The Observatory, Keele University
Donkeys grazing with the Observatory in the background. Keele Observatory was founded in 1962 to house a 31cm refractor telescope dating back to 1874. It has since acquired a 60cm reflector for research, ...
The Old Charterhouse
Lithograph print by Edward Ardizzone (1900-1979).
Dimensions: height - 385mm, width - 540mm
The Old Grammar School Headmaster's House, Lichfield
No. 45, St. John Street, Lichfield, is Grade II listed (together with the attached wall and gates). It was built around 1682 as the Grammar School Headmaster's House, with boarder's accommodation in the ...
The Old School and School Master's House, Trysull
The Old School was built around 1843 and was adjacent to the School House. In 1895 a severe gale blew down the main chimney, destroying part of the roof and causing considerable damage.
Using a bequest ...
The Old School House, Ford, Grindon
The Old School House is a Grade II listed building which stands at Ford, near Grindon. It is a stone-built house rebuilt in the early 17th century around an earlier timber cruck-framed core. A datestone ...
The Old School, Brindley Ford, Stoke-on-Trent
Brindley Ford First School on the A527 (Outclough Road). The tablet on then centre gable reads Wolstanton School Board AD1885. The school as closed in the 1980s but the building (now called The Old School) ...
The Old Village School, Yarnfield
The Village Hall was completed in 1937 and was an extension to the existing village school building. The village school remained on this site until 1952.
The Post Office, Hanbury
The Post Office and village shop on Anslow Road, Hanbury. The sign advertises a public telephone. In the background to the left can be seen the village school
The Roaches
View of the Roaches from Roach Road near Leek. The name 'Roaches' derives from the French word 'roche' meaning a rock or cliff.
The School Quad, Downside
Lithograph print by Edward Ardizzone (1900-1979).
Dimensions: height - 340mm, width - 535mm
The School, Blackbrook, near Maer
A postcard view of Blackbrook School close to a field of cut corn, piled into stooks.
The school was built here in 1897 by Mr Harrison of nearby Maer Hall to ‘keep the noise of the children out of ...
The School, Cheddleton
Cheddleton School stands on Hollow Lane. It was built in the 1860s and designed by George Gilbert Scott Jr.
The School, Clifton Campville
The single storey building with a tall chimney on the right was the school, and just beyond can be seen the timber-framed gable of the School House. The spire of St. Andrew’s Church is in the background.
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The School, Hixon
St. Peter's School and the Headmaster's house beyond on Church Lane, close to the church. The school opened in 1856 and was replaced with a new school on an adjacent site in 1974 and is now a private ...
The School, Hoar Cross
Situated in Abbots Bromley Road, Hoar Cross, this postcard photograph shows the school within its school yard in front, with the adjacent school house beyond.
By 1851 there was a school at Hoar Cross ...
The School, Hyde Lea
A postcard view of the School in Hyde Lea. The boy on the left (marked by x) is thought to be Willie Ward who sent the following message: “Should auld acquaintance be forgot” to his cousin, Master Eli ...
The School, Hyde Lea Village
A postcard view of the School in Hyde Lea. There had been a school in Hyde Lea from around 1863 until it closed in 1980. In later years the cottage on the left and part of the building (centre left) ...