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.
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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 ...
Brereton, near Rugeley
This colour-tinted postcard shows a view of Main Road, Brereton probably taken from the front of the church grounds. The old Castle Pub is on the left with barrels on the pavement edge. This was demolished ...
Brereton Road, Rugeley
A view looking south-east along the A51 just past the railway arches in Rugeley, which is part of Brereton Parish. On the right, a little past Wharf Road, is an area which was know as 'The City' and beyond ...
The Rock Gardens, Alton Towers
A postcard view of the Rock Gardens, one of the various features and themed gardens including Dutch and Italian Gardens, the Chinese Pagoda Fountain, the Swiss Cottage, Stonehenge and the Gothic Prospect ...
The Gardens Entrance, Alton Towers
A postcard view of the entrance to the Gardens and the Memorial to the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury at Alton Towers. The Memorial was erected in about 1830 by his nephew John, the 16th Earl. It is a copy of ...
River Churnet and Bridge, Alton
A postcard view of the River Churnet and bridge looking south-east with Alton Castle on the right.
Within Alton Castle are the remains of the medieval castle, built in about 1175 by Bertram de Verdun, ...
Brereton village
A postcard view of Main Road, Brereton looking south-east towards Lichfield. On the right is the Church of England school building which replaced an earlier school on the same site It was opened in ...