The Old Almshouses, Rolleston
The Almshouses were established in 1672 following a charitable bequest to the village by William Rolleston. They were built on Burnside in 1712 and restored in 1892.
The Old Almshouses, Rolleston
The Almshouses were established in 1672 following a charitable bequest to the village by William Rolleston. They were built on Burnside in 1712 and restored in 1892.
The Old Almshouses, Rolleston
The Almshouses were established in 1672 following a charitable bequest to the village by William Rolleston. They were built on Burnside in 1712 and restored in 1892. The Alder Brook can be seen in the ...
The Salvation Army Citadel, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A view of the Salvation Army Citadel on Bridge Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme.
The building was demolished in the late 1970s or early 1980s, not long after this photograph was taken.
The new Salvation ...
The view from Hanover Street, Hanley
The camera was looking towards the west from Hanover Street in Hanley. In the murk on the left are the two winding towers of Wolstanton Colliery with the spire of St Margaret's Church, Wolstanton on the ...
Trentham parish workhouse
This plan is of Trentham parish workhouse. Parish workhouses began in the 17th and 18th centuries as places where the poor worked in return for food and board. The workhouses were frequently set up in ...
Uttoxeter Town - Almshouses: sepia wash drawing
'Almshouses at Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.' Showing a long low building with four small dormer windows and one gable with a coat of arms. There are two pilasters and a scrolled tablet above a stone course ...
Vagrant ward, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the vagrant ward at Stoke workhouse which was built in 1842. Homeless people wishing to enter the workhouse had to obtain a ticket from the police station and were then allowed in at six ...
Walsall - Almshouses: sepia wash drawing
'Almshouses at Walsall, Staffordshire.' Showing a row of buildings consisting of eleven small houses with ten chimneys and three gables (the centre one having a tablet over the door). artist: J. Buckler....
Wellington Street Almshouses, Burton-upon-Trent
The Almshouses, Wellington Street, administered by Burton Consolidated Charities. These almshouses for 21 women were built in 1872. They were designed in Victorian Gothic style by Mr Mitchell, a London ...