Suffolk Ewes, County Show, Stone,
Staffordshire Agricultural Society held its first show in Stone in 1844. The annual County Show was originally held at various sites around the county.
Since 1958 the County Show has been held at ...
Sun Smithfield Market, Stafford
A cattle sale at the Sun Smithfield livestock market in Stafford. This photograph was taken on the last auction held by Mr W.E. Urwick. He was succeeded as auctioneer by George Horne in early 1894.
T.I. Plucknett's Mowing and Reaping Machine - an advertisement from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In an age before tractors or even steam engines were used in farming, every advance in agricultural technology promised a better, more profitable crop.
The makers of T.I. Plucknett's mowing and reaping ...
The Fallows Family, Shugborough Park Farm
The Fallows family were tenants of Shugborough Park Farm between 1900 and 1926. From left to right: John, Annie Elizabeth, Victor, Annie, Thomas, Thomas Jr.
Thomas Anson, who inherited the Shugborough ...
The Kennels, Shugborough Park
At the time this photograph was taken, Robert Courtney was the gamekeeper at Shugborough, and the Kennels was his home on the Estate.
The man in the picture is believed to be Robert's father-in-law, ...
The old smithy, Coppenhall
A blacksmith filing the hoof of a horse outside the old smithy which was sited on the west side of Hyde Lea Bank, between Coppenhall and Hyde Lea. The blacksmith at the time was George Fletcher. The ...
The Old Smithy, Park Drive, Trentham.
The Old Smithy on Park drive is a triangular shaped building sandwiched between Park Drive (on the left) and an access road on the right. The entrance is appropriately in the shape of a horseshoe and ...
The Water Mill, Cheddleton
Town Mill, Stafford
Colour-tinted postcard of view of the Town Mill in Stafford. The mill at this time was occupied by J. Brookfield and Son, who produced animal feed.
The mill was built by George Brewster in 1834, ...
Town Mill, Stafford
The corn mill and offices of J. Brookfield and Son in Tenterbanks, who produced animal feed.
The mill was built by George Brewster in 1834, on the site of the medieval town mill. It was powered by ...
View towards Ipstones
A view of Ipstones with St Leonard's Church to the left, taken from near a track to the west of its junction with Church Lane. The Grade II listed church was built at the expense of the Sneyd family in ...
White Gilt Pigs, Lower Farm, Drointon
These gilts are Large Whites, also known as Large Yorkshires.
A gilt is a young female pig.
Woodings agricultural engineers, Stafford
A name plate formerly attached to an agricultural implement or building. Oakey and Wooding were agricultural engineers based at Bailey Street, Stafford and were founded around 1920. they were dealers ...
Woolliscroft & Co.'s lorry, Uttoxeter
Woolliscroft & Co. was a corn merchant, with premises on Church Street.
Yew Tree Farm, Goldenhill, Stoke-on-Trent
Yew Tree farmhouse was on Church Lane (now Elgood Lane) behind St John's Church graveyard. Yew Tree Farm has a long history and was the home of the Bourne family in the 16th century. The house and part ...