Dr William Palmer's House, Rugeley
William Palmer was hanged for the murder of John Parsons Cooke in 1856 and this was his home at the time. It was rented from the Earls of Lichfield. The murder took place in the Talbot Hotel, directly ...
Drawbridge, Entrance, Alton Towers
A postcard view of the Drawbridge or East Entrance to Alton Towers.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852.
The 15th Earl ...
Drawing Room, Rodbaston Hall
The late-Victorian Drawing Room of Rodbaston Hall while it was owned by the family of Henry and Jane Ward. during the Victorian period. It is now the staff room. The large chandelier on the top right ...
Dunston, near Stafford
A postcard view of Dunston looking north along what is now the A449 Wolverhampton Road. On the left is the lych gate to St. Leonard's Church. The houses on the right, which include the old Smithy, remain ...
Early Motor Car, Eccleshall
Mr J.B. Ball, Chairman of Eccleshall and District Agricultural Society, in an open tourer. He is pictured outside his home, Beech Grove at Wootton, near Eccleshall.
This is a Decauville car dating ...
East Lodge House, Little Onn Hall, Church Eaton,
Photograph of the east lodge house, Little Onn Hall, from a sale catalogue.
Little Onn Hall is located about 1 1/2 miles south west of Church Eaton. The hall was built c.1870 - 1875, but has been ...
Elias Ashmole Ashmall Institute, Hammerwich
The Institute was opened in 1911 by Lady Cooper of Shenstone Court in memory of her father, Elias Ashmole Ashmall, a local farmer and churchwarden for 34 years who had died in 1889. Most of the cost was ...
Elizabethan Cottage, Horse Fair, Rugeley
The thatched cottage in the centre and the cottage on its right were demolished and later replaced by a parade of shops and a cinema.
The building on the left adjoining the thatched cottage remains ...
Elizabethan cottage, Horsefair, Rugeley
Rugeley would once have had many timber-framed cottages, most of which were lost in the extensive fires of 1646 and 1708. This thatched cottage stood in the site now occupied by James Furnishers. On ...
Elizabethan House, Stafford,
The Elizabethan House was built on Gaolgate Street in the late Tudor period.
The building was destroyed by fire on 1st October 1887. The alarm was raised by a shoemaker, but it was too late to save ...
English Electric Co., Stafford
These four gentleman are pictured standing on the steps outside the entrance of a building which was known as the ‘Main Offices’ of the English Electric Co., at the Lichfield Road site in Stafford. This ...
Entrance porch, Heywood Grange, near Dilhorne
View of the porch and doorway of Heywood Grange, off Tickhill Lane, near Dilhorne. A Grade II listed stone-built house dating from 1672 with 20th century additions.
Photographed by William Blake of ...
Fair View, Gnosall
On the reverse of this postcard view there is the following brief note: “Fair View, Gnosall, June 1908”. The house remains (June 2023) and it is situated on The Rank in Gnosall.
This postcard was published ...
Fallows family outside Shugborough Park Farm
The Fallows family were tenants at Shugborough Park Farm between 1900 and 1926. From left to right: Annie, Annie Elizabeth, Thomas, Victor, Thomas Jr., John.
Thomas Anson, who inherited the Shugborough ...
Family group photographed outside Enville Hall, Enville
The 7th Earl and Countess of Stamford and Warrington can be seen wearing white in the centre of the photograph.
Farming Family, Stone,
From left to right are George Stanfield, James Stanfield (mounted) and Mrs Stanfield, outside Wood House Farm.