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Shenstone Hall, Shenstone

Grade II listed Shenstone Hall was built in the mid 17th century but was modified and given a new frontage in the early 19th century. It is now a residential care home. A Mercury Series postcard franked ...

Silk Mill Workers, Leek

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This is a film of workers coming out of the entrance to the silk mill Brough Nicholson and Hall in Leek. This was the biggest mill in Leek. It was established in 1820 and had 1000 employees by the 1920s. ...

Silkmore Hall, Stafford,

Silkmore Hall was built in the late eighteenth century; a staircase and hall was added in the 1820s. The hall was demolished in the 1960s and homes for the elderly were built on the site.

Sir George Nelson at the New Hough, English Electric Co., Stafford

Sir George Horatio Nelson, Chairman and Managing Director of the English Electric Company is pictured outside the New Hough with the New Zealand Deputy Premier Mr Walter Nash. During the visit to the ...

Snow, Brocton Golf Course,

Entrance to Brocton Hall golf course. Brocton Hall and its land was acquired by Cannock Chase Golf Club in 1922, after losing their original club house in a fire.

South Chapel, St. Mary's Church, Swynnerton,

On the left is a seven foot high statue of Christ, who is seated and pointing to a wound in his side. The statue dates from the thirteenth century and was found buried beneath the floor of the chapel. Due ...

South Door of St. John's Church, Stowe-by-Chartley,

This doorway dates from the Norman period, as seen in the scalloped and zigzag capitals.

South door, Lichfield Cathedral

The mid-13th century twin portal to the south transept of Lichfield Cathedral. In 700 AD a wooden Cathedral was built on the site of the present one, to house the body of St. Chad, and to provide ...

South door, Lichfield Cathedral

Exterior view of the 13th century south doorway of Lichfield Cathedral with steps leading up from the roadway of the Close. The Ecclesiastical College stood opposite this door at the time of this photograph. ...

South Lodge House, Darlaston Hall Estate, Stone,

South Lodge was occupied by Mrs Constance Meakin's butler, Mr. Whidett, in the 1940s. The Darlaston estate was owned by Burton Abbey, but during the Reformation the estate was sold to James Collier, ...

St Leonard's Church, Marston

St Leonard's Church, Marston, view from the west. Built in 1794 by William Dudley. The nave masonry is possibly re-used or given new features.

St. Alban's Mission Church, Stafford

St. Alban's Mission Church stands on the corner of common road and St. Alban's Road overlooking Stafford Common. It was opened in 1896 to serve the increasing population in the area, and was within Marston ...

St. Anthony’s Convent, Rugeley

This postcard view shows the front of St. Anthony’s Convent which was originally known as Heron Court Mansion. It was built in 1851 by Joseph Robert Whitgreave as his residence. In 1861 he built the coach ...

St. Benedict’s Priory, Colwich

A postcard view of the workroom at St. Benedict’s Priory, Colwich. St. Benedict's was originally a house, built by Little Haywood architect Charles Trubshaw in about 1730. Trubshaw named the house Mount ...

St. Chad’s Church, Longsdon

This postcard view shows St. Chad’s Church, Longsdon. It is a Grade II listed building designed by Gerald Horsley and consecrated in 1905. Built of local stone in the Decorated Gothic style it has a west ...

St. Chad’s Well, Lichfield

A postcard view of St. Chad’s Well, Lichfield. St. Chad is said to have baptised his converts here and after his death in AD 672, it became a place of pilgrimage. In the 1830s James Rawson, a local doctor, ...

St. Chad's Church, Slindon,

Victorian St. Chad's was designed by Basil Champneys for John Salt, a member of the local banking family. The church was built in 1894, and the stained glass windows were designed by Kempe.

St. Chad's Church, Stafford,

St. Chad's dates from the Norman period and is one of Stafford's oldest churches. The church was originally built in an open square, but since the seventeenth century it was surrounded by shops and housing, ...