Gig, Richardson and Son Coachbuilders, Uttoxeter
A cabinet card photograph advertising a gig made by Richardson & Son coachbuilders of Park Street, The Wharf, Uttoxeter. The business was started by George Richardson, a wheelwright in Bradley Street, ...
Gig, Richardsons coachbuilders, Uttoxeter
A Gig made by Richardson & Son of Uttoxeter. The business was started by George Richardson, a wheelwright in Bradley Street, when he opened coachbuilding premises at Park Street in the 1840s. The company ...
Globe Hotel, Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A coach pictured ready for the off standing outside the Globe Commercial Hotel. The building pictured was built in 1898 by Samuel Wilton and replaced a Georgian building. The hotel was an important posting ...
Gnosall Village
A postcard view looking north-east along Station Road (A518), Gnosall, towards the village centre with St. Lawrence's church tower on the horizon.
This postcard was franked at Coton, near Gnosall at ...
Goat Carriage, Ingestre
A three-wheeled child’s or invalid carriage which would have been pulled by a goat or a dog. From the 20th Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot's carriage collection at Ingestre. Made by Ward of London
This ...
Golf Course, Stafford Common,
The golf course on Stafford Common was formed in 1890.
The houses seen in the background remain today and are numbers 51 and 52 Common Road. Marston Villa, on the left, was the club house. The gate ...
Governess Cart, Ingestre
This is an early 20th century example of a large Governess Cart with deep top panels. The maker is not known, but it was made for the 20th Earl of Shrewsbury for family use at Ingestre.
The Governess ...
Governess Cart, Ingestre
The Governess Cart or Tub Cart was one of the most popular vehicles on English roads between 1900 and the late 1920s. Designed for a single pony, they were very safe and reasonably comfortable. The driver ...
Governess Cart, Richardsons coachbuilders, Uttoxeter
A Governess Cart fitted with a detachable hood made by Richardson & Son of Uttoxeter photographed at their coachbuilding works at Heath Road. The business was started by George Richardson, a wheelwright ...
Governess Cart, Richardsons coachbuilders, Uttoxeter
A Governess Cart made by Richardson & Son of Uttoxeter photographed at their coachbuilding works at Heath Road. The business was started by George Richardson, a wheelwright in Bradley Street, when he ...
Granville Square, Stone,
Granville Square was originally named Pump Square, but when the pump was removed the square was renamed after Earl Granville of Stonepark. Trees were planted to commemorate the coronation of Edward VII ...
Great Wyrley Outrage
This black and white postcard shows two horses killed in the nationally infamous Wyrley Outrages of 1903-15. The two mares belonging to Captain Harrison of Harrison's Colliery were attacked in August ...
Greengate Street, Stafford
View from outside St. Chad's Church, looking north.
On the left is Shaw's House, named after a shoemaker who lived there in the nineteenth century and thought to have been erected earlier than the ...
Greengate Street, Stafford
On the far right is Dale's ironmongers shop. The building was a typical Tudor house, originally thatched, and first used as a shop in 1811 when Bartlem Tomlinson started his ironmonger's business there. ...
Greengate Street, Stafford
The Gothic building on the left was the District Bank, completed in 1907. Inside the banking hall was a hammer-beam roof and two elaborate marble fireplaces. The building was demolished in the 1970s ...
Greengate Street, Stafford,
View of Greengate looking towards the Market Square.
On the left is the Swan Inn, originally built as two private town houses in the seventeenth century. The buildings were converted into a coaching ...
Greengate Street, Stafford,
View looking towards Market Square.
The timber framed building on the left is the Ancient High House, built by Richard Dorrington in 1595. In 1826 the building was bought by John Marson, who converted ...
Greengate Street, Stafford,
23 Greengate Street, Stafford. This house has now been demolished. It stood opposite the Post Office, Chetwynd House.