The Bush Inn, Sutton Coldfield
View of the Bush Inn at the junction of Chester Road and Jockey Road, Sutton Coldfield. A pencil written note on the reverse of this picture tells us that the two children were called Monty and Florry. ...
The Christmas pig, Rugeley
Taken at Basin Cottages at the rear of the Smith's home.
Left to right: James Wilshaw, William Smith, Albert Clarke, Albert Smith, Thomas Mann, Mr. Robert Smith, Mrs. D Oldacre (background), Alf Harvey, ...
The Coppice, Stone
A tinted postcard view of Longton Road, showing Coppice Farm. Published by A.W. Tilley, newsagent and stationers, 7 Radford Street, Stone.
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 Crown Inn, Upper Brook Street, Rugeley
Pictured before the current frontage was added in the early 20th century, this photograph, taken when John Cope was the licensee, must date from the mid 1870s. His father, George, is listed as the licensee ...
The Ford at Downs Banks , near Stone
A tinted postcard view of the ford at Downs Banks. Published by A.W. Tilley, newsagent and stationers, 7 Radford Street, Stone.
In 1946 Joule's purchased the land from Viscount Sidmouth. It was presented ...
The High House, Colton
Anecdotally, the High House was built with 18th century ships' timbers.
This picture, taken in 1897 at the time of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee (note the decorations), shows the Upton family who ...
The Hon. Mary Anne Jervis
Portrait of The Hon. Mary Anne Jervis (Lady Forester), aged 18, daughter of Edward Jervis Jervis, Viscount St. Vincent. Oil on canvas. She is seated at a writing desk with a scroll in her left hand. White ...
The Old Cottages, Rugeley
A close up view of the timber-framed cottages that can be seen other postcard views of Horsefair close to todays Globe Island. The man near the bicycle is standing in Elmore Lane. Behind the cottages ...
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.
The Pool, Ranton Abbey
Women by Gap Pool at the Ranton Abbey estate, then the property of Lord Lichfield. A rustic seat has been positioned on the pathway for the woman with the dog.
The majority of the Priory buildings ...
The Recruiting Sergeant or The King's Shilling
Oil painting by an unknown artist. This painting has been tentatively attributed to the Victorian genre painter Henry Nelson O'Neil (1817-1880).
The painting appears to have been inspired by the Volunteer ...
The Square, Great Haywood
The west side of The Square.
On the left is the Clifford Arms Hotel. The building was demolished in the 1930s and a new hotel was built on the site.
The Square, Great Haywood
View of the north side of The Square.
On the left is the Clifford Arms Hotel. The building was demolished in the 1930s and a new hotel was built on the site.
The Talbot Hotel, Leek
Originally known as the Spread Eagle, it was known as the Talbot by the time this photograph was taken. The original stone building was almost entirely demolished and a Sugden-designed hotel built in ...
The Tanner family, Fazeley House, Fazeley
Rev. Robert Henry Tanner, Vicar of Fazeley from 1869 to 1909 (standing back left), pictured with his wife, his children, and his older step-daughters from his wife's first marriage. They are pictured ...
The Tanner family, Fazeley House, Fazeley
Rev. Robert Henry Tanner, Vicar of Fazeley from 1869 to 1909, pictured with his wife, members of his family and others in the garden of the Fazeley House off Coleshill Street, Fazeley during a game of ...
The Trees, Stapenhill
A thatched cottage beside a clump of trees on Stapenhill Green. Beneath what remains of a large tree a man is sat reading.