Dr. Robert Plot
A portrait of Dr. Robert Plot, based on a painting at the Bodleian Library in Oxford.
Dr. Robert Plot (1640-1696) was an antiquary, naturalist, writer and was the first Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum ...
Monument to Thomas Kinnersly, Ashley
Monument to Thomas Kinnersly (1751-1819) of Clough Hall, near Kidsgrove, which stands in St. John the Baptist Church, Ashley. Later, a medallion was added showing a profile of his widow, Mary Kinnersly, ...
Old Manor House, Little Haywood
The Old Manor House, also known as Hall Flats, which stood on Coley Lane, Little Haywood. It had been owned by the Whitby family but much of the house was demolished around the 1720s. Part of the building ...
Malloy House under construction, Cheddleton
Malloy House under construction at Cheddleton Asylum. The house was originally the home of the superintendent of the hospital, and was designed by Giles, Gough and Trollope, architects of Cheddleton Asylum. ...
Wetley Rocks Show
Spectators watching girls dancing around a Maypole at Wetley Rocks Show and Fete, 1923.
Postcard published by S. A. Johnson of Rocester.
Ranton Abbey
The remains of Ranton Abbey are situated one mile to the west of Ranton, in a private wooded park. The fifteenth century church tower still survives. The abbey was an Augustinian house, founded in the ...
Wall Grange Station, near Cheddleton
A view of the North Staffordshire Railway's Wall Grange railway station, near Cheddleton. Originally only a single track with one platform, this photograph was taken after the track was doubled and a ...
Deer in Ashcombe Park, Cheddleton
A herd of Fallow Deer at Ashcombe Park, near Cheddleton.
There had been an Elizabethan mansion known as Botham Hall on the site of the current house, surrounded by a deer park. In the late 18th ...
Throwley Hall
Throwley Old Hall stands on a hillside between the Hamps and Manifold valleys. It was built in the early 16th century and largely rebuilt in 1603 by Sampson Meverell. The Meverell family had lived at ...
View of Leek
A view of Leek with the Roaches in the background. The tower of St. Edward's Church is prominent.
A pen and sepia wash drawing, artist unknown.
The Boltstone, near Kinver: sepia drawing
The Boltstone stood in a field east of Bannut Tree Lane near Compton, Kinver. It was also known as the Bolstone, the Bolt, the Battlestone, the Bierstone and the Baston. It was a large standing stone ...
Building Cheddleton Asylum
St. Edward's Hall under construction at Cheddleton Asylum.
In 1890 Staffordshire County Council’s Lunacy Committee decided to build a new asylum for the north of the county due to overcrowding in the ...
Building Cheddleton Asylum
St. Edward's Hall under construction at Cheddleton Asylum with the completed water tower in the background.
In 1890 Staffordshire County Council’s Lunacy Committee decided to build a new asylum for ...
St. Edward's Hospital, Cheddleton
An aerial view of Cheddleton Asylum viewed from the south.
In 1890 Staffordshire County Council’s Lunacy Committee decided to build a new asylum for the north of the county due to overcrowding in the ...
Wall Grange Station, near Cheddleton
Wall Grange Station was opened in 1873. The line was originally constructed as single track throughout from Milton Junction (where the line diverged from the Biddulph Valley line) to Leek Brook Junction. ...
Allsopp & Sons Ltd. train with brewing machinery, Burton-upon-Trent
This photograph marks a very significant event in British brewing history: the mainstream introduction of lager beer brewing. Previously, supplies were imported from Germany or had been produced in smaller ...
Train with brewing equipment, Burton-upon-Trent
Lager vacuum fermentation vessels being transported in Burton-upon-Trent, purchased from the USA in 1899 by Percy Allsopp and installed at his Burton brewery. This photograph marks a very significant ...
St. Paul’s Church, Croxton Church
Built in 1853-1854, the architect of St. Paul's Church, Croxton was Ewan Christian.