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 ...
Octagon, Alton Towers
The Octagon was built in about 1824 but was extensively remodelled by A.W.N. Pugin in 1841-1842. He increased its height and based its design on a medieval chapter house. By the 1830s it was used to house ...
The Lock-up, Alton
The village lock-up in Alton was built in 1819 and renovated in 1977.
This postcard view was franked at 11.00 AM on 19 February, 1910 in Stafford and posted to an address in Birmingham.
View of Oakamoor
This postcard view was taken looking north along Carr Bank, Oakamoor.
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 ...
Camp Road, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
This photograph shows a section of Old Camp Road, close to the Sycamore's where "S" and "T" Battalion Lines were laid out. In the distance is Chase Road where it meets the main road as it bends to the ...
Chase Road, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
As Chase Road climbs out of Brocton and levels out, it passes the former Battalion Lines "H" and "I" where there are remains of the area in which the New Zealand Rifle Brigade were stationed. You would ...
Courtship, Milford, Brocton Camp
The postcard infers that the troops are fraternizing with the locals or maybe their loved ones came to visit and stay in rooms close to the Camp. It is known that many people let rooms out to visiting ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
This is a very difficult photograph to identify the location of. The caption 'Brocton Camp N' is misleading as the hut alignment does not match the Camp's 1916 plan if it is referring to "N" Lines. Another ...
Novelty postcard, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
A postcard featuring a cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather. the caption reads "Well, if you knows of a better 'ole, go to it."
This card was sent by 'uncle John' to his nephew, he appeared to be making ...
Sherbrook Vale, Milford
Sherbrook Valley on Cannock Chase.
On the reverse is a message from a friend to Robert C. Dale at Eton College in 1905. In 1914 Robert went to Canada but at the outbreak of war returned to Europe ...
The Chase, Milford
Sherbrook Valley on Cannock Chase, close to Milford
Sherbrook Vale, Milford
View of Sherbrook Valley on Cannock Chase, walking towards the stepping stones from Milford.
Published by W.H.Smith, Stafford. Posted 1918, exact date unclear
Sherbrook Valley, Cannock Chase
Sherbrook Valley runs through the heart of Cannock Chase following the Sherbrook, falling gently from the top of the Chase by the German and Commonwealth Military Cemeteries down to Milford.
Published ...
Sherbrook Valley, Cannock Chase
Sherbrook Valley runs through the heart of Cannock Chase following the Sherbrook, falling gently from the top of the Chase by the German and Commonwealth Military Cemeteries down to Milford.
Cannock Chase views
A compilation of five views: Milford and Brocton Station; the Golf House, Milford; the Barley Mow, Milford; the Green, Milford; and a view of the Chase near Milford Common.
Message on reverse dated ...
Cannock Chase views
Written from Sister Dora Nursing Home on Milford Common. A father writing to his daughter on 30 Oct 1917 about the area and the food he is expected to eat: obviously a patient in the Nursing Home. From ...
Milford Chase views
Compilation of five views of Milfordand Cannock Chase: Station Road (now Holdiford Road) close to the entrance to Shugborough; the approach to the bridge over the River Sow; the Golf House; the road alongside ...