David Hollin Nurses Home, Stafford,
David Hollin was a boot and shoe manufacturer. He lived in Highfield Manor on Newport Road.
In 1916 he left £12,000 in his will 'for the erecting and furnishing of a Nurses' Home'. The David Hollin ...
Deans Hill, Newport Road, Stafford
This postcard view looks north-east along the Newport Road towards Stafford. Over the years the area has been known as Deans Hill and also sometimes as Castle Road.
On the left can be seen the garden ...
Dean's shop, High Street, Eccleshall
E. Dean's shop sold a variety of goods, including poultry, fish and sweets. During the Second World War Mrs Dean's daughter ran the business, but she soon closed the shop declaring she was too old to ...
Dedication of the East window, St. Editha's Church, Church Eaton
A group photographed on the dedication of a new East window at St. Editha's Church, Church Eaton by the Rt. Rev. Hon. Augustus Legge, Bishop of Lichfield. The new stained glass was designed by C.E. Kempe ...
Demolition of Buildings, Market Street, Stafford,
The buildings on Market Street looked Georgian from their facades, but when they were demolished they were found to be mainly of timber frame construction. They were dated from the fifteenth or sixteenth ...
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 ...
Dewhurst’s Butchers shop, Greengate Street, Stafford
Dewhurst’s Butchers shop is pictured on Greengate Street, Stafford, with on the left a glimpse of the Bear Inn which remains (2026) and an unknown shop on the right. All of these buildings remain although ...
Diglake House, Rear View, Stafford,
Diglake House on Tipping Street was demolished in the 1960s.
The County Council Education Department building now stands on this site.
Diglake House, Stafford,
Diglake House on Tipping Street was demolished in the 1960s.
The County Council Education Department building now stands on this site.
Dilhorne Endowed Primary School
End elevation of the school showing cellar access and the linking passage to a new building at the rear.
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 ...
Dingle Farm, Rangemore
Dingle Farm, part of the Rangemore Estate, is situated at the end of a short lane off Tatenhill Lane near The Old Rectory. The wall on the left of the photograph belongs to The Old Rectory which is out-of-frame ...
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 ...
Dobson's tobacconists, Greengate Street, Stafford
Exterior of Arthur Dobson's wholesale and retail tobacconist, 37 Greengate Street, Stafford, on the corner with Mill Street.
Arthur Dobson was born in Stockton on Tees in 1865 and started work in ...
Dolphin Hotel, Stafford,
The Dolphin Hotel on Gaolgate Street.
A public house had stood on this site since the seventeenth century, although it had been re-fronted in the eighteenth century.
The Licensee, Thomas Puzey, ...
Dolphin House, Church Eaton
This timber-framed Grade II Listed Building is on the High Street, Church Eaton. It probably dates from the 17th century but the bay window is a 20th century addition. At the time of the photograph in ...