Old Grammar School Building, Stafford
The Free Grammar School of King Edward VI was established in 1550 using St. Bertelin's Chapel as a schoolroom. Due to the poor state of repair of the schoolroom the school was rebuilt on the corner of ...
Old Hall Gatehouse, Mavesyn Ridware
The Gatehouse of Mavesyn Ridware Old Hall viewed from the north during restoration. This Grade I listed, stone and timber-framed building dates from the 14th century. Large timbers in the roof have been ...
Old Police Station, Leek
The old Police Station on Leonard Street, Leek.
This former County Police Station is a Grade II listed building dating from 1891-2, it was designed by local architects: the father and son practice ...
Old Police Station, Leek
The old Police Station on Leonard Street, Leek.
This former County Police Station is a Grade II listed building dating from 1891-2, it was designed by local architects: the father and son practice ...
Old Stafford Society visit to Ranton Abbey,
Old Stafford Society was a local history group, founded in 1925. They organised many visits to places of historical interest.
This photograph was taken on the society's first outing, a visit to Ranton ...
Old Toll House, near Cannock
Situated on the Cannock to Penkridge road with Cocksparrow Lane to the right, the toll house, built in about 1840-50 would originally have had a barrier across the road. It was demolished in about 1956. ...
Old Vicarage, Eccleshall,
The Old Vicarage on Vicarage Close was built in 1703.
The building has not been used as a vicarage since the 1940s, and has now been converted into flats.
Oldcroft Cottage, Acton Trussell
Oldcroft Cottage, the home of the Norbury family, Cooks Bank, Acton Trussell. The cottage was re-thatched in 1960-61.
Oldfields Hall, Uttoxeter
The building dates from the late 1700s, and was originally called Oldfields House. In the nineteenth century it became Martha Bennett's school, before being bought by Charles Ford as a house.
John Bamford ...
Open Top Bus, Eccleshall Festival,
Parade along High Street.
The first Eccleshall Festival was held in 1979. The festival takes place every two years.
Opening Ceremony, Izaak Walton's Cottage, Shallowford,
Izaak Walton was a famous angler and author whose best known work 'The Complete Angler' was published 1653 and is still in print.
Born in Stafford in 1593, Walton moved to London to become an apprentice ...
Oriental figures, Market Street, Stafford
Late 18th Century ornamental figures of Chinese tea-tasters. Made from brick and tile rubble, cemented together and covered in plaster. Detail modelled in plaster on a brickwork base. Formerly on the ...
Osborne Street, Leek
Houses under construction on Osborne Street, opposite the Blue Mugge pub (formerly the Queen's Arms). The pub was locally known as “oldens,called so after the landlords family of Holden.
Otherton Farmhouse, Penkridge
Otherton Farmhouse situated on Otherton Lane, Penkridge, is a Grade II Listed building dating from around 1800. It was a dairy farm. Now (2025) it is known as Otherton Hall, a vacation property.
Oulton Cross, Stone,
A view of some of the large Edwardian villas which stand on Oulton Road, close to Alleyne's School.
Oulton Road, Stone
Looking south along Oulton Road, with the Vine Inn in the middle distance on the right hand side. Most of the houses on the left hand side were built around 1903. The Vine Inn was then part of a terrace ...
Ox Roast on Market Square, Stafford
The Diamond Jubilee celebrations lasted three days. Jubilee Day was a public holiday and two oxen, donated by the Meakins of Creswell Hall, were roasted on Market Square.
Children sang the National ...
Oxford Gardens, Stafford
Oxford Gardens at the time of this photograph was known as Oxford Street.
This lower end of the street was built in the early years of the twentieth century and on the right can be seen the Infants' ...