Meaford Hall, Stone,
A hall has stood on this site since the seventeenth century. Towards the end of the century a William Jervis of Chatcull bought the estate, and in 1740 soldiers of the Duke of Cumberland were billeted ...
Meaford Hall, Stone,
Photograph taken from a sale catalogue.
A hall has stood on this site since the seventeenth century. Towards the end of the century a William Jervis of Chatcull bought the estate, and in 1740 soldiers ...
Meece House, Cold Meece
A postcard view of Meece House at Cold Meece. This was an early 19th century brick built house built by John Astbury. The Astbury family remained there until the late 19th century, when it was acquired ...
Mill Pool Stafford
View from the footbridge looking across Victoria Park towards the railway station buildings. Until 1957 the Town Mill stood near this site; the mill wheels are still preserved in the park. In the foreground ...
Mill Pool, Victoria Park, Stafford,
View from the footbridge looking across Victoria Park towards the railway station buildings.
Until 1957 the Town Mill stood near this site; the mill wheels are still preserved in the park. In the ...
Milwich Hall in the Snow,
Milwich Hall was built c. 1600 on or near the site of a Saxon Hall, which was encircled by a moat.
In the 1970s the plaster was removed to reveal the original timber framed structure underneath.
Milwich Hall,
Milwich Hall was built c. 1600 on or near the site of a Saxon Hall, which was encircled by a moat.
In the 1970s the plaster was removed to reveal the original timber framed structure underneath.
Miniature Train, Trentham Gardens,
The miniature train carried passengers around Trentham Gardens.
Trentham Hall was built in the 1630s for the Dukes of Sutherland. The Caroline house was replaced in the early eighteenth century by ...
Moddershall Pool,
Moddershall Pool powered Moddershall (or Boar) Mill.
The mill was used for grinding bone, flint and corn. It closed in 1954 and was demolished in January 1965.
Moddershall Village,
View of Moddershall and the pool.
The building with the bay window is the Boar Inn. To its left is a yew tree, once cut into the shape of a boar's head.
To the left is Moddershall (or Boar) Mill, ...
Multi-view, Rudyard Lake
A multi-view postcard of Rudyard Lake. The top left picture shows visitors on the landing stage at the south end of the lake, top right is of the lake’s dam wall also at the south end of the lake, the ...
Oakley Hall, near Mucklestone
The manor of Oakley was held from about the 13th century by the Chetwode family, whose seat was the Chetwode Manor estate in Buckinghamshire. A manor house existed at Oakley from the 16th century but ...
On the ice, Rudyard Lake
A postcard view of a winter scene taken at the south end of Rudyard Lake. There were a number of exceptionally cold winters in the decades before the First World War which enabled locals and visitors ...
Ornamental Gardens, Lake and Pagoda, Alton. Photographed by William Blake.
Stereoscope slide containing a view of the formal gardens, lake and pagoda at Alton, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Originally home to the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers has been ...
Ornamental Gardens, Lake and Pagoda, Alton. Photographed by William Blake.
Stereoscope slide containing a view of the formal gardens, lake and pagoda at Alton, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Originally home to the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers has been ...
Ornamental Gardens, Lake and Pagoda, Alton. Photographed by William Blake.
Stereoscope slide containing a view of the formal gardens, lake and pagoda at Alton, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Originally home to the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers has been ...
Ornamental Lake at Hatherton Hall,
Hatherton Hall was built in 1817.
Paddling Pool, Alton Towers
The Paddling Pool was sited at the western end of the Boating Lake.
The gardens at Alton Towers re-opened to the public after World War II in 1952. During the 1960s, under the management of Denis and ...