Map of colliery workings near Harecastle Tunnel, Kidsgrove
This is a map of colliery workings near Harecastle Tunnel in Kidsgrove.
Digitisation funded by Heritage Lottery Fund
Map of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Silverdale
This map shows Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1925. It also marks the Poor Law Institutions or workhouses on London Road and Keele Road.
Digitisation funded by Heritage Lottery Fund
Market Cross Renovation, Newcastle-under-Lyme
In 2006 column was cleaned and the steps replaced. The Market Cross marks the spot in the High Street where a variety of weekly markets take place.
The Market Cross originally stood in the centre of ...
Market Cross, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
In front of the Guildhall can be seen the Market Cross, which originally stood in the centre of the High Street, opposite the end of the Ironmarket. The Market Cross has undergone some restoration in ...
Market Cross, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is a view primarily of the market cross. A market cross is structure used to mark a market square.
In the background is Edwin Harrison's photography studio.
This building was also believed ...
Market Hall, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The covered market hall, seen here on the right was built in 1854, in order to supplement the portable street markets that took place outside, and was demolished in 1961. Arthur Morgan, probably a tobacconsit's, ...
Market lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Rear view of Mellard's Ironmongers.
Market Place, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph was taken before 1900, when the trams were introduced to Newcastle, and tram lines ran down High Street. Traders are shown here selling their wares from carts on the ancient market.
The ...
Market Stall, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Thomas Caddy's greengrocers stall pictured adjacent to what was the WH Smith shop in 2002. Thomas Caddy also had a shop on Marsh Street. Notice how the stall has been made up out of boxes, and propping ...
Market street, Kidsgrove
This photograph shows the various shops on Market Street at the time, with all the wares displayed outside. Note the unusual top hat shop sign on the left hand side of the street.
Marsden Brothers, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Marsden Brothers stood on Newcastle's High Street from at least 1904 and was still trading in 1964.
The owners in the 1960s were the Saunders family, Mr Saunders senior, and son Keith Saunders.
As ...
Men outside the Roebuck Inn, Kidsgrove
This photograph was taken during the General Strike of 1926. The TUC called a strike to try to prevent wage reductions and worsening of conditions for coal miners. The strike lasted for 9 days between ...
Merry Widow, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph was taken during the 1921 Miners Strike.
During strikes, if miners knew where the coal seams outcropped, they would dig small open cast mines, such as the one pictured.
People relied ...
Milehouse Inn, Liverpool Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Milehouse Inn stood on the corner of Liverpool Road and Milehouse Lane. The Inn was built in 1813 and was demolished in 1932. In its time it was a popular stopping place for people travelling along ...
Miners' Rescue Team, Silverdale
The Miners' Rescue Team are pictured here in all of their equipment. A canary in its cage is sitting on the box on the floor, and was used to detect the first evidence of Methane Gas in the mine. W. Clifford, ...
Miniature portrait of Elizabeth Brougham born in Wybunbury Cheshire 1769
This is a miniature portrait of Elizabeth Brougham who married John Brougham, a tax officer at St Giles Church Newcastle-under-Lyme. She was born Elizabeth Hall in Wynbury, Cheshire on the 14th May 1769 ...
Miniature portrait of John Brougham, junior born in Betley 1791
This is a miniature portrait of John Brougham, the son of John and Elizabeth Brougham.
He was born in Betley in 1791 and married Maria Tittensor in Leeds in 1824 and they had nine children together. ...
Miniature portrait of John Brougham, senior born in Burslem 1757
This is a miniature profile of a man thought to be John Brougham, a tax officer.
He was born in 1757 and died sometime around the late 1820s or early 1830s.
Much of this information comes from the ...