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County Council Meeting, Stafford,

The County Buildings opened in Martin Street on 29 October 1895. Previously councillors had used the facilities in the Borough Hall and the Shire Hall. A competition was organised to find an architect, ...

County Roadman's Home at an unknown location

A postcard view of a County Roadman outside his home by a ‘T’ junction in the highway at an unknown location. On the extreme right there is a large amount of washing hanging on the washing line. If ...

Cowley, Gnosall

This postcard view shows a quiet scene in Cowley, Gnosall. All of the cottages in the picture remain (June 2023).

Crossley Stone and Bow Street, Rugeley

Crossley Stone runs off Elmore Lane near the park in Rugeley. The three-storey house on the right is number 20 Crossley Stone, a late 18th century Grade II listed house, and it is a side return of the ...

Crown Hotel, Stone,

The Crown Hotel on High Street was damaged by fire in 1778. The new building was designed by Henry Holland in 1780. The inn was a stop for stage coaches from London, Manchester and Birmingham; there ...

Croxden Abbey. Photographed by William Blake.

View of Croxden Abbey, Nr. Alton, Staffordshire.

Daily Sentinel Office, Crabbery Street, Stafford

The Sentinel had offices in a number of different buildings in Stafford in the first half of the 20th century, including Mill Street, Mill Bank and Water Street. In this view the location of the office ...

Darlaston Inn,

Today Darlaston Inn, due to road building, is situated on a traffic island at the junction of the A34 Stoke to Stone road and the A51.

Demolition of Ravenhill House, Brereton

Ravenhill House was demolished in 1993, during the transition from its ownership by Thorn EMI Electronics Plc and the management buy-out by P.M.E.S. Ltd. (Power, Magnetics & Electronics Systems) as a ...

Demolition of Rugeley Town Hall and Market Hall

This photograph captures the demolition of Rugeley Town Hall and the Market Hall which were built on the site of the Shoulder of Mutton Inn. The Public Buildings also housed meeting rooms and, until ...

Derelict cottages, East Cannock Road, Hednesford

The cottages were adjacent to East Cannock Colliery near the junction with Lower Road, Hednesford. They are in readiness for their demolition in 1937. The end building was a shop with enamel advertising ...

Diglake House, Stafford,

Diglake House on Tipping Street was demolished in the 1960s. The County Council Education Department building now stands on this site.

Dilhorne Hall Lodge House

At the time the photograph was taken, the Lodge's arch was used to access the village's Recreation and Community Centre. It has since been converted to a private house with an alternative access being ...

District Hospital, Rugeley

The Rugeley District 'Cottage' Hospital and Provident Dispensary was built by public subscription in 1871 after the designs of W. A. Bonney C.E. and stood on Brereton Road on land donated by the Earl ...

Dog and Doublet Inn, Sandon,

The Dog and Doublet was originally named the Pack Horse Inn and was a coaching inn on the London to the north-west coach road. The inn is believed to have been named after a local murder, when the victim's ...

Doorway, St. Mary's Church, Swynnerton,

The carved west doorway in the tower dates from the Norman period. Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ownership.

Doorways, Stafford Castle,

The castle to the south-west of the town was built in the fourteenth century by Ralph de Stafford, on the site of an earlier Norman wooden castle. In December 1643, during the English Civil War (after ...

Dovedale - Beresford Hall: lithograph

Showing the entrance gateway with a circular arch over which there is a corbelled pediment with `bear rampant' on a shield.Anonymous.