Alton Castle
The first castle, a medieval structure, was built by Bertram de Verdun in 1175. Part of one of the towers remains in the forecourt of the later nineteenth century building. The 16th Earl of Shrewsbury ...
Alton Castle
A postcard view of Alton Castle. This postcard was franked at 3.00 PM on 12 December 1904 in Walthamstow and posted to an address in Finsbury Park, London.
The first castle, a medieval structure, was ...
Catholic Church, Great Haywood
St. John the Baptist Church was originally built at Tixall Hall in 1829 by Joseph Ireland, as a private chapel for the Clifford family. The Cliffords sold the estate to the Earl of Talbot of Ingestre ...
Chapel Interior, Alton Towers
The Chapel was designed by Thomas Fradgley and Joseph Potter and completed by 1833, but the interior was remodelled or completed by A.W.N. Pugin after 1839.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot ...
Chapel, Alton Towers
This postcard view was taken looking from the south-east. On the left is the Armoury and the Picture Gallery, centre left the Conservatory which was built in about 1815 to 1819 to designs by Thomas Hopper ...
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 ...
High Green, Brewood
Looking west along High Green, Brewood. The mock-timber framed building is the Bridge Inn with advertisements for Ansell's ales. The shop nearest the camera is advertising Cherry Blossom shoe polish. ...
Hospital and School of St. John, Alton
A postcard view looking north of the right range of the Hospital and School, Alton. It was begun in 1840 by A.W.N. Pugin around three sides of a quadrangle, facing Alton Castle. The left range and half ...
Mayfield Convent, Sussex
A postcard view of Mayfield Convent in Sussex. Originally built in the 14th century as a residence for the Archbishops of Canterbury, the buildings were converted for use as a Convent of the Holy Child ...
Roman Catholic Church, Brewood
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary stands on Kiddemore Green Road, Brewood. It was built in 1843-1844 to designs by A.W.N. Pugin.
Roman Catholic Church, Hednesford
A colour-tinted postcard view of Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church in Hednesford, built 1928 to 1934 in the French-Gothic style. It was designed by George Bernard Cox of the Birmingham firm of ...
Rugeley from the Railway
A view of Rugeley looking from the railway line near to the town station, towards Talbot Street with its early 19th century houses and the prominent spire of the 1851 Roman Catholic Church of St. Joseph ...
Shrine of the Sacred Heart, Abbots Bromley
A postcard with the caption "The Shrine of the Sacred Heart, Abbots Bromley. Rev. Joseph Craig."
The Catholic church in Abbots Bromley was first built around 1836-1841 in the garden of Edward Pyatt, ...
St. Austin's Roman Catholic Church, Stafford
St. Austin's Church was built on the site of an old friary of the Order of St. Austin, on Wolverhampton Road. The first chapel opened in 1791. Its oak stalls came from Lichfield Cathedral and the fifteenth ...
St. Austin's Roman Catholic Church, Stafford
St. Austin's Church was built on the site of an old friary of the Order of St. Austin, on Wolverhampton Road. The first chapel opened in 1791. The new church was built on the site of the old in 1862, ...
St. John The Baptist Church, Alton
A view of the interior of St John The Baptist Church at the Hospital and School, Alton.
This postcard was franked on 31 December 1917 in Stoke on Trent and posted to an address in Alton.
St. Joseph's and St. Ethelreda's Roman Catholic Church, Rugeley
St. Joseph's and St. Ethelreda's Roman Catholic Church on Lichfield Street, Rugeley. It was built in 1849-50 and designed by Charles Hansom. One of the turrets surrounding the spire is now missing. The ...
The Gym, St Austin's School, Stafford
St. Austin's Catholic School on Garden Street. This postcard photograph is one of a group taken between 1913 and 1915, many of which feature the young man in this image.