Market Square, Stafford,
Stafford possessed a market as early as 1206, when Edward the Elder passed a law stating that all buying and selling had to take place in a market town.
On the left can be seen the Shire Hall, built ...
Memorial to Thomas Noon Talfourd, Shire Hall, Stafford
Thomas Noon Talfourd (1795-1854), was a writer, judge, and politician. He was called to the bar in 1821 and was Member of Parliament for Reading as a Radical from 1835 to 1841 and 1847 to 1848.
He ...
Men's Hospital, Stafford Gaol
The prison infirmary was originally located in rooms above the governor's house, but was later moved to a new building in the prison grounds to help prevent the spreading of infectious diseases.
A ...
Model of the New Wedgwood Factory at Barlaston,
Model of the new Wedgwood factory and estate at Barlaston.
Josiah Wedgwood (1730 - 1795) began his apprenticeship as a potter in 1744. He started his own pottery business at Ivy House in Burslem 1759. ...
Morning Prayers, Women's Prison, Stafford Gaol
Morning prayers were taken in the corridor of the women's prison; services were performed in the chapel. When the chapel was rebuilt in 1852 a gallery was installed at the southern end for the female ...
New Prison Block, Stafford Gaol
The new male prison block was built in the 1846 to help ease the overcrowded conditions. Each cell, fitted with gas lighting and a water supply, was designed for one prisoner to live and work in.
The ...
Old Leek Town Hall and Lock Up, Market Place, Leek
View of the Old Town Hall, which was built in 1806. It was bought by a Mr Flower in 1872, who used some of the masonry on his home, Portland House in Rosebank Street. The stone pillars were placed on ...
Old Police Station, Longton
The old Longton Police Station on Sutherland Road. this photograph is taken looking towards the junction with Anchor Road and Market Street. The Heathcote Hotel is the building with the round tower on ...
Old Water Conduit, Stafford,
An old water conduit unearthed during roadworks on Lichfield Road.
The lock-up can be seen on the left, used to temporarily detain local drunks and vagrants.
The public house is the White Lion.
Both ...
Oulton, near Stone
Looking north-east through the village. The Police House (with the village policeman), the Wheatsheaf and the Brushmaker's Arms can all be seen on the right hand side.
This postcard view was published ...
Ox Roast, Market Square, Stafford
A view taken from a first floor window of two oxen being roasted on Market Square, Stafford with crowds watching and the Shire Hall behind. The event was probably Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations ...
Penkridge Police Station
The police station in the photograph stands on Bellbrook, at its junction with Cannock Road which was built in 1858, originally as a savings bank. By the 1880s it was in use as a police station, which ...
Police Barracks, Park Street, Stafford
The original police barracks were at the back of the Guildhall on Market Square. These were demolished in 1867 to make way for the covered market.
The military barracks on Friar's Terrace became vacant ...
Police Station, Cheadle
The Police Station at no. 51, High Street , Cheadle was built as Lulworth House in 1867 as the residence of Dr Henry Langley Webb. The Police took over the property in 1915.
Police Station, Stone
This postcard view, postmarked, 3 September 1912, possibly shows the Police Station in Stone when it was sited on Newcastle Street. The Police Station moved to its current site on Radford Street in 1912. ...
Police Station, Sutherland Road, Longton
Glover's brewery was on this Sutherland Road site originally, until Joules of Stone bought them out in 1903. The police purchased the brewery from Joules, demolished it, and built this building. Longton ...
Policeman and family, Newborough
Police Constable Joseph Eastbury with his family and pet dog outside the village Police House in Newborough.
Born around 1879, Joseph Eastbury married Beatrice Davies at Leigh, Staffrdshire in 1905. ...
Postcard view of West End, Pattingham
The house in the distance is the original Police House which had a small cell on the left hand side.
The pair of semi-detached houses on the right are typical of the Dartmouth style.