Crabbery Street, Stafford
Looking from Chapel Street along Crabbery Street towards Gaolgate Street. This picture was probably taken in December 1962 during the Christmas lights display, because strings of lights can be seen on ...
Demolition of Rugeley Town Hall and Market Hall
This photograph captures the demolition of Rugeley Town Hall and the Market Hall which were built on the site of the Shoulder of Mutton Inn. The Public Buildings also housed meeting rooms and, until ...
Demolition of Trentham Hall
A postcard view of demolition in progress at Trentham Hall in May 1912. In the centre just behind the ruin is St. Mary and All Saints Church which is still standing.
This postcard photograph was taken ...
Door and wall panelling - Wolseley Hall, Rugeley
A ground floor room showing a door and wooden wall panelling. The photograph was taken immediately prior to auction of contents and demolition of the Hall in 1966.
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. ...
Dr Johnson’s Statue, Market Square, Lichfield
A postcard view of the Statue of Dr Samuel Johnson in the Market Square, Lichfield. It is by R.C. Lucas and was erected in 1838. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), lexicographer, critic and poet, was born on ...
Dr Samuel Johnson’s Birthplace and Statue, Lichfield
This postcard view shows Dr Samuel Johnson's statue on the left. It is by R.C. Lucas and was erected in 1838. The house on the right was completed in 1707 by Michael Johnson, Samuel's father. Samuel Johnson ...
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 ...
Drawbridge, Entrance, Alton Towers
A postcard view of the Drawbridge or East Entrance to Alton Towers.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852.
The 15th Earl ...
Drawing Room, Rodbaston Hall
The late-Victorian Drawing Room of Rodbaston Hall while it was owned by the family of Henry and Jane Ward. during the Victorian period. It is now the staff room. The large chandelier on the top right ...
Dunston, near Stafford
A postcard view of Dunston looking north along what is now the A449 Wolverhampton Road. On the left is the lych gate to St. Leonard's Church. The houses on the right, which include the old Smithy, remain ...
Eastgate Street, Stafford
This view Looks north-west along Eastgate Street towards Market Street and Salter Street, Stafford.
On the left is a part view of 79 Eastgate Street, a Grade II* listed building built in 1683 for General ...
Eccleshall Road Cemetery, Stafford
A four acre cemetery was opened on Eccleshall Road in Stafford in 1856. Over the years it has been extended several times and had reached 20 acres by 1940. The cemetery was designed with two chapels, ...
Effigy, Holy Trinity Church, Eccleshall,
Effigy of Elias-de-Napton which marked his tomb in 1295 when it was in the south aisle of the church.
Elias-de-Napton was prebendary of Eccleshall and the son of the first Lord Broughton. He was Co-adjudicator ...
F.W. Woolworth & Co. Ltd. Market Square store, Stafford
A view of Woolworth's Stafford store which was at 18, Market Square from 1928 to 1962 when it then transferred to larger premises in Gaolgate Street.
Originating in the U.S.A. in 1878 as 'Woolworth's ...
Fire at Aqualate Hall
This postcard view shows the smoking ruins of Aqualate Hall after the devastating fire of late November 1910.
The original Aqualate Hall was built for Edwin Skrymsher in the early seventeenth century. ...
Fireplace overmantle at Loxley Hall, near Uttoxeter
Close up view of an overmantle depicting the royal crest and surrounded by heraldic devices of various nobility. A frieze of more heraldic devices runs around the room.
Loxley Hall was built around ...
Fireplace, Noah's Ark Inn, Stafford,
The Noah's Ark on Crabbery Street was originally built as a town house in the sixteenth century. In August 1575 Queen Elizabeth I took wine here during her journey through the town.
In the late 1800s ...