3 Market Place, Cannock
A postcard showing the rear of 3 Market Place (Church Street), Cannock with a man and woman in doorway and Croquet hoops in the lawn. It is postmarked Cannock, 1909. This house was later Lloyds Bank ...
A general view of Rugeley
A postcard view of Rugeley. The photograph was taken from the St. Augustine's church tower looking south towards Stile Cop on the horizon. At the right is Anson Street: the small timber-framed building ...
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 ...
Alton Church
St Peter's Church, Alton viewed from the south west. The church has a Norman north arcade and a 14th century tower. It was largely rebuilt in 1830. The chancel and south chapel were built in 1884-5 by ...
Alton Towers
A view of Alton Towers from the north, across the ornamental lake.
Alton Towers
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852.
The 15th Earl began adapting an existing 16th or 17th century house, Alveton (Alton) ...
Alton Towers Gardens
This postcard view of the Colonnade and Roman Bath was taken by Alfred or Gerald McCann, photographers of Uttoxeter.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built ...
Alton Towers Views
A multi-view postcard of Alton Towers Mansion from the lake, view from the Gothic Temple, view of the Churnet Valley from the south-east, a scene in the Gardens and in the centre the Gothic Temple (usually ...
Anglesey Hotel, Hednesford
The Anglesey Hotel, Hednesford viewed from Market Street. It was built in 1831 by Edmund Peel of Tamworth, son of Sir Robert Peel of Drayton Manor and brother to Robert, sometime British Prime Minister. ...
Anson Street, Rugeley
A postcard view of Anson Street, Rugeley with many schoolchildren posing for the photograph. They may have been pupils at the Grammar School which was at the far end of this road. The houses on the right ...
Bandstand and Bowling Green, Cannock
A very early postcard where the message and picture is on the same side; the address only being on the reverse. This style of postcard became obsolete when divided back cards were introduced in Great ...
Bank Street, Heath Hayes
A view of Bank Street, Heath Hayes with what are now numbers 77, 79 and 81 Bank Street on the right. The houses are now rendered in white, but the doors and windows of the two left-hand buildings can ...
Banquet Hall, Alton Towers
A postcard view (looking north-east) of the Banquet Hall taken around 1927 when it was in use as a refreshment room. Over the years this room was also known as the Great Dining Room and the Dining Room. ...
Beaudesert Hall
A postcard of the south-east view of Beaudesert Hall, near Gentleshaw, residence of the Marquis of Anglesey. The building dated from the 15th century with later alterations. The walled garden is on the ...
Birch Lane, Brereton, Rugeley
Birch Lane is in Brereton which at this time was more distinctly separated from Rugeley. Earlier council houses are on the left (built between the Wars) with newer ones on the right dating from the 1950s....
Black Prince Window, Alton Towers
A postcard view of the Black Prince Window which was in the Long Gallery by Charles Muss, 1820s.
Borough Hall, Stafford
The Borough Hall was designed in 1876 by local architect Henry Ward who also designed Stafford Grammar School. We are unable to identify the publisher of this card which was printed in Germany. The design ...