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Shugborough Hall, Rear Elevation

Shugborough is the ancestral home of the Anson family, who were later created the Earls of Lichfield. The central block of the house was built in 1693. Thomas Wright of Durham designed the pavilions ...

Shugborough Railway Tunnel,

During the 1840s two railways were constructed through the park at Shugborough. To minimise damage to the landscape a large cutting was made to accommodate the line. Fences and trees were used to hide ...

Shugborough Walled Garden

View looking west from the Gardener’s House. The top of the Triumphal Arch can be seen in the distance. This photograph was taken by Charles Goldsmith, Head Gardener at Shugborough between December ...

Shutt Hill, Rugeley

Shutt Hill is the summit of Hagley Road in Rugeley, dropping down to the Chase Inn on the right. The wall on the left is now further back to provide a footpath but the right wall still remains at the ...

Shyler's Grocery Shop, Great Bridgeford,

Sidney Fountain and Gaolgate Street, Stafford,

View from Gaol Square, looking down Gaolgate Street to the Market Square. The drinking fountain on the left was erected on Gaol Square in 1889 by the widow of Thomas Sidney, in memory of her husband. ...

Sidney Fountain, Stafford,

This drinking fountain was erected on Gaol Square in 1889 by the widow of Thomas Sidney, in memory of her husband. Thomas Sidney was born in a house on Gaol Square (in 2004 occupied by Cafe Nero) in ...

Silk Mill Workers, Leek

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This is a film of workers coming out of the entrance to the silk mill Brough Nicholson and Hall in Leek. This was the biggest mill in Leek. It was established in 1820 and had 1000 employees by the 1920s. ...

Silkmore Hall, Stafford,

Silkmore Hall was built in the late eighteenth century; a staircase and hall was added in the 1820s. The hall was demolished in the 1960s and homes for the elderly were built on the site.

Silkmore Lane, Stafford,

This view shows Silkmore Lane as a country lane rather than the bustling and much wider road of today.

Silverdale Schools plaque

In 1990 the Mill Street Junior School was demolished. This stone plaque was rescued and incorporated into the new Silverdale County Primary School buildings on Racecourse. In 1872 a school was opened ...

Sinai House, Burton-upon-Trent

Sinai House under restoration in 2000. This timber-framed and brick house was built around 1500, and is thought to have been a summer house for the abbots of Burton. This Image is from a collection ...

Sir George Nelson at the New Hough, English Electric Co., Stafford

Sir George Horatio Nelson, Chairman and Managing Director of the English Electric Company is pictured outside the New Hough with the New Zealand Deputy Premier Mr Walter Nash. During the visit to the ...

Sir Martin Noell's Almshouses and Inhabitants, Stafford,

Sir Martin Noell was a London merchant who was born in Stafford in the seventeenth century. He had these almshouses houses built on Mill Street for the poor of the town. The inhabitants were also given ...

Sir Martin Noell's Almshouses, Stafford,

Sir Martin Noell was a London merchant who was born in Stafford in the seventeenth century. He had these almshouses houses built on Mill Street for the poor of the town. The inhabitants were also given ...

Sir Martin Noell's Almshouses, Stafford,

Sir Martin Noell was a London merchant who was born in Stafford in the seventeenth century. He had these almshouses houses built on Mill Street for the poor of the town. The inhabitants were also given ...

Sister Dora Convalescent Hospital, Milford

This postcard view was published by Valentines Series. The card was posted in Stafford on 6 August 1907 to an address in Walsall. Funds were raised by public subscription to build a memorial hospital ...

Sister Dora Convalescent Hospital, Milford,

Funds were raised by public subscription to build a memorial hospital to Dorothy Pattison, or Sister Dora, who was famous for her work nursing the poor in a hospital in Walsall. The Sister Dora Convalescent ...