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All Saints' Church, Alrewas

All Saints' Church stands in Mill End Lane. It was built in the 13th century, replacing an earlier church. It has 14th, 18th and 19th century additions. In the chancel, fragments of medieval wall-paintings ...

Altar, St. Peter's Church, Yoxall

Postcard view of the interior of the chancel in St. Peter's Church, Yoxall, showing the altar. St. Peter's Church was largely rebuilt by Henry Woodyer in 1865-8. The church still retains a number of medieval ...

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 ...

Alton Church

St Peter's Church, Alton viewed from the south west. The church has a Norman north arcade and a 14th century tower. It was largely rebuilt in 1830. The chancel and south chapel were built in 1884-5 by ...

ANZAC Service, Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery, Cannock Chase

Jim Preston, a Durham Light Infantry veteran of North-west Europe, Malaya and Korea places a wreath on behalf of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade at the annual ANZAC Service held at the Commonwealth War ...

Armistice Day Ceremony, Cannock Chase

Leonora, Countess of Lichfield, and Patrick, 5th Earl of Lichfield laying a wreath at the annual Remembrance Day Serice at the Commonwealth War Cemetery at Broadhurst Green on Cannock Chase.

Army chaplain, Rugeley Camp, Cannock Chase

Rev. John Reay, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry. He conducted ANZAC services at the Army Training Camps on Cannock Chase and was Vicar of Hednesford in 1919 having previously been Curate at St Barnabas ...

Bagot Street, Abbots Bromley

A view of Bagot Street looking east towards the village centre. On the left is the Bagot Arms public house advertising Ind Coope ales. In the distance to the right is the tower of the parish church ...

Baptist Church, Stafford

The Baptist Chapel on The Green opened in 1896. The unusual spire was designed by Birmingham architect Ewen Harper. To the right of the chapel is Lockett's mineral-water factory. In the 1970s the road ...

Baswich Church

Postcard published by W.H. Smith & Son, Stafford.

Baswich Church

Baswich Lane shown looking west towards Weeping Cross from a position near the bridge over the main railway line. The buildings of Baswich Farm can be seen straight ahead and to the left and west of the ...

Bednall Church

All Saints Church, Bednall. Built on the site of an earlier church, All Saints was built by local Architect Henry Ward in 1846 at a cost of £1100. It was dedicated on 10th August 1846 by the Bishop ...

Bishop of Stafford

Lionel Payne Crawfurd was the second Suffragan Bishop of Stafford. Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1890 and began his career with a curacy at St Cuthbert’s, Gateshead. ...

Bishop Overton's Tomb, Eccleshall Church

The alabaster monument to Bishop Overton (died 1609) in the north wall of the chancel in Holy Trinity Church, Eccleshall. The tomb has effigies of the bishop and his two wives, Margaret Barlow and Mary ...

Bishops Offley

Looking west along Dorley Road, Bishops Offley. On the immediate left is the Mission Room. The timber-framed house on the right is Coachman's Cottage. A postcard view published by E.J. Hurlstone, ...

Blymhill Rectory, Blymhill

Originally built in the 1770s, the Grade II listed Blymhill Rectory was largely rebuilt in 1824 and further altered in 1906. It is now a private house known as the Old Rectory. The wing visible in the ...

Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase

In the background are "P" and "Q" Battalion Lines and to the left out of picture was the main coal yard and weighbridge. The white lines to the right of the road show the freshly dug earth covering some ...