is Grade II listed and was built in 1833-1834 as the stable block and coach house for Keele Hall. It was designed by Edward Blore. The west half of the building ...
Geology Building, Keele University
The Geology Building was built in 1956 and 1964 to designs by architect J.A. Pickavance. This view shows the taller rear block with two monopitch roofs.
The manor of Keele was bought in 1544 by William ...
Bridgeman's stonemasons, Quonians Lane, Lichfield
The buildings on the left hand side of Quonians Lane date from the 16th century. The lane is mentioned in the 1325 Book of Dean and Chapter Possessions as leading to a well. Quonians Lane was possibly ...
Saredon Windmill
Built before 1806, this mill worked by sail until the 1870s and by steam to about 1930. It was converted into a house in 1942 and further restored between 1976 and 1979. It had four sails and a boat cap....
St. John's Hospital, Lichfield
St. John's Hospital was founded in around 1135 as a hospital, or place of hospitality, for pilgrims who had travelled to Lichfield to worship the relics of St. Chad. It was refounded by Bishop William ...