St. John the Baptist Church, Slitting Mill, near Rugeley
In 1830 Miss Sarah Hopkins of the Stone House, established 'Cannock Chase Cottage School', around 1830, for up to 25 poor children, aged 2 to 10, of cottagers on the borders of Cannock Chase. This was ...
Parkers Croft Road, Stafford
A view of Nos. 4 – 7, Parkers Croft Road, which stood off the Wolverhampton Road, Stafford.
On the left, an iron gate led to the rear yard of Frederick H. Burgess, Agricultural Engineers and Ironmongers, ...
Victoria Road, Stafford
This row of houses on Victoria Road, Stafford, were later demolished and replaced by an office building known as Kemley House. On the extreme left is a part view of the wall of the Station Hotel which ...
The Hollies Farm, High Offley Road, Woodseaves
The Hollies Farm, High Offley Road, Woodseaves. The building remains (2025) very much as in this photograph.
County Mental Hospital, Stafford
Nurses in an antenatal ward at the County Mental Hospital in Stafford. Standing behind the bed is Nancy Davies (nee Shelley) who was conscripted as a mental nurse during World War II.
Originally built ...
Chemist's 'Next Dose' Labels
Box of 'Next Dose' labels. They would be attached to a customers medicine to let them know when their next dose should take place. They are stored in a small card box labelled on lid "The 'Allenburys' ...
Rowley Hall, Approved School, Stafford
At the date of this photograph Rowley Hall would have been an Approved School. Note the security fencing.
In 1808, the Rowley Hall estate was auctioned at the Swan Hotel and bought by a prominent local ...
8, Chapel Street, Stafford
In the centre of the picture is No. 8, Chapel Street, Stafford, the former home of the Methodist Minister to the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel next door, which was designed by Manchester architects, Hayley ...
Street scene, possibly Mill Street, Penkridge
This photograph of an unknown street was taken by Dr. J.E.C. Peters in 1963, and may show the south side of Mill Street in Penkridge looking east. Please contact us if you recognise the precise location.
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Band of the 1st Bn North Staffordshire Regiment, India
Until India was granted its independence in 1947, there was a large part of the British Army that was integrated with the Indian Army – ‘policing’ the Empire’, and keeping order in case of racial tension ...
Victory Celebrations in the cutting room, Lotus, Stone
The Lotus factory on Longton Road manufactured ladies' shoes.
Lotus was originally named Bostock's and was founded in the eighteenth century by Thomas Bostock, a cobbler. His three sons started their ...
Bomb Damage, Old Stoke Road, Stoke-on-Trent
Old Stoke Road pictured after a bombing raid in January 1941.
On this particular night the target was the Michelin tyre factory, with Stoke railway goods yard as a secondary target.
Recalling the ...
Chapel Terrace, Stafford
A general view of Chapel Terrace, which is located behind the Masonic Hall, off Gaol Square, Stafford.
All of the houses face the A34 Queensway. Most of the houses are separated from their front gardens ...
Chapel Terrace, Stafford
Chapel Terrace is located behind the Masonic Hall, off Gaol Square, Stafford.
These houses face the A34 Queensway. Most of the houses in the terrace are separated from their front gardens by an access ...
Coppenhall Hall, near Stafford
This view of Coppenhall Hall, which at the time was a farmhouse, was taken from the nearby farm buildings. In later years the Hall, barns and outbuildings were extensively modernised and the development ...
St. Margaret's Church, Wetton
St. Margaret's has a medieval stone tower. The rest of the church was rebuilt in 1820.
St. Chad's Church, Bagnall
St. Chad's dates from 1834. The chancel was rebuilt by Jeremiah Beardmore in 1879-81 and the porch was added at the same time.
County Road, Stafford
This view of County Road is largely unchanged since the photograph was taken in 1962.
The houses on the right are No.'s 11 – 6. On the extreme right there is a glimpse of the 1831 'Greyhound Inn' (No. ...