Wolseley Road, Rugeley
A view of the main road between Rugeley to Stafford (the A460), here captioned as Stafford Road but actually named Wolseley Road. The avenue of Lombardy poplar trees approaching what was known as Eaton ...
The Shrewsbury Arms Hotel, Rugeley
The postcard view of the Shrewsbury Arms gives the name of the hotel's proprietor at the time and was presumably produced for advertising purposes. It was originally named the Crown. By the mid 19th ...
The Old Cottages, Rugeley
A close up view of the timber-framed cottages that can be seen other postcard views of Horsefair close to todays Globe Island. The man near the bicycle is standing in Elmore Lane. Behind the cottages ...
The Garden, Hawkesyard Priory, Armitage
A postcard photograph showing the gardens at Hawkesyard Priory including a water fountain and formal flower beds. There is also a burial ground for the friars nearby.
Armitage Park, a mid-18th century ...
Souvenir postcard, Rugeley
A novelty postcard with the caption: 'The beauties of Rugeley cannot be exaggerated. Too busy to write.' Generic postcards such as this were in circulation across the country with the name of the town, ...
Shutt Hill, Rugeley
Shutt Hill is the summit of Hagley Road in Rugeley, dropping down to the Chase Inn on the right. The wall on the left is now further back to provide a footpath but the right wall still remains at the ...
River Trent from Rugeley Quarry
A colour-tinted postcard view taken from Rugeley quarry area looking north. The quarry is adjacent to the Trent Valley main line just south of the Rugeley Trent Valley railway station.
Postcard published ...
Lower Brook Street, Rugeley
A colour-tinted postcard view looking north along Lower Brook Street, Rugeley. The Town Hall Market entrance and clock tower can be seen the distance.
Postcard published by Valentine & Sons Ltd., Dundee ...
Lower Brook Street, Rugeley
Lower Brook Street in Rugeley looking north towards the Town Hall. On the right is William Crompton's bootmaking and shoe shop. Next door is Hunter's Provisions and Tea Dealers' shop.
On the left ...
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 ...
Elizabethan cottage, Horsefair, Rugeley
Rugeley would once have had many timber-framed cottages, most of which were lost in the extensive fires of 1646 and 1708. This thatched cottage stood in the site now occupied by James Furnishers. On ...
Lower Brook Street, Rugeley
A colour-tinted postcard view of Lower Brook Street in Rugeley. At the time of this photograph it was the main road through Rugeley until Western Springs Relief Road by-passed the town centre in 1956. ...
Cannock Chase, Rugeley
An unidentifed location on Cannock Chase, possibly Sherbrook Valley.
Cannock Chase, Rugeley
An unidentified location on Cannock Chase, near Rugeley. The lane is bounded by metal fencing.
Birch Lane, Brereton, Rugeley
Birch Lane is in Brereton which at this time was more distinctly separated from Rugeley. Earlier council houses are on the left (built between the Wars) with newer ones on the right dating from the 1950s....
Bagnall Lock Bridge, Alrewas
Bridge number 49 on the Trent and Mersey Canal at Bagnall Lock, close to the Kings Bromley road at Alrewas. This postcard scene is of younsters feeding swans from a narrow boat with lots of young onlookers ...
Cannock Chase, nr Rugeley
This postcard view of a track through forestry on Cannock Chase possibly shows the beginning of Birches Valley Road leading from Penkridge Bank Road, Rugeley towards Pye Green. Note the metal fencing ...
Cedar Tree Hotel, Brereton
The Cedar Tree Hotel in Brereton has long been a local landmark with its distinctive Cedar of Lebanon tree. The Grade II listed Regency style building dates from the early 19th century. Originally a ...