Milford Station, Stafford
Milford and Brocton Station opened to passenger traffic in 1877 and goods traffic in 1882. Milford was a popular destination from Stafford in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, bringing people to ...
Old Acre Hall, Brocton
Elizabeth Smallwood and her niece Lizzie ran a tea shop from the front room of this house in Oldacre Lane, Brocton. They used to cater for Sunday School parties from Stafford who visited the Chase. ...
Milford views
Compilation of five views of Milford: the road over the Chase at Milford; a view of the Golf Course; the bridge over the canal at Milford; Milford Common; and a view of the Chase in Sherbrook Valley.
Published ...
Pool Lane, Brocton
Pool Lane, Brocton, looking toward the Village Green.
Published by Midland View Company.
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
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.