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Opening of Sunday School, Dilhorne

Officials of the Cheadle Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, guests and children pictured during celebrations to mark the opening of a new Sunday School at Godley Brook Methodist Chapel, on Godley Barn Lane, ...

Organ in St. Luke's Mission Church, Handsacre

The organ in St Luke's Mission Church, Handsacre, associated with the parish church in Armitage. Situated in Hall Road, Handsacre, it is now a private residence named Old Church Hall. It was referenced ...

Organ tuner, Stafford

Reginald Fisk adjusting the action of the organ at St. Chad's Church, Stafford. He was reassembling it ready for consecration on 2 March 1955. Published in the Staffordshire Newsletter on 12 February ...

Oulton Abbey

The original building at Oulton Abbey, formerly Oulton House, was built by William Dent in the mid 18th century. It was inherited by his son Thomas Dent, a solicitor, in 1778. Thomas Dent sold his property ...

Oulton Abbey, near Stone

A postcard view of the south front of Oulton Abbey. The original building at Oulton Abbey, formerly Oulton House, was built by William Dent in the mid 18th century. It was inherited by his son Thomas ...

Our Lady & St Benedict Roman Catholic Church and Presbytery, Abbey Hulton, Stoke-on-Trent

The Church of Our Lady and St. Benedict in Abbey Lane, Abbey Hulton was built in 1937–8. Originally part of Birches Head parish, Abbey Hulton became a separate parish in 1941. The open land in the foreground ...

Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, Hednesford

The land on which the church is built was purchased in 1919-20. The first building was a wooden chapel built using resources from the disused German internment camp on Cannock Chase and labour supplied ...

Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, Hednesford

A postcard view of the interior of the church which was opened in 1934. This view shows one of the two transepts, each having lancet windows with a rose window above. The seating at this time was individual ...

Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church, Hartshill

This photograph was taken from Higson Avenue, looking across Hartshill Road. The brick built Gothic style church is attached to the neighbouring Dominican Convent and was built between the 1850s and 1890s. ...

Our Lady of the Assumption Chapel, Swynnerton,

This Roman Catholic chapel was built next to Swynnerton Hall in 1869. The architect was Gilbert Blount.

Our Lady of the Assumption R.C. Church, Swynnerton,

This Roman Catholic chapel was built next to Swynnerton Hall in 1869. The architect was Gilbert Blount.

Outline of St. Bertelin's Chapel, Stafford,

St. Bertelin's Chapel was dedicated to an eighth century Anglo-Saxon saint, who had chosen Stafford for his hermitage. The wooden chapel was replaced by a stone one on the same site in the eleventh century. St. ...

Parish chest and font, All Saints' Church, Dilhorne

The ancient chest, probably medieval, has two padlocks, with evidence that there was at one time a third. This system ensured that all of the keyholders needed to be present to access the contents. The ...

Parish Church , Eccleshall

The Lichgate, Holy Trinity Church.

Parish Church from Vicarage Fields, Eccleshall

Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, Hamil Road, Burslem

Originally St.Werburghs this single storey building is thought to have been erected sometime before July 20th 1895, as the inscribed datestone remains as part of the wall. The bell tower, situated to ...

Parish Church, Norton Canes

The church of St. James the Great, Norton Canes, was built as a replacement for a previous church lost to fire in 1888. It took two hours for a fire engine to arrive from Walsall only for the hose to ...

Park Congregational Chapel, Cauldon Road, Shelton. Stoke-on-Trent

Park Congregational Church stands at the corner of Cauldon Road and Boughey Road in Shelton. The present building was opened in 1901, replacing an "iron tabernacle". The chapel is just south of Hanley ...