Victoria Park,Stafford
A composite postcard with six colour-tinted scenes of Stafford. The views are of Victoria Park and the Mill Pool.
Postcard posted from Basingstoke in 1926 to an address in Stafford.
St. Leonard's Avenue Schools, Stafford
This Grade II Listed Council School dates from 1905 and was built close to the corner of St. Leonard's Avenue and Lichfield Road, Stafford.
The school was designed by Stafford born Henry Thomas Sandy ...
St. Peter’s Church, Ellastone
St. Peter's Church at Ellastone is Perpendicular in style, with the tower built in 1586, the chancel in 1588. The north aisle and nave were rebuilt between 1830 and 1837 by architect Thomas Johnson. ...
Primary School, Ilam
Ilam School was designed by Gilbert Scott for Jesse Watts Russell of Ilam Hall and opened in 1853. It is now (2026) Ilam Church of England Primary School.
Postcard image courtesy of Holy Cross Church, ...
Children's day out, Kidsgrove
During the 1984 - 1985 miner's strike there were ten women’s action groups in north Staffordshire who supported the striking miners. They ran food centres, organised collections, manned picket lines and ...
Jubilee Sports Day, The Cliffs, Great Haywood
Children’s Sports Day at the Cliffs, Great Haywood held on the occasion of King George V's and Queen Mary's Silver Jubilee in May 1937.
Children’s tea party to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Uttoxeter
This is one of several Coronation events held in Uttoxeter in June 1953, many of which were forced indoors because of the poor weather. Please contact us if you recognise this hall.
Queen Elizabeth II's Visit to Stafford
Queen Elizabeth II ascending the staircase in County Buildings. With her is the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire, Harold Wallace-Copeland. Following on behind is Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh....
England Hockey Team, Edinburgh
The England Hockey team selected to play Scotland at Edinburgh in 1912. Seated fourth from left is W.H. Twigg of Weeping Cross, Stafford.
Walter Hanbury Twigg was born at Weeping Cross on 6 May 1883. ...
On Blore Road, near Ilam
A woman on a motorcycle leaving Ilam and heading towards Blore. In the background can be seen the profile of Thorpe Cloud, with a glimpse of Oxleisure Farm in the valley to the right.
Postcard photographed ...
Spital Chapel of St James, Tamworth
North side entrance, garden and bench seat. Spital Chapel is a Grade II* listed building accessed by gated footpaths from Wigginton and Ashby Roads.
It is believed that it was a Chantry Chapel built ...
St. Mary's Church, Stafford
A tinted postcard view of St. Mary's Church, Stafford, looking from St Mary's Place.
The Collegiate Church of St. Mary is the parish church of Stafford. This Grade I listed building is a mixture of ...
Baswich Church, Stafford
An early tinted postcard picture of Holy Trinity Church, Baswich and graveyard, looking south.
Below the picture is a reference to an inscription on a headstone in the churchyard dated 1771:
"The ...
Mow Cop
A watercolour of the village of Mow Cop with the inscriptions “Summer House, Church and part of Village of Mow-Cop, Staffordshire.” and “D. J.B. Jany 31st 1874”. It has been suggested that ‘J.B.’ is ...
Biddulph Old Hall
A watercolour of Biddulph Old Hall with the inscriptions “Biddulph Old Castle” and “Drawn by J.B. March 28th 1874”. It has been suggested that ‘J.B.’ is James Bateman (1811-1897) of nearby Biddulph ...
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 ...