Wolseley Hall, Rugeley
The photograph shows the central entrance porch on the south front of Wolseley Hall. This was added by the 7th Baronet during his and James Trubshaw's remodelling of the Hall in around 1821. The room ...
Wolseley Hall, Rugeley
A closer view of windows above the porch on the front aspect at Wolseley Hall photographed immediately prior to demolition in 1966.
Wolseley Hall, Rugeley
The Wolseley family had lived on the estate since Norman times. In the eighteenth century Wolseley Hall was rebuilt, but suffered from a serious fire in the early 1950s. In 1954 the Hall was in a great ...
Wolverhampton Die Casting Co., Paul Street, Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton Die Casting Company, acquired the factory in 1955 and closed it in 1966 (together with their Ludlow factory). It was sold to Barrs Industrial. By 1968 it was again used for die-casting by ...
Wolverhampton High-Level Railway Station
The main entrance to Wolverhampton High-Level Railway Station.
The Station is thought to have been built by local architect Edward Banks for the Shrewsbury & Birmingham Railway (S&B). It was opened ...
Wolverhampton Road, Stafford
This view shows the Wolverhampton Road at the junction with White Lion Street on the right.
On the left at No. 5, Wolverhampton Road is Anne Giles: "Stafford's Leading Ladies Hairdresser" who also ...
Wolverhampton Road, Stafford
Camden Place on Wolverhampton Road. It was built for Richard Ford in the early nineteenth century and designed by George Gilbert Scott. In the 1960s it was used as an annex to the College of Art, but ...
Wolverhampton Road, Stafford
Numbers 60 to 73 Wolverhampton Road, Stafford. The photograph was taken by the junction with Telegraph Street which is on the left, this view is little changed today (2025).
Wolverhampton Road, Stafford
This view was taken on the Wolverhampton Road, near The Green by the entrance to the present Friary Retail Park (2025). The terrace of houses on the left were demolished in the late 1970's and replaced ...
Wolverhampton Road, Stafford,
Camden Place, the large building in the distance, was built for Richard Ford in the early nineteenth century. In the 1960s it was used as an annex to the College of Art, but was demolished in the 1970s ...
Wolverhampton Town Hall
Wolverhampton Town Hall photographed in 1966 by Dr J.E.C. Peters.
Situated on North Street, Wolverhampton, this Grade II listed building dates from 1869-71. It was designed by Manchester architect ...
Women's Prison, Stafford Gaol
Male and female prisoners had always been kept separate, but due to overcrowding a new gaol for females was built in 1852. This allowed the Separate System to be introduced in which it was believed that ...
Woodings Yard, Bailey Street, Stafford
A view of Woodings Yard taken by the entrance in Bailey Street, Stafford.
In later years one of the buildings on the right of the entrance was converted into a restaurant known as The Pâté ...
Wootton Lodge, near Ellastone
Wootton Lodge was built as a hunting lodge by Sir Richard Fleetwood between about 1580 and 1610. It was badly damaged during the Civil War and much of the interior was restored in about 1700. Sir Oswald ...
Wordsley Rectory near Stourbridge
Following Wordsley becoming a separate Ecclesiastical parish in 1830, the Rectory was built in 1835-6 by the architect Lewis Vulliamy, who also built the nearby Holy Trinity Church at this time. The Rectory ...
Worston Hall, Little Bridgeford
Worston Hall stands on Worston Lane at Little Bridgeford. Kelly's Directory of 1896 states that the Hall had lately been rebuilt on a pleasant elevation above the river. By 1901 it was occupied by Josiah ...
Y.M.C.A. Building, Stafford,
The Y.M.C.A. hostel on Wolverhampton Road was formerly Camden Place, built in the early nineteenth century. The hostel opened in 1925.
In the 1960s it was used as an annex to the College of Art, but ...
Yarlet Hall
A postcard view of Yarlet Hall which replaced an earlier 18th century building, work on a new house was begun around 1870 by George Sidney. In 1873 The Reverend Walter Earle founded a private preparatory ...