Radford Bank, Stafford
A postcard view looking towards Stafford at the point where Radford Bank crosses the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. On the right is the Trumpet Inn which has since been demolished and rebuilt. ...
Railway Bridge, Shugborough
During the 1840s two railways were constructed through the park at Shugborough. To minimise the damage fences and trees were used to hide the trains from view. The tunnel and bridges were designed to ...
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 ...
Railway Station and Hotel, Stafford
The station building in this picture was constructed in 1862. On the right is the Station Hotel, originally built as the North Western Hotel on Victoria Road in 1866, to provide accommodation for rail ...
Railway to Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The "Tackeroo" railway was originally sent up Brindley Heath Road which was found to be too steep and therefore had to be diverted left up Brindley Valley which had less of a gradient. It entered what ...
Railway tunnel, Shugborough
This entrance to the tunnel can be seen on the left hand side as you go along the drive to Shugborough from Milford Common. The tunnel is 777 yards long and it was agreed with the Earl of Lichfield that ...
Ranton Abbey
The remains of Ranton Abbey are situated one mile to the west of Ranton, in a private wooded park. The fifteenth century church tower still survives. The abbey was an Augustinian house, founded in the ...
Ravenhill House, Brereton
he house had been briefly unoccupied when, in March 1915, the War Office intimated that Lady Zouche had offered the house as a V.A.D (Voluntary Aid Detached) Hospital to be operated by the Red Cross for ...
Regimental Institute, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase
The Standing Camp Plans for the period show that the Regimental Institutes were some of the largest buildings on the Battalion Lines. The officers had their own recreational huts as did the sergeants ...
Remembrance Sunday, Stafford
The poster on the wall is announcing visit of Famous Wireless Entertainers (Flotsom & Jetsom). The Mayor, William T. Richardson surrounded by Police Officers is preparing to leave the Borough Hall for ...
Reredos, Gayton Church
The church was largely rebuilt in the 19th century, but still contains a Norman chancel arch and 13th century features. The purple brick tower was built in 1732. pictured is the Victorian reredos in ...
Ribbon Border, Alton Towers
A postcard view of the Ribbon Border and gardens at Alton Towers, with the Towers in the distance. The gardens were created by the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury between about 1810 and 1827.
River Churnet and Bridge, Alton
A postcard view of the River Churnet and bridge looking south-east with Alton Castle on the right.
Within Alton Castle are the remains of the medieval castle, built in about 1175 by Bertram de Verdun, ...
River Penk at Penkridge
A colour tinted postcard view of the River Penk at Penkridge, looking north east from Bull Bridge towards the Mill.
Published by A.W. Bourne, 32 Babingley Drive, Leicester.
River Penk, Penkridge
A view of the River Penk at Penkridge with Bull Bridge to the right and the tower of St. Michael's church in the distance. this postcard view is dated 1934.
River Sow and the Royal Brine Baths, Stafford
n the centre is the River Sow, on the left is a canal which was specially made to carry coal to a wharf near to the Green Bridge in Bridge Street. Due to lack of use it was filled in around 1930.
The ...
River Trent at Bishton Hall
Looking downstream along the River Trent from the Wolseley side with Bishton Hall in the distance.
Postcard published by Pascoe & Son, Caxton House, Rugeley. Message dated 14 January 1917.
River Trent, Great Haywood
A view looking south from the Essex Bridge, downstream along the River Trent. Further down the river can be seen the cast iron bridge which carried the drive from Shugborough Hall to Little Haywood. ...