Entrance to Trentham
An image from a photograph album belonging to the Jervis family of Darlaston Hall, near Stone. A view of the entrance to the Trentham Estate.
The original Trentham Hall was built in the 1630s for the ...
Entrance to Trentham Pleasure Gardens. Photographed by William Blake.
Visitors at the entrance to Trentham Pleasure Gardens, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The Trentham estate was home and pleasure gardens to the Dukes of Sutherland from the seventeenth to the early ...
Enville Hall
The manor of Enville was purchased by Sir Edward Grey in 1528, and he had built the brick house which forms the core of the present Hall by 1548. The Greys later became Earls of Stamford. The Hall was ...
Enville Hall
This postcard view looks across the Ha-ha pool also known as the Sea Horse pool, to the north front of Enville Hall.
The manor of Enville was purchased by Sir Edward Grey in 1528, and he had built ...
Enville Hall Overview
Ink drawing by Chris Broughton (born 1949). This drawing was one of a number commissioned by Staffordshire Arts and Museum Service in 2002 as part of the 'Hidden Estates' public art project, based around ...
Epidendrum Macrochilum var. Roseum - Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala
This page from The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala by James Bateman describes epidendrum acrochilum var. roseum, also known as Broad-Lipped Epidendrum.
The author comments that "it is one of the ...
Ethel Ridgway at Darlaston Hall, Stone
Ethel Ridgway pictured with her dog and an unknown male companion outside the front of Darlaston Hall, near Stone. At the time of this photograph the Hall belonged to the Meakin family, pottery manufacturers, ...
Etruria Hall: engraving
'West View of Etruria Hall,' showing a three storeyed house with wings, in a hilly landscape. Anonymous. 'Houseman, sculpt.,' [engraved.]
Exterior view of the conservatory, Enville Hall
The conservatory was built in 1853 by Gray and Ormson of London and was demolished between 1920 and 1950.
Fairground, Alton Towers
Pictured are the helter-skelter and merry-go-rounds at the Alton Towers Fairground, largely run by Brian Collins. There was also a slide, bumber cars and roundabouts.
The gardens at Alton Towers re-opened ...
Family group with Clough Hall in the background
The Cooper family enjoying an outing to the grounds of Clough Hall. Bessie, Gladys, Herbert, Ethel and Lois Cooper are pictured, and also Florence Hadley. Clough Hall can be seen in the background on ...
Family group, Woodseaves area
Two women and three children pictured outside the front door of a timber-framed house somewhere in the Woodseaves area. Please contact us if you can identify the people or the location.
Photographer: ...
Family in Garden, Stone,
This house was on Mill Street. The cattle market was located at the rear of the street.
The houses were demolished and replaced by a car park, and later by the Stone by-pass. Safeway's petrol station ...
Farley Hall
The Farley estate passed to Richard Bill of Norbury, Derbyshire by marriage in 1607. He built Farley Hall shortly afterwards. There were extensive alterations in 1784. The glasshouse, seen to the right ...
Field Head, Upper Mayfield
A postcard view of Field Head in Gallowstree Lane, Upper Mayfield.
This late Victorian house dates from around 1898 and was built by George Simpson for his 26 year old son George Simpson junior. Around ...
Filleybrook's Cottage, Darlaston Hall Estate, Stone
The Darlaston estate was owned by Burton Abbey, but during the Reformation the estate was sold to James Collier, a wool merchant.
The estate was sold to William Jervis of Meaford in 1655, and it remained ...
Fish Pond, Hawkesyard Priory, Armitage
Situated on the hill side above the Hawkesyard Priory, this spring-fed fish pond may have originally have been a carp pool which was used to provide fish for food. It would undoubtedly also have had ...