Martin Street, Stafford,
These houses on Martin Street have been demolished, except for the house whose edge can just be seen on the left of the photograph. Today this is the County Council Staff Club.
Methodist Church, High Street, Uttoxeter
The church dates from 1812 and is a fine example of Georgian architecture.
Reproduced by permission of English Heritge. NMR.
Mill Street, Stafford
The white building on the left is the Bird in Hand public house at No. 21 Mill Street (now Earl Street) on the corner with Victoria Square. It dates from around 1800 and still remains (2026). At the time ...
Monument to Sir Robert Wolseley, Colwich Church
Sir Robert Wolseley of Wolseley Hall fought on the side of the King during the Civil War; his estate was later confiscated as a result.
He died of a fever in 1646 aged 59, his body being brought back ...
Mount Street, Stafford
11 Mount Street, Stafford. This house was owned by Dr C.E.M. Blumer and was known as 'The Mount'. It has now been demolished.
On the left can just be seen the spire of the Presbyterian Church on ...
Nantwich Church. Photographed by William Blake.
Church Interior. Taken at Nantwich Church, Cheshire.
New Free Library, Stafford,
Stafford's library was housed in the Borough Hall until 1914. The new library building on The Green was built in 1913, with funds from the Carnegie Trust. The building also housed the Wragge Museum, ...
New Guildhall and Market, Stafford,
The original Guildhall was built in 1853. It housed the Borough Council, the courts and on the ground floor was a police station. By the 1930s a new police station was needed and one was constructed ...
New Guildhall Interior, Stafford
The original Guildhall was built in 1853. It housed the Borough Council, the courts and on the ground floor was a police station. By the 1930s a new police station was needed and one was constructed ...
New Guildhall Interior, Stafford
The original Guildhall was built in 1853. It housed the Borough Council, the courts and on the ground floor was a police station. By the 1930s a new police station was needed and one was constructed ...
No’s 2 and 3, Crabbery Street, Stafford
This view looks east from the junction with Chapel Street along Crabbery Street, towards the junction with Gaolgate Street, Stafford.
On the left a shop is called Crabbery Chambers; next door the three-storey ...
Octagon, Alton Towers
The Octagon was built in about 1824 but was extensively remodelled by A.W.N. Pugin in 1841-1842. He increased its height and based its design on a medieval chapter house. By the 1830s it was used to house ...
Offices of Joules Brewery, Stone,
Offices of Joules Brewery in High Street.
Francis Joule came into possession of the White House Inn and brewhouse at Stone in 1758. Nine years later he demolished the inn and built a house, which ...
Old Police Station, Leek
The old Police Station on Leonard Street, Leek.
This former County Police Station is a Grade II listed building dating from 1891-2, it was designed by local architects: the father and son practice ...
Old Town Hall, Stafford,
There has been a shire building in Stafford since the 1280s, used as a meeting place for the County Court and later for other civic meetings.
The Old Town Hall building was built in 1586. In 1795 ...
Old Weighbridge, Bucknall New Road, Hanley
The camera is looking along Bucknall New Road with Hillcrest Street off to the left. Bert Bentley thought the building with the columns and pediment was once a weighbridge. In the1960s a Wright's Pie ...
Pattingham House, High Street, Pattingham
This half-glazed entrance door with a semi-circular fanlight above, flanked with Doric columns and a pediment is at No.3 High Street, Pattingham. The early 19th Century Grade II Listed Building previously ...
Play in St. Chad’s Church, Stafford
A dramatic scene from Stafford Theatre Guild’s production of Christopher Fry’s ”A Sleep of Prisoners”, presented in St. Chad’s Church. Left to right: Edwin Price, Denis Dunsford, Derek Knight and Francis ...