The Court House, Kingswinford
A postcard view of the Court House public house on Dudley Road, Kingswinford. Grade II listed and built in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and used as a court house, it was converted into a public ...
The Hednesford Murder
A postcard with four views of places associated with the murder of Mrs Gaskin in Hednesford in 1919. The murder of Mrs Gaskin is not Hednesford's only murder but it is still probably the most infamous.
Henry ...
The Life, Trial, Character & Behaviour of Thomas Oliver - A local tragedy from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
This is the tragic life story of 28-year old former apprentice surgeon Thomas Oliver, once of Stourbridge and Rugby, then of Burslem.
"A diligent, regular and humane young man..."
The people of ...
The Market Square Stafford
There has been a shire building in Stafford since the 1280s, used as a meeting place for the County Court and later for other civic meetings.
The present building, designed by John Harvey and erected ...
The Old Law Courts, Cannock
The court building dated from 1862, but it was demolished in the latter part of the 20th century and replaced by the current main Police station in Wolverhampton Road, Cannock which was built in the early ...
Tichborne Case cartoon
A strip cartoon of Leeds Assizes, 1873 by Sir Frank Lockwood (1846-1897).
One of a series of cartoons relating to the infamous criminal trial of Arthur Orton, 'the Tichborne Claimant', in 1873. Orton ...
Trial and execution of two boatmen
An incomplete broadsheet detailing the trial and execution of James Owen and George Thomas, who were convicted at Stafford Assizes for the murder of Christina Collins.
In 1838 Robert Collins, an out ...
Walsall Town - The George Inn: sepia wash drawing
'The George Inn and Old Houses at Walsall, Staffordshire.' A view of the square known as the Bridge. The large building with three (of four) Ionic columns, originally from Fisherwick Hall, on the left, ...
War office officials inspecting Bass & Co's horses for transport work, Guild Street, Burton-on-Trent
The horses are being inspected in Guild Street. The law courts can be clearly seen in the background and what is now the Bass Museum can be seen to the left. Tram tracks are visible and buildings and ...
William Palmer Execution broadsheet
A broadsheet or broadside published at the time of William Palmer's execution at Stafford Gaol, on 14 June 1856.
Palmer, 'The Rugeley Poisoner', was hanged after being found guilty of the murder of ...