Minnie Pit, Halmerend, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Minnie Pit after the explosion in 1912.
Minnie Pit, Halmerend, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A close up view of the winding wheel at Minnie Pit in Halmerend, near Alsager's Bank. Miners are photographed taking a break, some of whom look very young. The Minnie Pit was the largest pit within Podmore ...
Motor spirit landing stage, Birchenwood Colliery, Kidsgrove
Birchenwood colliery opened in the 1890s, most of the coal being used for coke and other by-products. The colliery actually closed in 1932, but coke and other by-product production continued by using ...
Mrs J Lovatt handing over the deeds of Mow Cop to the National Trust, Mow Cop
Mow Cop Castle was originally built as a folly (false) castle by Randle Wilbraham of Rode Hall in 1754. It was used by the family as a summerhouse, and a focus of his wife's paintings. It also marks the ...
Mrs Jones' Hat Shop, Drayton Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Taken around 1920 this photograph shows the frontage of Mrs Jones' Hat Shop on Drayton Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The window display shows the wide range of hats available to the ladies of Newcastle, ...
Municipal Hall and Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Signed and dated 2001 by artist Alf Fallows this watercolour depicts the Ironmarket in Newcastle-under-Lyme before the demolition of the Municipal Hall in 1967. The clock tower of the Municipal Hall can ...
Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This painting by artist Alf Fallows depicts the view across Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme, in 1950 looking towards the Ironmarket. The clock tower of the Municipal Hall can be seen to the far left ...
Newcastle College, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle College, as it used to exist before its relocation to new premises on Knutton Lane in 2010. The old college ran alongside the intersection between Lower Street and Liverpool Road. The site is ...
Newcastle Gardens, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is a map of Newcastle Gardens, possibly drawn up when the Sneyd family was selling land. The red dots on the map shows the quantity in yards. Other measurements on the map are in acres, rods and ...
Newcastle market, High street, Newcastle
The market at Newcastle can be traced back to 1172. Originally the market was held on a Sunday, which was the best day to attract people who worked a six day week. In about the 13th century the Ironmarket ...
Newcastle Market, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle Market by J.W. Griffiths is a very colourful and lively streetscene with brightly coloured canopies lining the market stalls. Lots of people can be seen shopping and a small red van is parked ...
Newcastle Railway Station
Newcastle railway station was situated off King street, across from the Borough Arms Hotel, as this photograph clearly shows. The Borough Arms Hotel building can be seen near the centre of the photograph, ...
Newcastle-under-Lyme Town Planning Scheme Map Index
This is the index for a collection of maps detailing Newcastle-under-Lyme's town planning scheme.
Town Planning was a fairly modern concept at the time and enabled the town council to look at the future ...
Newcastle-under-Lyme Town Planning Scheme Map, Knutton
The town planning scheme allocated areas or zones for different types of development such as residential, industry and public open space (the colour codes can be seen on the index map). Development had ...
Newcastle-under-Lyme Town Planning Scheme Map, part of Chesterton
The town planning scheme allocated areas or zones for different types of development such as residential, industry and public open space (the colour codes can be seen on the index map).
Development ...
Northern Store Company, 26 Bridge street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Northern Stores Clothing Company was located at the corner of Bridge Street and Liverpool Road. This photograph shows the shop assistants, and perhaps the proprietor, William Meadon, standing outside. ...
Northern Stores Clothing Company, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A view of the Northern Stores Clothing Company shop located on the junction between Bridge Street and the High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme.
It was a men's clothing company and the proprietor was a ...
Occupation of Traders Plans, Kidsgrove town centre
This series of plans shows Kidsgrove town centre and how the buildings have changed use over a 5 year period.
The plans were probably traced from a large scale ordnance survey map by hand and have the ...