Lady Burton, Rangemore Hall
Lady Burton is pictured in an Austin sports tourer outside Rangemore Hall.
Harriett Georgina Bass (1841-1931), daughter of Edward Thornewill of the Thornewill engineering company of Burton-upon-Trent. ...
F. Kenning & Sons, Derby Turn, Burton-upon-Trent
This view shows F. Kenning & Sons garage and showroom at Derby Turn, Burton-upon-Trent.
This family business began with Frank Kenning who in 1878 had started a door-to-door hardware retail business. ...
The Park, Cross Street, Cheslyn Hay.
The Hawkins family were owners of many houses in Cheslyn Hay, one of which was named The Park and stood on Cross Street.
Group outside The Park, Cheslyn Hay
The Park is situated on Cross Street, Cheslyn hay was built in about 1850 for Edward Sayer, owner of the Coppice Colliery. Henry Hawkins, the founder of the local tile making business, purchased the house ...
Burton and Ashby Light Railway, Swadlincote
This narrow-gauge, electric, inter-urban tramway was owned by the Midland Railway. It operated between the towns of Burton on Trent and Ashby with interim stations at: Stanhope Bretby; Winshill; Newhall; ...
Cannock Library
The first storey of Cannock Library was opened by Jennie Lee, M.P. on 30 March 1957 and was built at a cost of £23,000. The library was built in two stages and the second storey, which included an assembly ...
Great Wyrley Library
Great Wyrley Library stands on Wardles Lane and was built in 1962 at a cost of £9,000 and an initial stock of over 10,000 books. It was opened by Alderman F.A. Dale, Chairman of Staffordshire County ...
Codsall Library
Codsall Library stood on Histons Lane and was opened in 1961. The library later moved into nearby South Staffordshire District Council's offices on Wolverhampton Road.
Penkridge Library
Orginally built in 1858 as a savings bank, Penkridge Library stands on Bellbrook, at its junction with Cannock Road in Penkridge. By the 1880s it was in use as a police station, which included a Court ...
Wombourne Library
Wombourne Library stands on Windmill Bank and was opened in 1960
High Street, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
This view looks south-east from the Delph Market Square along the High Street, Swadlincote.
In the distance there is a Burton and Ashby Tramcar. Many of the buildings in this scene remain although ...
Midland Road, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
This view looks north along Midland Road, Swadlincote.
On the left a newly built property is waiting for the windows to be fitted, this would become W. Wilkinson’s, fruit and vegetable supplier. In ...
Floods, Guild Street, Burton-upon-Trent
Floods on Guild Street, Burton-upon-Trent. A Triumph Mayflower is making its way across the level crossing. Bass brewery buildings can be seen to the left and in the distance is the Magistrates Court ...
Station Street, Burton-upon-Trent
This image is titled 'Old Burton, Station Street junction with Guild Street'. This view is almost unrecognisable today. A dray, probably loaded with sacks of barley or malt, and two other horse-drawn ...
Midland Road, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
This view taken from the old railway bridge looks north along Midland Road, Swadlincote. On the left in the distance there is a newly built property that would become W. Wilkinson’s fruit and vegetable ...
Shri Guru Ravidas Temple, Wolverhampton
The Mount Zion Methodist Church on Horseley Fields Road, Wolverhampton, opened in 1867 and closed in 1968 due to a dwindling congregation. For a short while between 1968 and 1977 the former chapel was ...
The Delph, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
In the centre of this busy scene at the Delph Market Square junction with High Street and Midland Road, there is a Burton and Ashby Tramcar. All of the buildings in the background remain (2024) although ...
St Chad's Church, Lichfield
Separated from the Lichfield Cathedral by the length of Stowe Pool, St. Chad's church succeeds an early Saxon church of which nothing remains. The present church incorporates parts of a 12th century replacement ...