Carriage in Heron Street, Rugeley
An ornately framed postcard photo of a Landau carriage drawn by a single horse passing in front of 51, Heron Street, Rugeley. The event and the identity of the passengers is unknown.
Cedar Tree Hotel, Brereton
The Cedar Tree Hotel in Brereton has long been a local landmark with its distinctive Cedar of Lebanon tree. The Grade II listed Regency style building dates from the early 19th century. Originally a ...
Central Schools, Brownhills
Central Schools on the corner of Chester Road North and Pelsall Road, Brownhills. Designed by G.H.Cox in a Queen Anne style dating and built in 1893, the school housed both boys and girls until 1932 ...
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 ...
Chaseley Road and Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley
A view clearly recognisable today: Chaseley Road on the left joins Penkridge Bank Road, looking towards Rugeley. The current Chase Inn can be seen amongst the trees on the left. It had previously been ...
Church Hill, Hednesford
The postcard view looks down Hednesford's Church Hill to its junction with Uxbridge Street and Rugeley Road, and across into Market Street. The coal miners' houses on the right have been demolished but ...
Coach Service at Alton Towers
The 20th Earl of Shrewsbury in the driving seat of his 'Greyhound' coach, in front of Alton Towers, one of his family homes.
During 1892 and 1893 the Earl ran a daily coach service between Alton Towers ...
Conservatory, Alton Towers
A postcard view of the House Conservatory which linked the Drawing Room with the Octagon.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852. ...
Corner of the Bowling Green, Cannock
A postcard picture of Cannock's bowling green with 'The Green' behind. This 18th century house was modernised in the mid-19th century by Bernard Gilpin, owner of the famous edge-tool manufactory.
To ...
Coulthwaite's Training Stables, Hednesford
Tom Coulthwaite's stables are the red-roofed buildings in the left middle distance in this colour-tinted postcard view taken from Hednesford Hills, near the present day Raceway. They have since been ...
Council School, Great Wyrley
Built in 1882, the average attendance then being 160. It was enlarged in 1906. By 1910 the premises were unsatisfactory and the school managers were instructed to reduce numbers by excluding children ...
Crossley Stone and Bow Street, Rugeley
Crossley Stone runs off Elmore Lane near the park in Rugeley. The three-storey house on the right is number 20 Crossley Stone, a late 18th century Grade II listed house, and it is a side return of the ...
District Hospital, Rugeley
The Rugeley District 'Cottage' Hospital and Provident Dispensary was built by public subscription in 1871 after the designs of W. A. Bonney C.E. and stood on Brereton Road on land donated by the Earl ...
Dr William Palmer's House, Rugeley
William Palmer was hanged for the murder of John Parsons Cooke in 1856 and this was his home at the time. It was rented from the Earls of Lichfield. The murder took place in the Talbot Hotel, directly ...
Drawbridge, Entrance, Alton Towers
A postcard view of the Drawbridge or East Entrance to 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 ...
Elizabethan cottage, Horsefair, Rugeley
Rugeley would once have had many timber-framed cottages, most of which were lost in the extensive fires of 1646 and 1708. This thatched cottage stood in the site now occupied by James Furnishers. On ...
Entrance to Cannock Park
The gates and brick pillars and the tree-lined avenue leading to the Pavilion in Cannock Park. The original gates and pillars have since been replaced.
Postcard in the 'Teesee' Series', published by ...