The Rocks, Wetley Rocks
This postcard view looks east over the fields towards Wetley Rocks. In the background are the millstone grit rock outcrops above the village.
The Roebuck, Wolseley Bridge
This view was taken by Wolseley Bridge looking southwards across the River Trent to The Roebuck, later known as the Wolseley Arms.
A note about this early postcard: due to the Postal Regulations at ...
The Royal Oak Inn, Denstone
The title on this postcard is ‘The Tavern, Denstone’, but it actually shows the Royal Oak Inn. The sign on the building advertises that the inn sold Buntings ales, choice wines and spirits and provided ...
The School, Blackbrook, near Maer
A postcard view of Blackbrook School close to a field of cut corn, piled into stooks.
The school was built here in 1897 by Mr Harrison of nearby Maer Hall to ‘keep the noise of the children out of ...
The Schools, Caverswall
A postcard view taken on School Lane of Caverswall Village School. The buildings remain (June 2020) and are part of St Peter’s Primary School, Caverswall.
This postcard was published by William Shaw, ...
The Three Crowns, Little Stoke, Stone
The Three Crowns Inn stands on Lichfield Road in Little Stoke and is a former coaching inn on the London to the north-west route. The Shardlow family were licensees at the inn for 180 years. Leah Ethel ...
The Turbine after Snow
Watercolour painting by Reginald Haggar (1905-1988) showing landscape and mill buildings in snow, probably Hanford, near Stoke-on-Trent. Signed bottom right: Reginald G. Haggar.
Dimensions: height 550, ...
The Webb Stone, Bradley
Two young women are pictured bowing their heads by the Webb Stone in Bradley.
Bradley village situated in the centre of one of the most extensive parishes in the diocese, has been well-known for its ...
The White House, Darlaston Hall Estate, Stone,
In the 1940's The White House was the home of Mr. McGregor, Mrs Constance Meakin's gamekeeper. It was then occupied by his successor, Mr. Devall, until Mrs. Meakin gave up the Darlaston estate. The ...
Tinkerborough, near Stafford
This postcard view was posted on 8 November 1906.
Tinkerborough is situated close to a sandstone quarry, south east of Salt, near Stafford. The cottages no longer stand, but were believed to be quarry ...
Tinkerborough, Stafford
Tinkerborough is situated close to a sandstone qaurry, south east of Salt, near Stafford. The cottages no longer stand, but were believed to be quarry workers' cottages.
Trentham School
Pictured are the new school buildings opened in 1877. Trentham Boys' School was opened in about 1674, paid for by a bequest from Lady Katherine Leveson. A girls' school opened in about 1856 and an infants' ...
Two women in a garden, Trentham
A portrait of two women standing by a garden gate, possibly at West View, 2 Longton Road, Trentham.
This photograph is one of a collection of 20 glass negatives by an unknown photographer, some of ...
Vicarage Bank, Silverdale
Vicarage Farmhouse, Ranton,
Vicarage Farmhouse on Coton Lane dates from the mid-sixteenth century. Original features include Elizabethan hinges and mullioned windows.
The property belonged to the Church, until it was sold in ...
Victoria Park, Stafford
The land between Izaak Walton Walk and the railway station was marshy and liable to flooding. In 1903 the Corporation bought the land and raised its level by three feet. The area was laid out as Victoria ...
Victoria Park, Stafford
The land between Izaak Walton Walk and the railway station was marshy and liable to flooding. In 1903 the Corporation bought the land and raised its level by three feet. The area was laid out as Victoria ...
View of Yoxall
A postcard view looking across a field towards St. Peter's Church and Yoxall village. This view looks south west towards the village and was probably taken from Longcroft Lane.
Photographer: J.S. Simnett ...