Church Street, Eccleshall
A view looking west along Church Street, Eccleshall. On the left are the rialings of the Wash Pit, or Sheep Pool, on Church Street: a pond fed by a spring. After a fire at the church in 1868 the need ...
Coach Service at Alton Towers
The 20th Earl of Shrewsbury in the driving seat of his 'Greyhound' coach, in front of Alton Towers, one of his family homes.
During 1892 and 1893 the Earl ran a daily coach service between Alton Towers ...
Commonwealth War Cemetery, Cannock Chase
This postcard is titled 'The German cemetery', although it actually shows the Commonwealth War Cemetery at Broadhurst Green on Cannock Chase. It was known locally as the 'German cemetery' until the creation ...
Commonwealth War Cemetery, Cannock Chase
This colour-tinted postcard is titled 'The German cemetery', although it actually shows the Commonwealth War Cemetery at Broadhurst Green on Cannock Chase. It was known locally as the 'German cemetery' ...
Convent of the Holy Rosary, Cannock
Opened in 1898 by the Sisters of the Christian Retreat, the Convent later became Lyncroft School in the 1970s and then Chase Academy in 1998, since renamed Chase Grammar School.. The Convent building ...
Coronation Bridge, Victoria Park, Stafford
The land between Izaak Walton Walk and the railway station was marshy and liable to flooding. In 1903 the Corporation bought the land and raised its level by three feet. The area was laid out as Victoria ...
Coton, Gnosall
Looking along Newport Road towards Gnosall village centre from Coton. On the extreme left is the Navigation Inn, then Joseph James Walwyn's grocers shop and slightly further along can be seen the bridge ...
Cotton College, Cotton
An Aerofilms postcard view of Cotton College, also known as St. Wilfrid's College.
Cotton Hall was built in the 18th century by the Gilbert family. In 1844 it was sold to the Earl of Shrewsbury and ...
Coulthwaite's Training Stables, Hednesford
Tom Coulthwaite's stables are the red-roofed buildings in the left middle distance in this colour-tinted postcard view taken from Hednesford Hills, near the present day Raceway. They have since been ...
Cross Keys, Penkridge
The Cross Keys public house, Filance Lane, Penkridge stands next to Filance Bridge and the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal.
Postcard published by District View Publishing Co., 117 Loughborough ...
Dolphin Fountain, Alton Towers
The Dolphin Fountain in its own lake and adjacent to the Pagoda Fountain. This postcard view was franked at 9.00 PM on 11 August 1938 in Wolverhampton and posted to an address in Tarporley, Cheshire.
Alton ...
Donkeys on Milford Common
At the time of World War 1 the fair came to Milford Common at Easter, Whitsun and August Bank Holiday. Now it only comes in August. The same families came every year, their names were Boswell, Taylor, ...
Drawbridge, Entrance, Alton Towers
A postcard view of the Drawbridge or East Entrance to Alton Towers.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852.
The 15th Earl ...
Eccleshall views
A postcard with five views of Eccleshall: Johnson Lodge, two views of the Castle, Stafford Street and High Street.
Eccleshall views
A postcard showing five views of Eccleshall: the Castle, the Parish Church, Stone Road and two views of the High Street. It was published by William Shaw of Burslem.
Eccleshall views
A postcard with three views of Eccleshall: the Castle, the Parish Church, and High Street. It is postmarked 4 July 1929.
Elmore Park, Rugeley
A postcard view of birds on Elmore Park's pool in Rugeley. Fed by the Rising Brook, the pool was originally part of the Hagley Hall estate and may have been a moat. The pool has an island which, it is ...
Essex Bridge, Great Haywood
Postcard postmarked 18 July 1906.