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All Saints' Church, Alrewas

All Saints' Church stands in Mill End Lane. It was built in the 13th century, replacing an earlier church. It has 14th, 18th and 19th century additions. In the chancel, fragments of medieval wall-paintings ...

Altar, St. Peter's Church, Yoxall

Postcard view of the interior of the chancel in St. Peter's Church, Yoxall, showing the altar. St. Peter's Church was largely rebuilt by Henry Woodyer in 1865-8. The church still retains a number of medieval ...

Alton Castle

The first castle, a medieval structure, was built by Bertram de Verdun in 1175. Part of one of the towers remains in the forecourt of the later nineteenth century building. The 16th Earl of Shrewsbury ...

Alton Castle

A postcard view of Alton Castle. This postcard was franked at 3.00 PM on 12 December 1904 in Walthamstow and posted to an address in Finsbury Park, London. The first castle, a medieval structure, was ...

Bagot Street, Abbots Bromley

A view of Bagot Street looking east towards the village centre. On the left is the Bagot Arms public house advertising Ind Coope ales. In the distance to the right is the tower of the parish church ...

Baptist Church, Stafford

The Baptist Chapel on The Green opened in 1896. The unusual spire was designed by Birmingham architect Ewen Harper. To the right of the chapel is Lockett's mineral-water factory. In the 1970s the road ...

Baswich Church

Postcard published by W.H. Smith & Son, Stafford.

Baswich Church

Baswich Lane shown looking west towards Weeping Cross from a position near the bridge over the main railway line. The buildings of Baswich Farm can be seen straight ahead and to the left and west of the ...

Bishops Offley

Looking west along Dorley Road, Bishops Offley. On the immediate left is the Mission Room. The timber-framed house on the right is Coachman's Cottage. A postcard view published by E.J. Hurlstone, ...

Blymhill Rectory, Blymhill

Originally built in the 1770s, the Grade II listed Blymhill Rectory was largely rebuilt in 1824 and further altered in 1906. It is now a private house known as the Old Rectory. The wing visible in the ...

Cannock views

This composite Cannock postcard picture has views of: Shoal Hill; Mansty Toll House; two views of Market Place in the town centre; St Luke's Church. Postcard published by the 'Advertiser' Office, Cannock....

Castle Church, Stafford

Castle Church is dedicated to St. Mary and dates from the Norman period; it was connected to the Collegiate Church of St. Mary in Stafford until 1547. The tower was rebuilt in the fifteenth century; ...

Castle Church, Stafford

Castle Church is dedicated to St. Mary and dates from the Norman period; it was connected to the Collegiate Church of St. Mary in Stafford until 1547. The tower was rebuilt in the fifteenth century; ...

Catholic Church, Great Haywood

St. John the Baptist Church was originally built at Tixall Hall in 1829 by Joseph Ireland, as a private chapel for the Clifford family. The Cliffords sold the estate to the Earl of Talbot of Ingestre ...

Chapel Interior, Alton Towers

The Chapel was designed by Thomas Fradgley and Joseph Potter and completed by 1833, but the interior was remodelled or completed by A.W.N. Pugin after 1839. Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot ...

Chapel, Alton Towers

This postcard view was taken looking from the south-east. On the left is the Armoury and the Picture Gallery, centre left the Conservatory which was built in about 1815 to 1819 to designs by Thomas Hopper ...

Chebsey Church

All Saints' dates from the Norman period. The Perpendicular west tower features an outside stair turret. The churchyard contains an Anglo-Saxon cross shaft. Inside the church can be found late Victorian ...

Christ Church, Stafford

Christ Church opened on Foregate Street in 1839. Its mission church, St. Aidan's, was consecrated in 1902 on Marston Road. Christ Church closed in 1976. In 1983 it was demolished; sheltered housing for ...