Demolition of a Timber Framed House, Hixon
Thorn Lea Cottage was built as a pair of cottages in the seventeenth century on High Street, next to where the Memorial Hall stands today. In the 1920s the Barlow family rented the house from Miss Huntbatch, ...
Demolition of Ravenhill House, Brereton
Ravenhill House was demolished in 1993, during the transition from its ownership by Thorn EMI Electronics Plc and the management buy-out by P.M.E.S. Ltd. (Power, Magnetics & Electronics Systems) as a ...
Demolition of the Old Guildhall, Stafford
The original Guildhall was built in 1853. It housed the Borough Council, the courts and on the ground floor was a police station. By the 1930s a new police station was needed and one was constructed ...
Denbigh Street and Lowther Street, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent
A view eastwards along the back alley between Lowther Street (to the left) and Denbigh Street (to the right). In the far distance, on the horizon, can be seen the tower of St John's Church on Town Road, ...
Derelict cottages, East Cannock Road, Hednesford
The cottages were adjacent to East Cannock Colliery near the junction with Lower Road, Hednesford. They are in readiness for their demolition in 1937. The end building was a shop with enamel advertising ...
Design department at Dorman Diesels
Design department at Dorman Diesels factory on Tixall Road. The factory was aquired by Perkins Engine Co Ltd in the 1990's.
Founded by William Henry Dorman in 1870 on Foregate Street, Dorman's began ...
Dilhorne Church. Photographed by William Blake.
Church exterior taken at All Saint's Church, New Road, Dilhorne, Staffordshire.
Dilhorne Church. Photographed by William Blake.
Church interior taken at All Saint's Church, New Road, Dilhorne, Staffordshire. the oak altar table and rails date from 1634.
Dilhorne Church. Photographed by William Blake.
Church interior taken at All Saint's Church, New Road, Dilhorne, Staffordshire.
Dilhorne Hall Lodge House
At the time the photograph was taken, the Lodge's arch was used to access the village's Recreation and Community Centre. It has since been converted to a private house with an alternative access being ...
Dilhorne, From The South. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of Dilhorne, Staffordshire.
This view was taken from the south of the town.
District Bank, Stafford,
The Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company opened a branch in Stafford in 1832, having taken over the Stafford Bank (which had been declared bankrupt in 1830). Its first premises, Bank House, ...
District Hospital, Rugeley
The Rugeley District 'Cottage' Hospital and Provident Dispensary was built by public subscription in 1871 after the designs of W. A. Bonney C.E. and stood on Brereton Road on land donated by the Earl ...
Donkeys, Blackpool. Photographed by William Blake.
Portrait of two boys taking a donkey ride on Blackpool Beach, Lancashire.
One of the town's piers can be seen in the background.
Doorway, St. Mary's Church, Swynnerton,
The carved west doorway in the tower dates from the Norman period.
Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ownership.
Doric Temple , Enville Hall
The Enville Hall estate was landscaped between 1745 and 1755 by the 4th Earl of Stamford, using the services of the poet and landscape designer William Shenstone of Halesowen, and Sanderson Miller, a ...
Doric Temple, Shugborough Park,
Built c.1760 this is one of two copies of the Temple of Hephaistos in Athens by James 'Athenian' Stuart. The first version was commissioned by Hagley Hall In Worcestershire in 1758, and is believed to ...
Dorman Diesels factory floor
Dorman Diesels factory floor on Tixall Road, prior to the factory being aquired by Perkins Engines Co Ltd.
This view is of the crankshaft machining line. The blue 'hut' on the left of the picture houses ...