Aethelfleda, Millenary Pageant Costume, Stafford,
In 1913 a Millenary Pageant was performed in the Castle fields to celebrate 1000 years of Stafford's history from its founding in 913 AD by Aethelfleda. This photograph is of Nora Ramscar Wright, dressed ...
Audley's Cross, Blore Heath
Dating from the Wars of the Roses, this medieval stone cross was erected in memory of Lord Audley the Lancastrian leader, killed at the Battle of Blore Heath in 1459. It was repaired in 1765 and provided ...
Brocton Gate, Brocton
Brocton Gate marked the boundary between the villages of Brocton and Milford.
Postcard published by William Shaw, Burslem.
Creswell Chapel Ruins, near Stafford
Creswell Chapel of Ease dates from around 1150. The only visible remains of this chapel is a partial ruin standing in fields to the northwest of the village proper. It was a subsidiary chapel of the ...
Eccleshall Castle
The castle was used as the residence of the Bishops of Lichfield. The first reference to this building was in 1200, when Bishop Geoffrey Muschamp obtained a royal licence to embattle a manor house in ...
Eccleshall Castle
The castle was used as the residence of the Bishops of Lichfield. The first reference to this building was in 1200, when Bishop Geoffrey Muschamp obtained a royal licence to embattle a manor house in ...
Hatherton Hall
Grade II listed Hatherton Hall was built in 1817 and was the seat of the Walhouse family. It was rebuilt by Moreton Walhouse, possibly in an emotional reaction to being passed over in his uncle, Sir ...
Lovers' Walk, Brancote Woods, near Stafford
Photograph taken along the path that leads from St Thomas's Priory to Holdiford Road, Milford with the River Sow, Railway and Canal running to the left. Published by Valentine & Sons of Dundee and Lodnon ...
Messines Model, Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
Looking north across the scaled terrain model of the Battle of Messines at Brocton Camp. The New Zealand Rifle Brigade took part in the successful campaign to take the Messines Ridge, a stronghold on ...
Newport Road and Castle, Stafford
On the right can be seen Stafford Castle, built in the early nineteenth century on the site of a medieval castle by the Jerningham family. The construction work was poor and part of the north tower fell ...
Ranton Abbey
The remains of Ranton Abbey are situated one mile to the west of Ranton, in a private wooded park. The fifteenth century church tower still survives. The abbey was an Augustinian house, founded in the ...
St Mary's Church, Stafford
St Mary's Church is Grade 1 listed. The church dates from the early 13th century, with 14th century transepts and 15th century clerestories and crossing tower.Excavations in 1954 revealed the adjacent ...
Stafford Castle
The castle to the south-west of the town was built in the fourteenth century by Ralph de Stafford, on the site of an earlier Norman wooden castle.
In December 1643, during the English Civil War (after ...
Stafford Castle
The castle to the south-west of the town was built in the fourteenth century by Ralph de Stafford, on the site of an earlier Norman wooden castle.
In December 1643, during the English Civil War (after ...
Stafford Castle
The castle to the south-west of the town was built in the fourteenth century by Ralph de Stafford, on the site of an earlier Norman wooden castle.
In December 1643, during the English Civil War (after ...
Stafford Castle
The remains of Stafford Castel appear above the trees. The castle can clearly be seen from the M6 motorway as you approach from the north.
Stafford Castle
The castle to the south-west of the town was built in the fourteenth century by Ralph de Stafford, on the site of an earlier Norman wooden castle.
In December 1643, during the English Civil War (after ...
Stafford views
A colour-tinted postcard with six views of Stafford: the Castle, the Picture House, Victoria Park, Rowley Park, Newport Road, the Gaol.
Postcard published by William Shaw of Burslem.