Leigh Church: water colour painting
'All Saint's Church, Leigh,' showing a southside view taken at a distance from fields near some barns. Only the chancel and the tower of the church show. There are people in the foreground walking towards ...
Ferret House, Wood Eaton Manor, Church Eaton
This photograph taken in 1964 shows a ruined Ferret House which once stood in the grounds of Wood Eaton Manor. Over the years, ferrets have been used as a traditional method of managing pest control, ...
Old Wesleyan Chapel, Lichfield Street, Rugeley
Originally a Wesleyan Chapel dating from 1839, the building was extended forward, and a new brick frontage (as seen) was constructed in 1870. In 1877, a rear extension was added. It became a social annexe ...
Garden Place, Stafford
This terrace of cottages (No's. 1 - 7 Garden Place), is located off Garden Street, Stafford, near St Austin's Catholic Primary School.
Greengate Street, Stafford
On the left on the corner with Mill Street is No. 37 Greengate Street, Dobson's tobacconist’s shop, which was founded by Arthur Dobson there around 1903.
More recently, until 2025, the shop was occupied ...
18-19 Eastgate Street, Stafford
A view of 18 and 19 Eastgate Street, Stafford, the home of the William Salt Library between 1918 and 2022. Number 19, a Grade II* listed Georgian town house, is now believed to have a hidden timber core ...
The Folly at Mow Cop
A postcard view of the folly at Mow Cop published by the Doncaster Rotophoto Co Ltd.
The ruined castle folly at Mow Cop was designed by Randle Wilbraham so that it could be seen from his home at Rode ...
Members of the Hillside Methodist Chapel, Mow Cop
The chapel, seen here behind the group, was built from ashlar stone in 1852. The building closed as a chapel in 1986 and was opened as the Chapel Museum in 1990, no longer open to the public (2026).
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 ...
The 18th Stafford (St Joseph's Convent) Guide Company, Stafford
The 18th Stafford (St Joseph's Convent) Guide Company including Rangers and Brownies, present holders of the Stafford Division Girl Guides Inter-company Silver Challenge Cup 1947. The photograph is thought ...
Wheaton Aston School
Group photograph taken in 1937 of staff and pupils of St Mary's Primary School, Wheaton Aston. The headmaster was Mr J. W.Button. Electric lights were installed in the school in this year.
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Former Wesleyan Chapel, Lichfield Street, Rugeley
Originally a Wesleyan Chapel dating from 1839, the building was extended forward and a new brick frontage (as seen) was added in 1870. In 1877, a rear extension was added. It became a social annexe to ...
St. Joseph's Convent, Stafford
St. Joseph’s Convent, Lichfield Road, Stafford. This view is taken from the south-eastern end of the Grade II Listed building which was built around 1810-1820 and known as Forebridge Villa.
By 1841, ...
Tipping Street, Stafford
Looking west along Tipping Street towards Greengate Street, Stafford.
On the left at the far-end of Tipping Street is the back of the Alexandra Hotel on the corner. This and all the buildings on the ...
Crabbery Street, Stafford
Looking west along Crabbery Street, Stafford, the corner building dates from 1911 and is viewed here from the junction with Gaolgate Street. All of these buildings remain although over the years the ground ...
Jubilee Jamboree, Beaudesert Scout Camp
The 'Jubilee Jamboree' anniversary of the founding of the Scouting movement was held at Sutton Park, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, during 1st August 1957 – 12th August 1957, for 35,000 scouts. Such ...
Brocton Hall Mill
The photographer Dr. J.E.C. Peters left a note attached to this picture stating: “Brocton Hall Mill".
The building remains (2026) and stands next to a car park near Brocton Hall on the Brocton Hall ...
Dobson's tobacconists, Greengate Street, Stafford
Exterior of Arthur Dobson's wholesale and retail tobacconist, 37 Greengate Street, Stafford, on the corner with Mill Street.
Arthur Dobson was born in Stockton on Tees in 1865 and started work in ...