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Morris Dancers, Lichfield

A postcard scene of a group of Morris Dancers outside the west front of Lichfield Cathedral. This postcard view was published by Alan Bates of Lichfield for a Lichfield Festival of traditional song ...

Nantwich, Cheshire. Photographed by William Blake.

Street scene taken in High Street, Nantwich, Cheshire. This row of buildings is a typical example of the half timbered, black and white Tudor architecture found in the historic market town.

National Schools, Penkridge

The title on this postcard has mis-spelled Penkridge as 'Pinkridge. It shows the National Schools on Market Square (also known as School Square). Built in 1818 by Joseph Potter and paid for by Lord Hatherton, ...

National Schools, Penkridge

This postcard view shows the National Schools on Market Square (also known as School Square). Built in 1818 by Joseph Potter and paid for by Lord Hatherton, it was enlarged in 1889 in memory of Edward ...

New Street, Cannock

A decorative carved lintel on a house in New Street, Cannock.

Norman and Saxon Carvings, Colwich Church,

Various pieces of stonework set into the wall of the vestry of St. Michael and All Angels Church. The head, piscina, and column are believed to be Saxon. The chevron mouldings at the lower end are ...

Norman Coffin Lids, Colwich Church,

Coffin slabs set into the wall of the vestry of St. Michael and All Angels Church. The 'wheel-head' pattern dates from 1200 - 1250, and the scissors and buckle could refer to the livelihood of the ...

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 ...

Oriental figures, Market Street, Stafford

Late 18th Century ornamental figures of Chinese tea-tasters. Made from brick and tile rubble, cemented together and covered in plaster. Detail modelled in plaster on a brickwork base. Formerly on the ...

Ornamental Bridge, Hagley Hall, Rugeley

This ornamental bridge was built in the 1790s for Assheton Curzon in the grounds of Hagley Hall, Rugeley. It spans the Rising Brook as it runs from Cannock Chase, through Hagley and Rugeley to the River ...

Paine's Bridge, Chillington Hall

This classical stone bridge stands at the junction of the Pool and the Canal and is named after its designer, James Paine. It was built sometime between 1756 and 1776. The landscape park and pool ...

Panelled Room at Beaudesert Hall

Beaudesert Hall was the mansion of the Pagets, Marquesses of Anglesey. Its core was medieval, with later alterations. James Wyatt and Joseph Potter remodelled the interiors of the original Elizabethan ...

Pillaton Old Hall, Penkridge

This postcard view shows the Grade II listed Pillaton Old Hall which was rebuilt in brick by the Littleton family in the late 15th century, on the moated site of an earlier hall. Only the gatehouse range ...

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 ...

Pool Cottage, Weston

A postcard view of Pool Cottage in Weston.

Pottery Factory Exterior.

Pottery factory exterior, bottle kilns and chimneys. Taken at a pot bank on the junction of Kingcross Street and Chancery Lane, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent. Photograph taken before 1977. Taken from ...

Powell Memorial Window, King Edward VI Grammar School, Stafford

This photograph was taken inside the former King Edward VI Grammar School Great Hall; it shows one of the large windows in the hall containing a stained glass Memorial to commemorate Mr Ernest Ormsby ...

Proclamation of the Accession of George V, Stone

The proclamation is being read from the portable bandstand in Granville Square. The building in the background is the District Bank.