W.H. Smith, Uttoxeter
W. H. Smith wearing a set of Anti-Gas protective clothing.
War Memorial, Burton On Trent
View of the War Memorial outside the Abbey Inn, by the Market Place.
Copyright; Burton Library
Lantern slide
War Memorial, Burton-on-Trent
View of the War Memorial outside the Abbey Inn, by the Market Place.
Wendon Lodge, Beaudesert
Wendon Lodge was one of the entrance lodges to the Beaudesert estate, situated close to the junction of Rugeley Road and Startley Lane. It has since been altered and extended and is now (2024) a private ...
Wheaton Aston Lock, Shropshire Union Canal
A shop and bench at Wheaton Aston Lock on the Shropshire Union Canal.
Seated on a bench with a carved back board, the man can be seen rolling a cigarette by hand, his tobacco tin beside him. The litter ...
Will Bowen of West End Cottage, High Street, Pattingham.
Will Bowen was a carpenter and coffin maker.
William and Ellen Smith
William Smith was the gardener at the Birches House and later on at Pendrell Hall. Their house (pictured) was situated on Dam Mill fork, between Codsall Road, Birches Road and Lane Green Road.
William and Violet Agnes Davis on their wedding day
They had three children and lived at Old Nurton Cottages, Nurton Hill Road, Pattingham.
William Bristol, Lord Kitcherner's Lodge, Wilnecote
Mr William Bristol at the Lord Kitchener Lodge No 2011, who met in the Queen's Head Wilnecote. In the 1920's Mr Bristol was the publican of the Two Gates Inn and Union Boss of George Skey's works Wilnecote.
His ...
William Cope, Town Crier, Church Street, Uttoxeter
Mr Cope was a wood-turner and carver by profession. He carved the chair that he is seen sitting in (now in the parish church), with the help of his son Albert. William was an important local figure, who ...
William Downes, Surgeon
Portrait of William Downes, M.R.C.S. (1800-1880); as a surgeon he practiced at Handsworth and Balsall Heath. Man with brown hair wearing a white cravat and black jacket. Gilt wood frame. Areas of paint ...
William Henry Goring, Headmaster, West Hill Boys’ School, Hednesford
A local man, son of a coal miner, he first taught at Heath Hayes Boys’ Council School at the age of 13. He was appointed as headmaster at West Hill in 1913 after 15 years as Assistant Master. He held ...
William Henry Peach, Mayor of Stafford
William Henry Peach in Mayoral Robes and Chain. He was Mayor of Stafford in 1887.
The Peach family later lived at Westhorpe, built in 1897 on Rowley Park. Mr Peach had begun his shoemaking business ...
William Henry Worthington, Mayor of Burton-on-Trent
An official portrait of William Henry Worthington, the first Mayor of Burton in 1878. He was also Mayor in 1884.
Mr. Worthington was born in 1826 and died in 1894.
William Palmer Execution broadsheet
A broadsheet or broadside published at the time of William Palmer's execution at Stafford Gaol, on 14 June 1856.
Palmer, 'The Rugeley Poisoner', was hanged after being found guilty of the murder of ...
William Salt
William Salt was born in 1808 in London, the son of John Stevenson Salt and Sarah Stevenson, and the great-grandson of John Stevenson who, in 1737, founded the first bank in Stafford. The Stevenson family ...
William Smith of Leek
Item from a Leek newspaper:
SUDDEN DEATH.- William Smith, a well known character in the town, and who once occupied a respectable position in life, died suddenly on Wednesday morning. Owning to his ...
William Tunnicliffe, Longnor
Mr William Tunnicliffe of 4 Queen Street, Longnor, carrying buckets suspended from a yoke. He was aged 73 in 1911.
(Additional information courtesy of Mr John Bennett)