Piccadilly Lane, Upper Mayfield
This postcard scene looks east along Piccadilly Lane towards the cross-roads in Upper Mayfield. All the buildings remain (January 2023). The barn on the right is adjacent to Old Hall Farm which is just ...
Pig feeding at Hollywood Farm, Hilderstone
Feeding the pigs at Hollywood Farm, near Hilderstone. This photograph was taken near the beginning of the Cookes' tenancy of the farm. William Cooke looks on. The Cooke family were at Hollywood Farm between ...
Pig Sty and Cow Shed, Highfields Farm, Stafford,
Pigs in folds, Whitemoor Hay, Alrewas
Fold units, with houses, containing breeding Essex gilts (young female pigs), on clover ley prior to ploughing for potatoes. The gilts were moved weekly. Photographed for Mr F.W. Foden of Whitemoor Hay, ...
Plantation Lane, Hopwas
Looking north along Plantation Lane, Hopwas (the B5404) with Bodnets Farm on the right. The nearest house and the outbuilding by the road have since been demolished, but the red brick house still stands. ...
Plucking chickens at Rodbaston Farm Institute
Women students plucking chickens at Rodbaston Agricultural College.
Rodbaston College's origins lie in 1919 when the War Agricultural Committee opened an agricultural training depot. In 1921 it became ...
Poultry dressing demonstration, Rodbaston Farm Institute, Penkridge
Women's Land Army recruits watching Mr J.W. Rowland demonstrate poultry dressing at Rodbaston Farm Institute.
Rodbaston College's origins lie in 1919 when the War Agricultural Committee opened an agricultural ...
Poultry house and cottages, Teddesley Park
This view shows one of two octagonal cottages linked by a curved single-storey poultry house. Built around 1832, these buildings were being used as dog kennels at the time this photograph was taken. ...
Poultry House, Trentham Gardens,
Trentham Hall was built in the 1630s for the Dukes of Sutherland. The Caroline house was replaced in the early eighteenth century by one in a Classical style. Capability Brown and Henry Holland worked ...
Poultry housing, Knightsfield Farm, Uttoxeter
Preparation works at Western Downs, Stafford
Ground and roads being prepared for new housing at Western Downs, Stafford. possibly taken close to the junction between Sundown Drive and Carisbrooke Drive.
Photographer: Stan Houlding.
Preparation works at Western Downs, Stafford
Ground and roads being prepared for new housing at Western Downs, Stafford. Looking south west along Whittingham Drive towards the junction with Sundown Drive. To the left Thorneyfields Lane leads over ...
Quixhill, near Denstone
A postcard view taken close to the junction of Quixhill Lane and Denstone Lane (B5032) at Quixhill, near Denstone. In later years the cottage in the centre of the picture was demolished, however, the ...
Rabbit shooting party, Yeld Bank, Knightley
Four men, a woman and boy, some holding rabbits, two holding shotguns, with two dogs. Yeld Bank Farm, on Grange Road, Knightley can be seen in the background, and there is snow on the ground.
Photographer: ...
Ravenhill Farm, Brereton
Ravenhill Farm was situated on the opposite side of the road to Ravenhill House. Note the little boy on the horse's back in this group of farm workers, boys and working horses. This photo was given to ...
Rectory Farm, Checkley. Photographed by William Blake.
The Rectory Farm, Checkley, Staffordshire.
Re-erecting barn at Wolseley Bridge
One of several agricultural buildings being re-erected at Wolseley Bridge in 1985. Pictured here is the main barn, facing the road, which is thought to date to the 17th century. It was taken down from ...
Remains of St. Thomas' Priory, Stafford
The priory dedicated to St. Thomas Becket was built on the banks of the River Sow in 1180.
During the Dissolution Henry VIII delayed the closure of St. Thomas' on payment of £133 6s 8d (the annual ...