Ranton Hall and Farm
A general view of Ranton Hall and Farm viewed from Stockings Lane, Ranton. There is a moated island on the site which is a Scheduled Monument.
Hextall Farmhouse, Ranton
A Georgian farmhouse now known as Hextall Old Farm situated on Hextall Lane, Ranton.
A moated site and fish-ponds on the site are listed as a Scheduled Monument.
Off the Hook Fish and Chip Restaurant, Mill Street, Stafford
View of 'Off the Hook' Fish and Chip Restaurant and Takeaway, located on the corner of Mill Street and Water Street. It had formerly been the Nag's Head public house. It is currently (2026) O.KRA Indian ...
Off the Hook fish and chip restaurant, Stafford
Off the Hook fish and chip restaurant at 16 Mill Street on the corner with Water Street, Stafford. On the end gable is a painted 'Ghost' advertisement for Joules Stone Ales. The sign dates from the building's ...
Greengate Street, Stafford
This postcard view looks north along Greengate Street towards Market Square, Stafford.
On the left on the corner of Mill Street is a part view of Chetwynd House, Greengate Street, which at the time ...
Greengate Street, Stafford
This postcard view looks north along Greengate Street, Stafford.
On the right, the empty shop next to the Lotus shoe shop had been W. Thomas & Son, grocers. This would soon be demolished and replaced ...
Corner of Greengate Street and Mill Street, Stafford
On the left is a part view of Chetwynd House, Greengate Street, on the corner of Mill Street.
Chetwynd House was built around 1712-1715 by William Chetwynd, 3rd Viscount Chetwynd (1683?-1770), Member ...
General Stores, Water Street, Stafford
This view of the General Stores on the corner of Water Street was taken from by Tenterbanks and Mill Bank.
Note the advertisements on the shop for Woodbines cigarettes with a dispensing machine below ...
Horace West, Hill Ridware
Horace West pictured outside his home Forge Cottage (also known as The Smithy) in Hill Ridware, where he lived with his wife Frances (known as Dolly) nee Astbury, from around 1918 to the 1960s.
Horace ...
Tagg's Passage, Stafford
Tagg’s Passage viewed from White Lion Street, Stafford.
All of the buildings in the centre remain (2026) although the tall chimney has since been demolished. In the background there is a glimpse of ...
Gothic Cottage, Stafford
Viewed from White Lion Street, the white building is Gothic Cottage.
Gothic Cottage is a Grade II listed building dating from 1840 – 1842. At the time of the photograph it was known as No. 132 Lichfield ...
Old Reid's Cottage, Lichfield Road, Stafford
A pen and watercolour drawing of Old Reid's Cottage which stood at the Hough on Lichfield Road, Stafford and was demolished in the 1880s.
Artist: W. Allen.
It has been suggested that tramlines from ...
Normacot Post Office, Longton
G. Colley's shop, Normacot Post Office at 75 Upper Normacot Road.
The below information was kindly provided by Malcom Williams.
The pillar in the left foreground belongs to a building on the corner ...
Giffard House, Wolverhampton
Giffard House, 51, North Street, Wolverhampton, is a Grade II* listed building. It was originally a town house dating from 1727 – 1729, built for the Giffard's of Chillington Hall, to be used as a Roman ...
Gothic Cottage, Lichfield Road, Stafford
Gothic Cottage pictured on the corner of Lichfield Road and White Lion Street, Stafford.
This Grade II listed building was built as a house in 1840-42 on the site of Castle Church Parish's Workhouse. ...
Idlerocks, Moddershall
Idlerocks is a large brick-built Victorian house overlooking Moddershall which was built in about 1896 for Godfrey Wedgwood (1833-1905) of the pottery manufacturing family. A small proportion of the ...
Leyland fire engine, Stafford
The below information was kindly provided by Paul McCafferey:
Contrary to her DVLA registration document, JRE 294 is not a Leyland Hippo. “Eveline” is a unique and historically significant vehicle, ...
Congreve Manor Farmhouse, near Penkridge
Congreve Manor Farmhouse is a Grade II listed red-brick building incorporating an early 18th century farmhouse, and extended in about 1930. The granary and barn to the right are also subject to the listing....