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Ashby Road, Burton upon Trent

An early lantern slide view of the bottom (Burton upon Trent) end of Ashby Road on the eastern side of the River Trent. Copright: Burton Library

Ashcombe Park, Cheddleton

There had been an Elizabethan mansion known as Botham Hall on the site of the current house, surrounded by a deer park. In the late 18th century the house was owned by the Debank family, but on the marriage ...

Ashcroft Lane, Shenstone

Looking north from the junction with Lynn Lane, Shenstone, this postcard view of houses and a cottage in Ashcroft Lane has hardly changed over the years. The buildings remain (July 2020), however, the ...

Ashendene Grove, Hanford

Looking north west along Ashendene Grove from its junction with Bankhouse Road. The valley of the River Trent and the route of the A500 lie hidden between Ashendene Grove and the higher ground of Northwood ...

Ashleigh, Eccleshall

'Ashleigh' on Stone Road, Eccleshall. Ths photograph is dated 8 June 1918. A postcard view published by E.J. Hurlstone, High Street, Eccleshall.

Ashley in the snow

View of Ashley in the snow, photograph taken on Church Road at the junction with Lower Road.

Ashley, Staffordshire, tithe map

Tithe maps and tithe awards are invaluable for the history of villages, properties, families, agriculture and landscape in England and Wales in the period 1837 – 1852. Tithe maps are usually drawn at ...

Aspley House, near Eccleshall

Aspley House is a Grade II listed farmhouse, built in 1759.

Aston Bridge, near Draycott-in-the-Clay.

Aston Bridge was built in the early 19th century and its three arches carry what is now the A515 road over the River Dove, linking Sudbury in Derbyshire with Draycott-in-the-Clay in Staffordshire. This ...

Aston Mill, Aston-by-Stone

A view looking across the meadows towards Aston Mill and Aston Mill Farm and the road bridge over the Trent & Mersey Canal. Aston Mill ground flint but was demolished in the 1960s. The farm buildings ...

At Consall. Photographed by William Blake.

Old pit workings south of Consall Forge.

At Wetton Mill

The mill and kiln house shown here were built in 1711 to replace an earlier mill. Wetton Mill Bridge cost £184 to build in about 1810, and was paid for by the The Duke of Devonshire after the earlier ...

Atherstone Hunt, Hopwas Hill, Lichfield

Atkey's Austin Loadstar Breakdown Lorry, Abbots Bromley

George Smith with an Austin Loadstar Breakdown lorry belonging to A.R. Atkey, of Carter Street Uttoxeter. It is parked in a lane near Abbots Bromley at the opening of Blithfield reservoir by the Queen ...

Aubrey Street, Latebrook and Goldenhill, Stoke-on-Trent

The short row of houses are on Aubrey Street (formerly Myatt Street) in Latebrook. The camera is looking south from the area of Gill Bank and Gill Bank Road. In then far distance is the site of the Goldendale ...

Auction catalogue, Church Leigh

LOT 1 FREEHOLD LAND LOT2 FREEHOLD MEADOW LAND LOT3 PIECE OR PARCELL OF LAND LOT4 THREE FIELDS OF PASTURE LAND LOT5 PIECE OR PARCELL OF LAND LOT6 FREEHOLD FARMHOUSE, OUT-BUILDINGS, ...

Auction catalogue, Church Leigh

LOT 1 FREEHOLD RESIDENCE LOT2 TWO VALUABLE CLOSES OF ACCOMMODATION LAND LOT3 THREE VALUABLE ACCOMMODATION FIELDS LOT4 A VALUABLE CLOSE OF MEADOW LAND Click on the link below to download ...

Auction of cattle, Hamstall Hall

A cattle sale taking place at Hamstall Hall, Hamstall Ridware, near Rugleley. Photographer: Gerald McCann (1897-1970) of Uttoxeter.