Golf House, Milford
Cannock Chase Golf Club was formed in 1894. The Club rented land on the Chase from the Earl of Lichfield for one shilling per year. The Club house was completed in August 1898 at a cost of £1,100. ...
Golf House, Milford
Reverse has message from their Aunt to Betty and Jack Hand, children of Richard Hand, local solicitor of Hand Morgan (now Hand, Morgan & Owen). The Club house was completed in August 1898 at a cost of ...
The Green, Brocton
From Brocton Green looking up Chase Road with Old Acre Road to the right. A drawing by Horace Overton Jones, son of potter George Jones who lived at Milford Lodge from 1873 until he built Newport House ...
Entrance Hall to Brocton Hall Golf Club
Brocton Hall was bought from Mrs Mary Chetwynd to develop an 18 hole golf course in the grounds. The original golf course was on Cannock Chase at MIlford. The original club house built in 1898 was ...
Brocton Village, near Stafford
Looking up Chase Road from Brocton Green with Pinfold Cottage on the left and Green Farm on the right.
Printed by W.H. Smith & Son, Greengate Street, Stafford
The Railway Bridge, Stafford
The Bridge over the River Sow in Victoria Road, leading to the Railway Station. The bell tower to St. Thomas's Church, Castletown can be seen on the left.
Stafford MIllenary Pageant
St. Bertelin in AD 708, played by Mr Frederick Percy Edgar. Percy, as he was known, was described in the 1911 Census as an accountant and society entertainer. He performed at many events throughout the ...
Stafford Millenary Pageant
Lord Northampton, played in the Pageant by Charles Silvester, a local leather merchant. Northampton was killed at the Battle of Hopton Heath, his son who also fought at Hopton Heath then took the title....
Stafford Millenary Pageant
Lord Carew played by Mr Paddison in the Millenary Pageant. Carew was involved in the trial of Charles II and was later hanged, drawn and quartered. A roundhead!
Stafford Millenary Pageant
Episode VI of the Millenary Pageant tells of the day after the Battle of Hopton Heath. In the year 1643, when a crowd is gathered in the Market Place of Stafford, pretty Priscilla enters winning the smiles ...
Stafford Millenary Pageant
Queen Elizabeth with two attendants at the Millenary Pageant. Mrs Ethel Burckhardt, wife of the Post Master of Stafford, played the part of Queen Elizabeth I. During World War I there were suggestions ...
Stafford Millenary Pageant
Mrs Ethel Burckhardt, wife of the Post Master of Stafford, played the part of Queen Elizabeth I in the Millenary Pageant. During World War I there were suggestions that the family were German. Her husband ...
Stafford Lodges, Shugborough
Stafford Lodges were built in 1825 as copies of the earlier Lichfield Lodges, built and designed by Samuel Wyatt around 1805.
Postcard publisher unidentified. Postmarked 25 July 1915.
Trent Lodge, Shugborough
Trent Lodge which was built in 1859 and replaced an earlier Garden Lodge to the Shugborough Estate. It was previously known as Great Haywood Lodge.
Postcard published by William Shaw of Burslem.
Shugborough Hall
Shugborough is the ancestral home of the Anson family, who were later created the Earls of Lichfield. The central block of the house was built in 1693. Thomas Wright of Durham designed the pavilions with ...
The Roebuck Inn, Wolseley Bridge
Post card view of the Roebuck is seen here standing at the junction of the A51 and A513. On the right is Wolseley Bridge spanning the River Trent. In later years The Roebuck became known as The Wolseley ...
Cannock Chase, near Milford
Cannock Chase not far from Milford Common. The Garth, formerly the Cannock Chase Golf Club House is in the centre far distance.
Published by F. Frith & Co. Ltd., Reigate.
Golf House, Milford
Cannock Chase Golf Club was formed in 1894. The Club rented land on the Chase from the Earl of Lichfielf for on shilling per year.The Club house wa completed in August 1898 at a cost of £1,100. There ...