Thornberry Hall, Cheadle
A view of Thornberry Hall on Lockwood Road, Cheadle, from the south. Thornberry Hall was the seat of William Thornbury (died 1689). The house has a 17th century core but was largely rebuilt in about ...
Lightoaks, Oakamoor
A postcard view of Lightoaks, a large 19th century house which stands on the B5417, Cheadle Road near to Oakamoor. Lightoaks is a Grade II listed house built in the 1820s for the owner of the nearby copper ...
Ash Hall, Werrington
Ash Hall stands on Ash Bank and was built in 1837 for Job Meigh, an earthenware manufacturer. In 1925 the estate was sold and the hall was converted into The Ash Hall Golf Links Hotel and the park became ...
Ridware Home Guard Platoon
Pictured are some members of 'D' Company, Ridware Platoon assembled for the photographer. Among the group is Horace West, who was the local Blacksmith (middle row, 5th from left). ‘D’ Company, 12th Battalion, ...
Mow Cop
A lithograph showing Mow Cop with the newly built St. Thomas' Church, consecrated on 11 October 1842, to the right. The Castle folly stands on the hill top.
Lithograph by Michael Scott after a drawing ...
Dolphin House, Church Eaton
This timber-framed Grade II Listed Building is on the High Street, Church Eaton. It probably dates from the 17th century but the bay window is a 20th century addition. At the time of the photograph in ...
Marston Manor Farmhouse, near Church Eaton
Marston Manor Farmhouse, near Church Eaton. Situated on Marston Road, Marston.
The house associated with the farm is now (2026) known as Maycroft. in the foreground the photographer Dr J.E.C. Peters’ ...
Former Stafford Prisoners of War with Benefit Fund Representatives
Group photograph of Stafford soldiers who were all former prisoners of war, pictured alongside some of the civilian members of the local P.o.W. Benefit Fund, who raised money to send parcels and home ...
Recruitment Drive outside Shire Hall, Stafford
A crowd of civilians gathers outside the doors of the Shire Hall during the early years of World War 1 as part of a local recruitment drive. There appears to be a mix of professional and working class ...
Stafford Territorials on Parade
Photograph of the local Territorial unit on parade at the time of World War 1. They may be assembled on a local playing field, as the grass is worn away in the middle of the photograph.
This image ...
Section of the Stafford Battery, Royal Field Artillery
The location of this photograph is uncertain, but presumably in the environs of Stafford. The first recruit to be sworn in at Stafford after the Declaration of War (August 1914) was Gunner Y.N.D. Avery, ...
Stafford's Roll of Service in the Great War
Commemorative booklet produced c1920 to record the names of the Stafford men who served in World War 1 and published locally by J & C Mort.
Dedicated to the 'Mothers of Brave Stafford Lads who fell ...
PC Peter Bartlam, Staffordshire Police
Pictured is PC 29 Peter Bartlam, who describes himself as “a Stokie from the Meir who joined Staffordshire County Police in June 1965, serving through the period of the merged Forces, Staffordshire County ...
Church Lane, Stafford
Church Lane at its junction with Mill Street, Stafford.
On the right the nearest timber-framed building No. 35, Mill Street. Attached to it is No. 10, Church Lane, known as the Old Sheriff's Office, ...
Comb Mill, Ashford-in-the-Water, Derbyshire
The Comb Mill was one of a complex of mill buildings on the River Wye at Ashford-in-the-Water known as Marble Mill. They were built in 1748 by Henry Watson and were working up to 1905. The Marble Mill ...
English Electric Co., Stafford
The front cover of an English Electric technical brochure which shows one of four 70, 588 kVA, 3,600 r.p.m. Turbo-alternator Sets in the J. Clarke Keith Power Station, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
The ...
Broad Street, Stafford
This photograph taken by Dr J.E.C. Peters in 1962 shows exposed timber-framing in Broad Street, Stafford, looking towards the junction with Chapel Street and Mount Street.
This is all that remained ...
Greyhound, Manor Court Street, Penkhull
This public house consists of two storeys, a cellar and backyard. It was constructed between 1832 and 1878 with a later one storey extension at the rear. Original outbuildings have been destroyed.
Remembering ...