Knightley School group
Knightley School group photograph of perfect attenders with their teachers. A photograph by H. Osbourne of Woodseaves.
Garden Fete, the Vicarage, Eccleshall
A group photograph taken at the opening party for a garden fete held at the Vicarage, Eccleshall. The fete was opened by Mrs. Hargreaves of Knightley Hall. Mrs Hargreaves is standing front centre, receiving ...
St. John Ambulance Cadets First Aid Team, Uttoxeter
The photograph was taken at a cadets’ party at Elkes Café in 1953.
Back row standing left, Chris Tortoiseshell, standing far right, Ian Sampson, sitting, left with the big cup, John Hudson, centre ...
Lockett's Lane, Longton
Lockett's Lane runs between Uttoxeter Road and Normacot Road at the east end of Longton. This photograph was taken looking southwards from the corner of Uttoxeter Road. The bottle oven on the right stood ...
Diane Parkes portrait, McCann Studio, High Street, Uttoxeter
Portrait photograph of Diane Parkes aged about three years. Atthe time of this photograph Diane lived at Chell's butchers in Silver Street, Uttoxeter. Her mother was Diane Parkes, nee Gaunt.
Photographer: ...
St. Saviour's Church, Aston-by-Stone
A pencil sketch of St. Saviour's Church as it was built in 1846, signed 'R.B.' The church was funded and endowed by Viscount and Viscountess St. Vincent and the architect was James Trubshaw. Note that ...
George Horne & Son, Auctioneers, Stafford,
George Horne Auctioneers at 16 Salter Street. George is pictured with his brother Sidney, a well known local historian.
Dilhorne - Church and Grammar School: sepia drawing
Dillhorne (sic) Church and Grammar School, Staffordshire.' West view showing the Grammar School as a small building in the Tudor style. Of the church, little but the octagonal tower is seen.'J. Buckler.'
Mr ...
Rosehill, Cheadle
Located on the corner of Dilhorne Road and the A521, ‘Rosehill’ at 98, Town End is heavily screened by trees. Formerly a farm cottage called Primrose Hill, it was purchased by John M. Blagg, attorney, ...
Stonehouse Primary School, Rugeley
A classroom at Stonehouse Primary School at Slitting Mill, near Rugeley. This is Miss Merry's class which had three or four school years in one class. There were around 40 pupils attending the school ...
The Cottage, Slitting Mill, Rugeley
The thatched cottage, with the address no. 2 Slitting Mill Road stood near the then quarry, and was demolished in about 1969. It was said to be about 300 years old by its last resident Mr Major Harley, ...
The Cottage, Slitting Mill, Rugeley
This postcard picture is of a thatched cottage which stood in Slitting Mill Road, adjacent to the quarry, near the junction with Penkridge Bank and the Stone House, Rugeley. It was demolished in about ...
Slitting Mill, Rugeley
On the reverse of this postcard is a message, thought to have been written in 1910, as follows: “Church Lane, Slitting Mill before the Church was built to the far end of the house in the picture. Rugeley ...
Horns Inn, Slitting Mill, Rugeley,
A building on this site known as "The Horns' can be seen on the tithe map of about 1845. The house, buildings and several nearby fields were allocated to James Dutton, a carpenter and in later life, a ...
Demolition of Slitting Mill Post Office and Stores
Demolition of Slitting Mill's only Post Office and stores which was run by M. L. Evans. This made way for a road and small housing development now called 'Millside'.
Mr Stephen Adams kindly contributed ...
Dilhorne Endowed Primary School
The Victorian school building is thought to date from the late 1870s and is still in use.
Mr John Williams has kindly provided some further details:
'A new Trust was formed in 1873 under the 1869 ...
Opening of Sunday School, Dilhorne
Officials of the Cheadle Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, guests and children pictured during celebrations to mark the opening of a new Sunday School at Godley Brook Methodist Chapel, on Godley Barn Lane, ...
The Drawing Room, Wolseley Hall, Rugeley
Pictured is the Drawing Room at Wolseley Hall photographed by Country Life and featured in their magazine in 1910.
The Wolseley family had lived on the estate since Norman times. In the eighteenth ...