Cottage, Gnosall
This timber-framed cottage stood on the south side of Gnosall on Station Road, it was demolished in the mid-1960s when the road was widened. There is currently (July 2023) an opticians on the site of ...
Cottages in Coalpit Lane, Brereton
These thatched cottages are thought to have been about half-way up Coalpit Lane on the right (north) side of the road.
They belonged to the Earl of Shrewsbury, Brereton's Lord of the Manor and owner ...
County Asylum, Stafford
The County Asylum on Corporation Street opened in 1818, to accommodate 120 private and pauper patients.
The hospital moved to Seisdon near Wolverhampton in 1946 and the building became St. George's ...
Creed's Corner, Armitage
This postcard view shows a crowd of people positioned by Creed’s Corner shop at the junction of Old Road and New Road in Armitage. They are thought to be posing for the camera before an Armitage walking ...
Crossley Stone and Bow Street, Rugeley
Crossley Stone runs off Elmore Lane near the park in Rugeley. The three-storey house on the right is number 20 Crossley Stone, a late 18th century Grade II listed house, and it is a side return of the ...
Croxton Vicarage, Croxton, near Eccleshall
Croxton Vicarage was built in 1853-54, at the same time as neighbouring St. Paul's Church. the architect was Ewan Christian.
Daisy Bank Marl Hole, Longton
Lantern slide containing a view of the Daisy Bank marl hole, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
These huge holes were created due to the large scale extraction of a type of clay called marl.
This ...
Delivery Trucks, Evode Chemical Works, Stafford,
Spic and Span Shoe Polishes Ltd. was established in Glover Street on 3 June 1932. The company was partly owned by Lotus Ltd., the shoe manufacturers.
In 1938 the company, under the directorship of ...
Demolition of a Pot Bank, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Industrial landscape showing the demolition of a pot bank. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Derelict cottages, East Cannock Road, Hednesford
The cottages were adjacent to East Cannock Colliery near the junction with Lower Road, Hednesford. They are in readiness for their demolition in 1937. The end building was a shop with enamel advertising ...
Destruction of an old Colliery Stack on Sandford Hill. May 1st 1913. Photographed by William Blake.
Chimney demolition taken at Sandford Hill on May 1st 1913.
Dilhorne Endowed Primary School
End elevation of the school showing cellar access and the linking passage to a new building at the rear.
Dilhorne Endowed Primary School
The Victorian school building is thought to date from the late 1870s and is still in use.
Mr John Williams has kindly provided some further details:
'A new Trust was formed in 1873 under the 1869 ...
Dimmock's, Stafford Street, Hanley
The felling of Dimmock's chimney, June 15th 1905. The Dimmock's building stood between Stafford Street and Cheapside in Hanley centre. This is the site of the old skating rink.
District Hospital, Rugeley
The Rugeley District 'Cottage' Hospital and Provident Dispensary was built by public subscription in 1871 after the designs of W. A. Bonney C.E. and stood on Brereton Road on land donated by the Earl ...
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. ...
Downing's Blurton Tilery, Stoke-on-Trent
G H Downing's Blurton Tileries just after closure in 1964. A view of the beehive ovens, chimneys and roofing tile stock for sale. The photograph as taken just west of Ballinson Road, looking north east ...
Downing's Blurton Tilery, Stoke-on-Trent
G H Downing's Blurton Tileries just after closure in 1964. A view of the beehive ovens, chimneys and roofing tile stock for sale. The photograph as taken just west of Ballinson Road, looking north east ...