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Tennis Courts & Bowling Green, Hednesford Park

The view of Hednesford Park's tennis courts and bowling green looks in the direction of Rugeley. In the background coal trucks can be seen on the mineral line crossing a road via a bridge. The terraced ...

Tennis Courts, Coton Hill Asylum, Stafford

Coton Hill Asylum was built in the 1850s and opened in 1854. It was originally built as an extension to the County Asylum in order to house private patients. It was to be known as The institution for ...

Tennis Courts, Wedgwood Factory, Barlaston,

The Wedgwood factory tennis courts, with Barlaston Hall in the background. In the raincoat is Frederick Maitland Wright, husband of 'Star' (Cecily Stella) Wedgwood (a direct descendant of Josiah Wedgwood ...

Tennis match, Darlaston Hall

Tennis being played on two grass courts next to the formal gardens which stood on the eastern side of Darlaston Hall, near Stone. At the time of this photograph the Hall belonged to the Meakin family, ...

Terraced Housing, Grey Friars, Stafford,

View of Grey Friars, looking towards the town.

Testing the New Riverway Bridge, Stafford

This view is from the town side of the bridge, looking towards Littleworth. The road officially opened on 15 December 1914. A plaque on the right hand pillar commemorates the event. Plumblines are ...

Thatched cottage, possibly near Rugeley

A postcard view of a picturesque cottage and garden at an unknown location, possibly in the Rugeley area. There is a brief message on the reverse: “Dear Elizabeth, I thought perhaps you would like ...

Thatched cottage, Woodseaves area

A thatched timber-framed cottage believed to be somewhere around Woodseaves, Wheaton Aston and Newport. If you recognise the location or the people in this photograph, please let us know. Photographer: ...

Thatched cottage, Woodseaves area

A thatched timber-framed cottage believed to be somewhere around Woodseaves, Wheaton Aston and Newport. If you recognise the location or the people in this photograph, please let us know. Photographer: ...

Thatched Cottages, Ellenhall,

The Abbey, Burton-upon-Trent

Although largely Victorian, the north wing of the Abbey dates from the 14th century. Following the dissolution of the monasteries, the remains of the property passed into the ownership of the Pagets of ...

The Alcove, Alton Towers

The Alcove/Rotunda is adjacent to the Garden Conservatory. This postcard view was posted on 10 July 1930, from Stoke on Trent to an address in Liverpool. Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot ...

The Alcove, Alton Towers

A postcard view of the Alcove, sometimes known as the Small Temple or Rotunda, with the Conservatory on the right in the background. The gardens were created by the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury between about ...

The Amphitheatre, Sandon Hall

The Amphitheatre Garden was designed by W.A. Nesfield in 1852. The present Sandon Hall was built in about 1850 after the earlier building had burnt down. It was designed in the Jacobean style by William ...

The Amphitheatre, Sandon Hall

The Amphitheatre Garden was designed by W.A. Nesfieldmin 1852 The present Sandon Hall was built in about 1850 after the earlier building had burnt down. It was designed in the Jacobean style by William ...

The Annual Meadow, Trentham Gardens

The new annual meadow planted on the western side of the lake at Trentham, pictured in July 2015. During 2016, the Trentham Estate carried out a project to re-discover the landscape that Lancelot “Capability” ...

The apiary, Trentham Hall

Pictured is one of the outbuildings linked with nearby Trentham Hall: the apiary, adjacent to the poultry house. The apiary was to the east of Park Drive. Here the estate beehives were kept. The car is ...

The Armed Forces Memorial, National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas

This view was taken looking south east from the Visitor Centre towards the Armed Forces Memorial. The Armed Forces Memorial was dedicated in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen on 12 October 2007. ...