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Domestic servant, Shugborough

Dressed for a day out is Maisie Stephens, 3rd housemaid, in the gardens at Shugborough. Beatrice Maisie Stephens was born on 18 December 1915 at Caerffili. Her first job was at Penrice Castle when ...

Domestic servants, Shugborough

Laundry maid Janet Downie with 3rd housemaid Maisie Stephens standing by the River Sow at the rear of Shugborough Hall. They shared a room in the Servants' Quarters. Janet Downie left Shugborough ...

Donkey Rides, Alton Towers

The gardens at Alton Towers re-opened to the public after World War II in 1952. During the 1960s, under the management of Denis and Anthony Bagshaw, Alton Towers became an increasingly popular visitor ...

Dora Wiles, Rugeley

This photograph is from a collection of photographs relating to Dora Wiles who is pictured outside her home 16 Hill Street, Rugeley. Dora was a patient at Yarnfield Hospital in 1928 and in 1930 and during ...

Doric Temple , Enville Hall

The Enville Hall estate was landscaped between 1745 and 1755 by the 4th Earl of Stamford, using the services of the poet and landscape designer William Shenstone of Halesowen, and Sanderson Miller, a ...

Doric Temple, Shugborough Park,

Built c.1760 this is one of two copies of the Temple of Hephaistos in Athens by James 'Athenian' Stuart. The first version was commissioned by Hagley Hall In Worcestershire in 1758, and is believed to ...

Dovedale

A view over to the Staffordshire side of Dovedale taken from above Tissington Spires on the Derbyshire side. The house at the top of the valley is Air Cottage and below it can be seen the rock formations ...

Dovedale - 'The Planters Manuell' : copper-plate engraving

Title page of 'The Planters Manuell,' by Charles Cotton, Esq. Showing various aspects of farm life. 'London, Printed for Henry Brome, 1675. F. H. Van Houe, fec.,' [made the engraving].

Doveleys, near Denstone

The Doveleys estate was acquired around 1831 by Sir Benjamin Heywood (1792-1863), a Manchester banker, and later given to his son Sir Thomas Percival Heywood (1823-1874). Thomas Percival replaced the ...

Doveleys, near Denstone

The Doveleys estate was acquired around 1831 by Sir Benjamin Heywood (1792-1863), a Manchester banker, and later given to his son Sir Thomas Percival Heywood (1823-1874). Thomas Percival replaced the ...

Doveridge Hall, near Uttoxeter

A postcard view of the west front of Doveridge Hall, in Derbyshire, which was built in 1769 by Edward Stevens for Sir Henry Cavendish. It was the residence of Lord Waterpark in the early 20th century. ...

Doveridge Hall, near Uttoxeter

A postcard view of the east front of Doveridge Hall, in Derbyshire, which was built in 1769 by Edward Stevens for Sir Henry Cavendish. It was the residence of Lord Waterpark in the early 20th century. ...

Doveridge Mill, near Uttoxeter

A postcard view of Doveridge Mill, on the Derbyshire side of the River Dove. On the left there is a man standing by the mill wheel, and centre right a man and a child. This postcard was published by ...

Doveridge Suspension Bridge and Doveridge Hall

A postcard view of the Suspension Bridge at Doveridge with a glimpse of Doveridge Hall in the background, taken from the Staffordshire side of the River Dove. The bridge was built in 1901. In 1946 ...

Downs Banks, Stone

Looking towards the ford and Ford Farm. This view is now largely obscured by trees and scrub which has since invaded the heath land. In the eighteenth century Bluebarn Farm on Downs Bank grew hops ...

Doxey, Stafford,

This scene has changed little today. These houses had recently been built; the plots were intended to attract railway workers, being a few minutes walk from the engine sheds. Coal has been delivered ...

Dr Samuel Johnson’s Statue, Lichfield

A postcard view of the Statue of Dr Samuel Johnson in the Market Place, Lichfield. It is by R.C. Lucas and was erected in 1838. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), lexicographer, critic and poet, was born ...

Drakelowe Hall, Derbyshire

Drakelowe Hall was an Elizabethan mansion which stood on the south bank of the River Trent, close to Burton-upon-Trent. It was set in the grounds of an historic agricultural and sporting estate of around ...