Children's day out, Kidsgrove
During the 1984 - 1985 miner's strike there were ten women’s action groups in north Staffordshire who supported the striking miners. They ran food centres, organised collections, manned picket lines and ...
Jubilee Sports Day, The Cliffs, Great Haywood
Children’s Sports Day at the Cliffs, Great Haywood held on the occasion of King George V's and Queen Mary's Silver Jubilee in May 1937.
Children’s tea party to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Uttoxeter
This is one of several Coronation events held in Uttoxeter in June 1953, many of which were forced indoors because of the poor weather. Please contact us if you recognise this hall.
Queen Elizabeth II's Visit to Stafford
Queen Elizabeth II ascending the staircase in County Buildings. With her is the Lord Lieutenant of Staffordshire, Harold Wallace-Copeland. Following on behind is Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh....
England Hockey Team, Edinburgh
The England Hockey team selected to play Scotland at Edinburgh in 1912. Seated fourth from left is W.H. Twigg of Weeping Cross, Stafford.
Walter Hanbury Twigg was born at Weeping Cross on 6 May 1883. ...
On Blore Road, near Ilam
A woman on a motorcycle leaving Ilam and heading towards Blore. In the background can be seen the profile of Thorpe Cloud, with a glimpse of Oxleisure Farm in the valley to the right.
Postcard photographed ...
Spital Chapel of St James, Tamworth
North side entrance, garden and bench seat. Spital Chapel is a Grade II* listed building accessed by gated footpaths from Wigginton and Ashby Roads.
It is believed that it was a Chantry Chapel built ...
St. Mary's Church, Stafford
A tinted postcard view of St. Mary's Church, Stafford, looking from St Mary's Place.
The Collegiate Church of St. Mary is the parish church of Stafford. This Grade I listed building is a mixture of ...
Baswich Church, Stafford
An early tinted postcard picture of Holy Trinity Church, Baswich and graveyard, looking south.
Below the picture is a reference to an inscription on a headstone in the churchyard dated 1771:
"The ...
Mow Cop
A watercolour of the village of Mow Cop with the inscriptions “Summer House, Church and part of Village of Mow-Cop, Staffordshire.” and “D. J.B. Jany 31st 1874”. It has been suggested that ‘J.B.’ is ...
Biddulph Old Hall
A watercolour of Biddulph Old Hall with the inscriptions “Biddulph Old Castle” and “Drawn by J.B. March 28th 1874”. It has been suggested that ‘J.B.’ is James Bateman (1811-1897) of nearby Biddulph ...
Thornberry Hall, Cheadle
A view of Thornberry Hall on Lockwood Road, Cheadle, from the south. Thornberry Hall was the seat of William Thornbury (died 1689). The house has a 17th century core but was largely rebuilt in about ...
Lightoaks, Oakamoor
A postcard view of Lightoaks, a large 19th century house which stands on the B5417, Cheadle Road near to Oakamoor. Lightoaks is a Grade II listed house built in the 1820s for the owner of the nearby copper ...
Ash Hall, Werrington
Ash Hall stands on Ash Bank and was built in 1837 for Job Meigh, an earthenware manufacturer. In 1925 the estate was sold and the hall was converted into The Ash Hall Golf Links Hotel and the park became ...
Ridware Home Guard Platoon
Pictured are some members of 'D' Company, Ridware Platoon assembled for the photographer. Among the group is Horace West, who was the local Blacksmith (middle row, 5th from left). ‘D’ Company, 12th Battalion, ...
Mow Cop
A lithograph showing Mow Cop with the newly built St. Thomas' Church, consecrated on 11 October 1842, to the right. The Castle folly stands on the hill top.
Lithograph by Michael Scott after a drawing ...
Dolphin House, Church Eaton
This timber-framed Grade II Listed Building is on the High Street, Church Eaton. It probably dates from the 17th century but the bay window is a 20th century addition. At the time of the photograph in ...
Marston Manor Farmhouse, near Church Eaton
Marston Manor Farmhouse, near Church Eaton. Situated on Marston Road, Marston.
The house associated with the farm is now (2026) known as Maycroft. in the foreground the photographer Dr J.E.C. Peters’ ...