Stafford Prison, New Church
Exterior view of the new church built inside Stafford H.M. Prison in 1991(?). The church caters for both Church of England and Roman Catholic services.
An earlier chapel in the prison was built in ...
Stone-breaking Yard, Stafford Gaol
Prisoners were put to work on treadwheels, pin-heading or stone-breaking. This was a form of punishment and also enabled the prisoner to earn his keep.
Here prisoners with wheel barrows are collecting ...
Technical Training School, Standon
Originally a Church of England home for 'waifs and strays' and later classified as an Industrial School, by 1938 it was an Intermediate Approved School' for boys aged 13 to 15 committed there by the legal ...
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 Industrial School for Boys, Werrington
The Stafford County Industrial School for Boys opened in 1868 accomodating 107 boys aged or over. Initially the premises were based around an old farmhouse and an adjacent barn and cottages. It originally ...
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 Lock up, Gnosall
Gnosall village lock-up, Station Road, built in 1830. Lock-ups, often found in rural communities, were a convenient place to detain vagrants and local drunks. Only three lock-ups survive in the county, ...
The Lock up, Gnosall
Gnosall village lock-up, Station Road, built in 1830. Lock-ups, often found in rural communities, were a convenient place to detain vagrants and local drunks. Only three lock-ups survive in the county, ...
The Lock-up, Alton
The village lock-up was built in 1819 and renovated in 1977.
The Lock-up, Alton
The village lock-up in Alton was built in 1819 and renovated in 1977.
This postcard view was franked at 11.00 AM on 19 February, 1910 in Stafford and posted to an address in Birmingham.
The Lock-up, Alton
To the left can be seen the village lock-up, built in 1819 and renovated in 1977.
The Old Cottage, Bellbrook, Penkridge
This postcard view shows ‘The Old Cottage’, a 15th century Grade II listed building which stands on the junction of Bellbrook and Market Place. On the left of the cottage (east side) an oriel window can ...
The Old Gaol, Penkridge
Built in the early 19th century, the Old Gaol was the village lock-up and stands on Bellbrook. The building was carefully restored by Penkridge Civic Society in the late 1990s and opened as Penkridge ...
The Pound, Pattingham
The village pound was a lock-up which stood on the north side of Newgate near the junction with Westbeech Road. It was demolished in about 1961.
The Round House, Alton
This is a view of the village lock-up, built in 1819 and renovated in 1977.
The Round House, Alton
This solidly built structure with stone walls, roof and cupola dates from c1815. It was erected as the village's lock-up, with the purpose of housing felons. Clearly it would have been virtually impossible ...
The Stocks, Penkridge
In the foreground can be seen the village stocks which stand in front of the Old Gaol. Built in the early 19th century, the Old Gaol was the village lock-up and stands on Bellbrook. The building was ...
The Stocks, Penkridge
This postcard view shows the village stocks which stand in front of the Old Gaol in Penkridge. Built in the early 19th century, the Old Gaol was the village lock-up and stands by Bellbrook. The building ...