Advertising postcard, F.H. Burgess, Eccleshall
Postcard advertising horse-drawn cultivators supplied by F.H. Burgess of Eccleshall, who were well-known locally as agricultural and horticultural engineers, suppliers and ironmongers for over a century.
Frederick ...
Blymhill Grange, Blymhill
Blymhill Grange is a mid 19th century farm house. Just to the west of the present house is a medieval moated site.
Byanna, Eccleshall
The name Byanna (or, as in the postcard caption, 'Biana') means 'beyond the dean', or out of the town. The Bishops of Lichfield lived here after Eccleshall Castle was destroyed in 1643 during the Civil ...
Cannock Chase, Rugeley
Judging by the caption and the slope this view is on the north-western perimeter of Cannock Chase and the land is flat in comparison and farmland. The water looks like a man-made feature, possibly a former ...
Keeper's Cottage, Rugeley Road, Hednesford
The white painted Keeper's Cottage was a popular subject of local railway photographs on Cannock Chase.
Postcard published by J. Mellor, Cannock Road, Hednesford.
Old English White Cattle, Chartley Park
White Park cattle are one of the oldest breeds of British cattle. In the thirteenth century several herds were enclosed in parks. Today four of these herds remain - Chartley, Chillingham, Dynevor and ...
Pershall Bridge, Eccleshall
Pershall Bridge carries the B50126 Chester Road over the River Sow. On the hill in the distance is the three-storey farmhouse of Pershall Farm.
Postcard published by William Shaw of Burslem.
Pershall Bridge, near Eccleshall
Pershall Bridge carries the B50126 Chester Road over the River Sow. On the hill in the distance is the three-storey farmhouse of Pershall Farm.
A postcard published by E.J. Hurlstone of High Street, ...
Pershall, near Eccleshall
A colour-tinted postcard view of the road through Pershall, near Eccleshall. On the left is Cromwell House. All the buildings in this photograph still stand.
Postcard published by William Shaw of ...
Radford Bank, Stafford
A postcard view showing Radford Bank, looking towards Weeping Cross from Stafford. In the foreground is the bridge over the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.
Postcard published by W.H. Smith ...
Rugeley Road, Cannock Wood
A black and white postcard view of Rugeley Road looking towards Cannock Wood. Note the cattle in the road.
The Obelisk, Tixall
The Tixall monument bears the date 1776 and the inscription 'Stafford 3.5 miles'.
Postcard publisher unidentified.
Walk Mill, near Eccleshall
Walk Mill dates from the late eighteenth century and was used for grinding corn. There was an earlier mill on this site which was used for fulling or “walking” cloth, hence the name.
The waterwheel ...