Newchapel
Newchapel is situated in an elevated position right at the northern end of the Potteries about three miles north of Tunstall. It was originally part of the enormous ecclesiastical parish of Wolstanton ...
Norton Canes
Norton Canes is situated in a slightly elevated position south-east of Cannock and just north of Watling Street. Little Wyrley adjoins it to the south-east. From the mid 19th century Norton Canes was ...
Norton in the Moors
NORTON IN THE MOORS, sometimes called NORTON LE MOORS, is situated in an elevated position at the northern extremity of the City of Stoke on Trent. Norton presents a mixture of extensive views towards ...
Old Houses, Greengate Street, Stafford
Three shops which probably date back to Tudor times. Indentures for Philip Dale and Henry Bamford as apprentices to Richard Bartlem Tomlinson, ironmonger, date back to 1811. The building was demolished ...
Onecote
The name, Onecote, is first recorded in 1199 and is said to mean ‘remote cottage’. It is a small village, typical of the Staffordshire Moorlands, situated in the upper valley of the River Hamps. The ...
Ox Roast on Market Square, Stafford
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in Stafford lasted for three days. Jubilee Day was a public holiday and two oxen, donated by the Meakins of Creswell Hall, were roasted on Market Square.
Children ...
Patshull
PATSHULL is situated in the south west of Staffordshire and juts in the neighbouring county of Shropshire. It is now 1,824 acres in area. The name is said to mean Paettel’s Hill.
In the Domesday Survey ...
Pattingham
The rural village of Pattingham, described by White’s Directory of 1834 as ‘neat and pleasant’, is located 6 miles west of Wolverhampton near the Shropshire border. The name derives from the personal ...
Penkhull Street, heading towards its junction with Stubbs' Gate, Newcastle-under-Lyme
An almost unrecognisable scene compared to today's landscape.
At the top-left of the image, you can just about make out the roof of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church on the adjoining London Road.
The ...
Pool Lane, Brocton
Pool Lane, Brocton, looking toward the Village Green.
Published by Midland View Company.
Railway Station and Hotel, Stafford
The station building in this picture was constructed in 1862. On the right is the Station Hotel, originally built as the North Western Hotel on Victoria Road in 1866, to provide accommodation for rail ...
Ralph Mosley, Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme
Ralph Mosley was Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1866 to 1887. He owned a draper’s shop on Newcastle High Street and lived with his family at The Firs, which is now the home of the Brampton Museum ...
Ranton
The small and scattered village of Ranton is situated due west of Stafford by Clanford Brook and close to the boundary between Pirehill and Cuttlestone Hundreds. The name derives from the Old English ...
River Sow, Stafford
Hiring rowing boats on the Sow in Stafford. Boats were available for hire from below the Brine Baths. The postcard was published by Boots the Chemist, one of its "Pelham" series of postcards, number ...
River Sow, Stafford
Hiring rowing boats on the River Sow in Stafford. Boats were available for hire from below the Brine Baths. The postcard was published by W.H. Smith & Son, Stafford.
Rocester
The village of Rocester is situated between the two rivers of the Dove and the Churnet, about three miles north-east of the town of Uttoxeter. The name ‘Rocester’ means ‘Hrof’s castle’, Hrof being an ...
Rolleston
Often described as a quintessentially English village, Rolleston stands on the Alder Brook in the Dove Valley. It was an Anglo-Saxon settlement and today there is a large Anglo-Saxon cross in the churchyard. ...
Rowley Avenue, Stafford
A view of the entrance into Rowley Park from the Newport Road. This card was published by Valentine's of Dundee and London in 1905