Armistice Day Ceremony, Cannock Chase
Leonora, Countess of Lichfield, and Patrick, 5th Earl of Lichfield laying a wreath at the annual Remembrance Day Serice at the Commonwealth War Cemetery at Broadhurst Green on Cannock Chase.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Broadhurst Green, Cannock Chase
The majority of the graves belong to Servicemen from both sides of the conflict who died within the Cannock Chase Camps. The majority of the men were either German Prisoners of War or New Zealanders and ...
ANZAC Service, Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Cannock Chase
Jim Preston, a Durham Light Infantry veteran of North-west Europe, Malaya and Korea places a wreath on behalf of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade at the annual ANZAC Service held at the Commonwealth War ...
Commonwealth War Cemetery, Cannock Chase
This postcard is titled 'The German cemetery', although it actually shows the Commonwealth War Cemetery at Broadhurst Green on Cannock Chase. It was known locally as the 'German cemetery' until the creation ...
Commonwealth War Cemetery, Cannock Chase
This colour-tinted postcard is titled 'The German cemetery', although it actually shows the Commonwealth War Cemetery at Broadhurst Green on Cannock Chase. It was known locally as the 'German cemetery' ...
Weston views, near Stafford
Postcard with three views of Weston: the Church, the Green, and a view of the footbridge carrying Boat Lane over the Gayton Brook.
Postcard published by William Shaw of Burslem. Postmarked August 1923....
Railway Engine "Isabel", Stafford
The engine is the narrow gauge locomotive 'Isabel', built by W.G. Bagnall Ltd. in 1897 for the Cliffe Hill Granite Company. The engine was named after John Rupert Fitzmaurice's (1865-1949) wife Isabel ...
The Lock up, Gnosall
Gnosall village lock-up, Station Road, built in 1830. Lock-ups, often found in rural communities, were a convenient place to detain vagrants and local drunks. Only three lock-ups survive in the county, ...
The Earl's Drive, Alton
The Earl's Drive at Dimmingsdale, near Oakamoor.
The building is Dimmingsdale Lodge, built in the late 19th century in an Italianate style as an entrance lodge for Dimmingsdale, which part of the Earl ...
Hales Hall, Hales
Hales Hall was built in 1806 and extensive extensions were added in the mid 19th century. It belonged to the Buchanan family until the early 20th century. From 1916 it belonged to Ernest Byfield Hall ...
Hales Hall, Hales
Hales Hall was built in 1806 and extensive extensions were added in the mid 19th century. It belonged to the Buchanan family until the early 20th century. From 1916 it belonged to Ernest Byfield Hall ...
Stafford Lane, Hednesford
Stafford Lane, Hednesford looking towards High Town.
Postcard published by Rhodes Series, Hednesford.
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.
Wishing Stone, Pye Green
The stone, locally known as 'The Wishing Stone' still exists. It is sited on an old packhorse route known as Blake Street and near to St. Chad's Ditch, an earthwork which may be of mediaeval origin.
Postcard ...
Hednesford views
A colour-tinted postcard featuring five views of Hednesford: Water Works at Moors Gorse; Anglesey Hotel, Market Street, Hednesford; St Peter's Church, Church Hill, Hednesford; West Hill, Hednesford; looking ...
The 'Wishing Stone', Pye Green, Hednesford
Still existing and known today.
The following is an extract from Cannock Chase District Council's 'Adopted Development Brief', March 2011:
"A Wishing Stone forms a local feature of interest at the ...
Hednesford views
A colour-tinted postcard with five views of Hednesford: West Hill (Green Heath Road) looking towards Market Street (the house on the right was the home of Albert Stanley M.P. and Trade Unionist around ...
West Hill, Hednesford
Officially named as Green Heath Road but known as West Hill to the locals. Recognisable today, the school was Hednesford's first Board School opened in January 1874, but almost immediately it was found ...