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Courtyard entrance, Trentham Hall

Looking south from Park Drive to the courtyard entrance of Trentham Hall. Through the stone gate piers there is a glimpse of the carriage porch. The courtyard buildings have been fenced off and are ...

Crakemarsh Hall, near Uttoxeter

A postcard view of Crakemarsh Hall which was extensively rebuilt in 1815 for Sir Thomas Cotton Sheppard around the staircase of a late 17th century house. It passed to the Cavendish family in 1873. US ...

Croquet Players, Eccleshall,

Croquet, Eccleshall,

This garden was possibly at the rear of a house on High Street. The ladies are wearing bustles (a pad or frame worn beneath the petticoat at the back of the skirt to provide support), which were fashionable ...

Cross Road and Hill Street, Rugeley

The title on this postcard scene ‘Council Houses in Sandy Lane, Rugeley’ is slightly incorrect. This view was taken in Cross Road looking northeast towards Hill Street, which runs between Burnthill Lane ...

Crossroads, Meir Heath,

To the right is the Windmill Inn.

Crossroads, Milwich,

View of Main Street. On the far left is the Green Man Inn. The building behind the signpost is the turnpike cottage on the Stone to Uttoxeter road, built in 1792. Here tolls were collected for permission ...

Croxton Villa, Croxton

Croxton Villa viewed from Eccleshall Road, Croxton. The original small thatched cottage on this site was purchased by Henry Briscoe Sr. In the 19th century and modernised by him. It was the Briscoe ...

Cucumber and tomatoes, Uttoxeter

Mr A. Bailey of 54 Dove Walk, Uttoxeter pictured with a large hanging cucumber and tomatoes in his greenhouse. Photographer: Gerald McCann of High Street, Uttoxeter.

Cyrtochilum Bictoniense - Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala

This plate from The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala by James Bateman depicts cyrtochilum bictoniense, also known as the Bicton Cyrtochilum, in reference to the place near Exeter where the first English ...

Dale family, Colwich

The Dale family playing croquet, a photograph believed to have been taken in the garden of Philip Dale's home at Wolseley Cottage, Colwich. Philip Dale (1833-1917), brazier and ironmonger of 11, Greengate ...

Darlaston Grange, Stone,

Mr Joseph Harvey with his dog, Fly. They are standing outside Darlaston Grange.

Darlaston Hall

The Hall in this engraving was demolished and rebuilt during the 19th century. The Darlaston estate was owned by Burton Abbey, but during the Reformation the estate was sold to James Collier, a wool ...

Darlaston Hall

Pen and wash drawing of Darlaston Hall, near Stone, by Frederick Calvert (fl. 1827-1844). The Darlaston estate was owned by Burton Abbey, but during the Reformation the estate was sold to James Collier, ...

Darlaston Hall, Front View, Stone,

The Darlaston estate was owned by Burton Abbey, but during the Reformation the estate was sold to James Collier, a wool merchant. The estate was sold to William Jervis of Meaford in 1655, and it remained ...

Darlaston Hall, Rear View, Stone,

The Darlaston estate was owned by Burton Abbey, but during the Reformation the estate was sold to James Collier, a wool merchant. The estate was sold to William Jervis of Meaford in 1655, and it remained ...

Darlaston Hall, Stone,

The Darlaston estate was owned by Burton Abbey, but during the Reformation the estate was sold to James Collier, a wool merchant. The estate was sold to William Jervis of Meaford in 1655, and it remained ...

Darlaston Inn Tea Gardens

Today the Darlaston Inn stands on a traffic island at the busy junction of the A34 Stoke to Stone road and the A51 to Nantwich.