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Eighteenth Century Staffordshire Map, by Emanuel Bowen

Bowen was an engraver and print seller who worked with Thomas Kitchen. His maps are based on Parsons' 1747 maps and distinguish different types of church.

Eighteenth Century Staffordshire Map, by Herman Moll

Moll (died 1732) was a prolific publisher who came to London from the Netherlands in 1688. His maps were first published in 'A New Description of England and Wales'. This version was published in 'A Set ...

Eighteenth Century Staffordshire Map, by John Cary

John Cary (c.1754-1835) worked from existing surveys and produced functional and attractive maps such as this. This map was originally published in Cary's 'New and Correct English Atlas', in 1787.

Eighteenth Century Staffordshire Map, by John Rocque

Rocque was an immigrant Huguenot surveyor. Rocque's large scale maps showed different types of land use and showed hills in plan, with their slopes marked by hatching. This small scale map is dated ...

Eighteenth century Staffordshire Map, by Robert Morden

Hand-coloured printed map of Staffordshire, divided into hundreds, showing towns, rivers, main roads, parks, woods and hills. In the top right-hand corner has device representing "The Arms Of Staffordshire." ...

Eighteenth century Staffordshire Map, by Samuel Simpson

Hand-coloured printed map of Staffordshire, divided into hundreds, showing towns, rivers, main roads, parks, woods and hills. In the top right-hand corner is a device representing 'The Arms Of Staffordshire'. ...

Eighteenth century Staffordshire Map, by Thomas Badeslade

A hand coloured engraved map of Staffordshire surveyed by Thomas Badeslade and published and engraved by William H. Toms. It was published in 'Chorographia Britanniae', 1741. The scale is about 10 miles ...

Eighteenth Century Staffordshire Map, by Thomas Kitchin

This map was published in a 1786 edition of Boswell's 'Historical Descriptions' althpugh it was originally published in 'The London Magazine' in 1751. It includes some descriptive notes and a grid around ...

Eighteenth Century Staffordshire Map, by William Yates

William Yates' produced the accurately surveyed medium-scale map of Staffordshire. His survey began in 1769 and finished in 1775 at a scale of 1 inch to 1 mile. This later version of his map is at ...

Elford Hall and Rectory: lithograph

Showing the Hall and Rectory with some cottages, viewed over a broad river. Anonymous.

Elford Hill and the Maypole Public House, Eccleshall,

The Maypole public house is now named the Blue House. It was known locally as the 'Old Conkers' due to the chestnut tree nearby. The building is now a private residence. The village maypole can be ...

Elford Hill, Eccleshall

Flower and vegetable gardener Albert Lunt pictured in the garden of his thatched cottage at Elford Hill, Eccleshall.

Elford, Staffordshire: tithe map

Tithe maps and tithe awards are invaluable for the history of villages, properties, families, agriculture and landscape in England and Wales in the period 1837 – 1852. Tithe maps are usually drawn at ...

Elizabeth I Pageant Costume, Stafford,

Ellastone - Calwich Abbey: lithograph

'Calwich Abbey, the Seat of Court Dewes Granville, Esq.,' showing a white Gothic house seen over a lake.'Printed by T. W. & C. Fairland, London. Published by Dawson & Hobson, Ashbourn.'

Ellastone Church: water colour painting

'View near Ellaston, Mayfield [tower] & Ashbourn [spire] Churches in the distance.' Showing a far reaching view over fields, with cattle in the foreground.Anonymous, [Lewis John Wood.]

Ellastone Mill

Ellastone Schools

The Church of England Schools on Church Lane, Ellastone. Photograph by Alfred McCann of Uttoxeter.