Roman Villa, Hales
A view of the Bath House from the west after excavation in 1967. Hales Roman Villa is sited to the east of Hales village. Foundations and floors were discovered and were re-buried after excavation.
An ...
Ruins after a Fire on Gaolgate Street, Stafford
The Elizabethan House was built on Gaolgate Street in the late Tudor period. At the time of the fire it was occupied by Mr. Cound, a draper.
The building was destroyed by fire in the early hours of ...
Ruins of Creswell Chapel
The ruins of the chapel at Creswell stand in a field, opposite the A5013.
The north wall is fairly intact and in the east can be seen the outline of the east window.
Rushall Hall: sepia wash drawing
'Remains of an Ancient House at Rushall, Staffordshire.' Showing the road leading into the Gate-house (the top storey of which has been removed.) Artist: J. Buckler.
Sandon Hall Ice House
A view of the entrance to the ice house which served Sandon Hall. It stands by the side of one of the estate drives, close to Icehouse plantation. It is believed to have been built around 1780.
Until ...
St. Mary's Church Remains, Miford Hall
Two capitals from St. Mary's Church pictured in the garden of Milford Hall. These architectural fragments were removed from St. Mary's Church, Stafford during its restoration by Sir George Gilbert Scott ...
St. Mary's Church remains, St. Joseph's Convent, Stafford
The remains of old windows from the restoration of St Mary's Church, set up in St. Joseph's Convent garden, Lichfield Road, Stafford. The gable with its cinque-foil window was possibly from the south ...
Stafford and the River Sow
Watercolour shows Stafford and the River Sow during the late medieval period.
The text reads 'Stafford is a proper little town walled about standing in the midst of the shire, upon the River Sow where ...
Stafford Castle
The castle to the south-west of the town was built in the fourteenth century by Ralph de Stafford, on the site of an earlier Norman wooden castle.
In December 1643, during the English Civil War (after ...
Stafford Castle
The castle to the south-west of the town was built in the fourteenth century by Ralph de Stafford, on the site of an earlier Norman wooden castle.
In December 1643, during the English Civil War (after ...
Stafford Castle
The castle to the south-west of the town was built in the fourteenth century by Ralph de Stafford, on the site of an earlier Norman wooden castle.
In December 1643, during the English Civil War (after ...
Stafford Castle
The castle to the south-west of the town was built in the fourteenth century by Ralph de Stafford, on the site of an earlier Norman wooden castle.
In December 1643, during the English Civil War (after ...
Stafford Castle, Entrances to the West Tower,
The castle to the south-west of the town was built in the fourteenth century by Ralph de Stafford, on the site of an earlier Norman wooden castle.
In December 1643, during the English Civil War (after ...
The East View of Tutbury Castle, in the County of Stafford
Engraving of the Ruins of Tutbury Castle from the east, showing the mound on which it stands and distant views of Uttoxeter, Sudbury etc. Also Tutbury Priory. Dedication to William Duke and Earl of Devonshire ...
The 'New Castle' by Chris Haynes
To celebrate the 850th anniversary of Newcastle-under-Lyme receiving its first royal charter, in 2023 local artist Chris Haynes painted the medieval landscape of the borough and Manor of Newcastle as ...
The Old Chancel, Rugeley
The original stone church consisted of a nave and chancel and was built on land known as Puysland Farm. The De Puy family were Stewards to King Stephen around 1150. Only the 14th century tower, the chancel ...
The West Font, Croxden. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the west font ruins at Croxden Abbey, Nr. Alton, Staffordshire.
Thieves' Ditch, Stafford,
Since Stafford was first occupied as a settlement it was fortified, at first by natural features - the River Sow on one side and marshland on the other.
Early man-made defences includes the medieval ...