Wolseley Hall, Rugeley
The Wolseley family had lived on the estate since Norman times. In the eighteenth century Wolseley Hall was rebuilt, but suffered from a serious fire in the early 1950s. In 1954 the Hall was in a great ...
St. Paul's Church, Beech, near Stone
Built as a Mission Church 1906-7, St. Paul's Church stood on the Newcastle Road at Beech and also included a school room, which doubled up as a vestry. Designed and built by R. Scrivener and Sons of Hanley, ...
Bridge Street, Stafford
This view looks towards the Public Free Library and Stafford Museum & Art Gallery, built in 1914, in the centre of the photograph.
The building on the left, behind the road sign, houses: T.A. Rowney's ...
Bridge Street, Stafford
Left to right: Rowney's T.V. radio, and electrical goods, Chatfield's Funeral Directors and Hudson's leather goods and stationery shop. The building was later demolished and the site is now (2025) occupied ...
Foregate Street, Stafford
This view looks north along Foregate Street from Gaol Square, Stafford.
On the extreme left the buildings are 87 to 91 Foregate Street, demolished in 1964. In the centre are the Staffordshire Advertiser ...
Wolverhampton Road, Stafford
This view shows the Wolverhampton Road at the junction with White Lion Street on the right.
On the left at No. 5, Wolverhampton Road is Anne Giles: "Stafford's Leading Ladies Hairdresser" who also ...
Wolverhampton Road, Stafford
This view was taken on the Wolverhampton Road, near The Green by the entrance to the present Friary Retail Park (2025). The terrace of houses on the left were demolished in the late 1970's and replaced ...
The Soup Kitchen, Church Lane, Stafford
On the left is the Soup Kitchen on Church Lane, Stafford. Advertised as the 16th century Soup Kitchen, Coffee and Eating House, it has been owned by the Sandy family for over 30 years and currently (2025) ...
Slaughter House, Broad Street, Stafford
Pictured is the rear view of 8, Broad Street, Stafford seen from between 6 & 7, Queen Street. It had been a butchers with slaughter-house facilities for many years. Stafford Corporation's gasometer can ...
Queen Street, Stafford
A warehouse in Queen Street, Stafford. (photographer's note: "No. 3 Cruck and Gable") prior to demolition to make way for the Guildhall shopping development. An adjoining building has already been demolished....
Gordon Mills, St Patrick's Street, Stafford
Louis Sandy's three-storey 'Gordon Mills' textile distribution warehouse at 8, St. Patrick's Street., Stafford. Note the sign on the front edge of the roof.
It is thought that the building may date ...
General Stores, Water Street, Stafford
This view of the General Stores on the corner of Water Street was taken from by Tenterbanks and Mill Bank.
Note the advertisements on the shop for Woodbines cigarettes with a dispensing machine below ...
General Stores, Water Street, Stafford
This view of the General Stores on the corner of Water Street was taken from by Tenterbanks and Mill Bank.
Note the advertisements on the shop for Woodbines cigarettes with a dispensing machine below ...
Fireplace, The Ancient High House, Stafford
Located on the ground floor within the Ancient High House's corner shop unit (with St Mary's Passage) at 49, Greengate Street, Stafford.
At the time of this photograph it is thought that the shop was ...
Eastgate Street, Stafford
Looking south-east along Eastgate Street towards Pitcher Bank, Stafford.
On the left is No. 8 and 8a, Eastgate Street with a date of 1878 on the second storey. H. & J. Horton sold decorating materials; ...
The Crossroads, Holloway, Butterton
Postcard with a view of the crossroads at Holloway, Butterton in the Staffordshire Moorlands. This area falls within the Peak District National Park.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Christchurch and Gaol Road, Stafford
Christ Church, on the left, was built on Foregate Street in 1839. It closed in 1976 and in 1983 it was demolished; sheltered housing for the elderly now stands on the site. On the right are buildings ...
Gaol Square Garage, Stafford,
This garage was owned by Charles Clark. In later years the garage moved to Queensville.
All the buildings including the Snow Hill Methodist Chapel and the old Abercrombie Inn at the extreme right have ...