Entrance to the Governor's House, Stafford Gaol,
When the gaol was built in 1793 it included a house for the governor, who was required by law to live within the prison grounds. The governor's quarters were built facing Gaol Road.
At the time ...
Etching Hill, Rugeley
Postcard view of Etching Hill in the distance, seen from the A51 near Wolseley Bridge. Etching Hill is a good viewpoint on the north-eastern edge of Cannock Chase and has a distinctive, flat sandstone ...
Fair Oak, near Wetwood
A postcard view looking across the fields around Fair Oak.
This postcard was published by E.J. Hurlstone of High Street, Eccleshall.
Floodgate Cottage, Trentham
Floods, Tenterbanks, Stafford,
View of Tenterbanks School and the Technical College, looking from South Street across the Victoria Park and River Sow.
A long period of rainy weather resulted in the River Sow rising to its highest ...
Floods, Victoria Park, Stafford,
View of Izaak Walton Walk and the Coronation Bridge.
Forton Church and Hall, Staffordshire
This tranquil scene has hardly changed over the years. On the left is Forton Hall viewed from the south, with All Saints' Church to the right.
Forton Hall was built in 1665 by Gerard Skrymsher at ...
Gardening Class, Trentham School
Pictured are the new school buildings opened in 1877. Trentham Boys' School was opened in about 1674, paid for by a bequest from Lady Katherine Leveson. A girls' school opened in about 1856 and an infants' ...
Gardens at Basford Hurst, Cheddleton
Formal gardens at Basford Hurst, near Cheddleton, showing an urn and pedestal in the centre of a circular lawn.
Basford Hurst was built around 1860 for the land agent Edwin Heaton . William Henry Rider, ...
Gardens, Highfield Manor, Stafford, (3)
Highfield Manor was built in 1880 by David Hollin, a boot and shoe manufacturer. The gardens were influenced by those at Versailles, and Mr Hollins employed three gardeners.
In 1900 Mr Hollin commissioned ...
Garlic mustard, or Alliaria petiolata. Also known as Jack-by-the-hedge
You will find this biennial plant in hedges, everywhere except for higher altitudes, Cannock Chase and some industrial areas.
Flowering between April and June, it can grow up to 1 metre in height.
This ...
Gnosall Village
A postcard view looking north-east along Station Road (A518), Gnosall, towards the village centre with St. Lawrence's church tower on the horizon.
This postcard was franked at Coton, near Gnosall at ...
Godley Lane, Dilhorne
Housing built in 1950s on the western side of Godley Lane.
Greater Stitchwort, or Stellaria holostea
This plant is a common perennial, appearing on woods and hedgebanks.
This specimen was found at Whitmore, in Staffordshire, by local naturalist Eric Edees, during the spring of 1946.
About this ...
Green Lane, Rugeley
Now situated near the junction of Green Lane with the modern Western Springs Road, this cittage was then known as Beeches Cottage, home of George Upton, a bill poster by trade and Rugeley's last Town ...
Green Man Inn, Hixon
The former Green Man Inn with its unusual key-hole style design entrance. This postcard view was taken looking northwest from the junction of Puddle Hill, Lea Road and Legge Lane in Hixon. In later years ...
Hall Lane, Norton Canes
A framed postcard view of Hall, Lane Norton Canes showing ladies in a pony and trap talking to man. Steep bank on right, pailings on left. This is believed to show the Old Hall Lane leading to Leacroft ...