Meadow Lane, Little Haywood
Looking towards Little Haywood village from the meadows by the River Trent. The road leads to Weetman's Bridge to the right.
Postcard published by Valentine & Sons Ltd., Dundee and London.
Station Road, Little Haywood
Looking south along the Main Road through Little Haywood towards Colwich. Behind the wall beyond the house on the left is what was then St. Benedict's Priory, now St. Mary's Abbey.
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Main Road, Little Haywood
Looking north towards Great Haywood. On the left is the Lamb and Flag. The white building is the Red Lion, advertising Bunting's Gold Ales.
Postcard published by W.H. Smith & Son, Stafford.
Main Road, Little Haywood
A postcard view of Main Road, Little Haywood, taken from the crossroads in the centre of the village looking towards Colwich. Many of the buildings in the photograph are still standing but the ground ...
Bottle Lodge, Tixall
The Bottle Lodge, so called because of its shape, dates from around 1575. It was built where the drive from Tixall Hall crossed the Stafford to Great Haywood road, and could possibly have been used as ...
Tixall Hall and Gatehouse
The Aston family from Haywood acquired the Tixall estate through marriage; the hall was rebuilt in 1555. In 1580 Sir Walter Aston added the gate-house. Six years later Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned ...
Knighton Road and Church, Knighton, Leicester
In the distance is the spire of St. Mary Magdalen Church. Knighton is now a supurb of Leicester.
Postcard published by 'W'. Postmarked 18 August 1919.
Baswich Church
Postcard published by W.H. Smith & Son, Stafford.
Baswich Church
Baswich Lane shown looking west towards Weeping Cross from a position near the bridge over the main railway line. The buildings of Baswich Farm can be seen straight ahead and to the left and west of the ...
Weston-under-Redcastle Church, Shropshire
St. Luke's Church, Weston-under-Redcastle, Shropshire. built in 1791.
Postcard published by Fritz Zumbrunnen, stationer, Hodnet, Shropshire.
Sandon Church
All Saints' dates from the Norman period. Inside, in the west window, can be found a fragment of fourteenth century stained glass. The font dates from 1669. In 1851 the north aisle was remodelled to serve ...
Sandon Church
All Saints' dates from the Norman period. Inside, in the west window, can be found a fragment of fourteenth century stained glass. The font dates from 1669. In 1851 the north aisle was remodelled to serve ...
Seighford Church
St. Chad's dates from the Norman period, although the west tower was rebuilt in local brick in the seventeenth century after the original tower collapsed. Evidence of Norman architecture can still be ...
Catholic Church, Great Haywood
St. John the Baptist Church was originally built at Tixall Hall in 1829 by Joseph Ireland, as a private chapel for the Clifford family. The Cliffords sold the estate to the Earl of Talbot of Ingestre ...
Tixall Church
The current St. John's Church, pictured here, was built in 1849, replacing its medieval predecessor which had fallen into disrepair. It was built by Wyatt and Brandon for the Hon. J.C. Talbot.
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Colwich Church
St. Michael and All Angels was built on the site of an Anglo-Saxon church. The present church was built in the late fourteenth century, but was altered and restored between 1852 and 1856. Inside the church ...
Colwich Church
St. Michael and All Angels was built on the site of an Anglo-Saxon church. The present church was built in the late fourteenth century, but was altered and restored between 1852 and 1856. Inside the church ...
Marston Road, Stafford
A colour-tinted view looking north along Gaol Road towards Marston Road. Just to the right of centre can be seen the Four Crosses public house, with Browning Street to the left and Sandon Road to the ...