Lower Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Watercolour by Alf Fallows depicting Lower Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1928. In the foreground two men can be seen chatting and two women can be seen shopping. A man on a bike can be seen to the ...
Maer Church, Newcastle-under-Lyme
St. Peter's Church at Maer dates from about 1210, though it was restored in 1600 by Sir John Bowyer. The south doorway, seen here covered in ivy, certainly dates from the 1200s. On 29th January 1839 Josiah ...
Newcastle-under-Lyme Churches
Watercolour by Alf Fallows depicting seven of the churches in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The names of the seven churches are written clearly on the grass in the foreground. On the back row from left to right ...
Old Cottages, Wolstanton Marsh, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A watercolour by E.J.B. Evans of a view of Wolstanton. The view looks out over some cottages onto the Marsh, with St. Margaret's Church in the background.
Old St Giles' Church, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Watercolour by W. Croasdale, 1873. View of the church from behind a wall and wrought iron gates with three figures walking along the pavement in front.
Pointon's house and farm, Primitive Street, Mow Cop
Pointon's house was the first place used by the Primitive Methodists in Mow Cop. Preachers used to come to the house fortnightly to take services, but they sometimes failed to arrive. This happened on ...
Queen street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A colour postcard of a view of Queen Street taken from Nelson Place. St. George's Church is pictured on the left hand side. The church was designed by Francis Bedford in the Perpendicular style and was ...
Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Oil painting by R. M. Colley of the square with St Giles' Church, shops to left and right with figures.
Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
An oil painting by Henry Lark Pratt of Red Lion Square, that shows the close relation between the town and country at the time. The tower of St. Giles' church can be seen in the background. At this time ...
Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A pencil and coloured wash by John Whessell. This drawing captures Red Lion Square in about the early 1840s. The coaching inn, The Three Tuns, can be seen on the left hand side, which had occupied this ...
Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The stone building in the centre of this photograph was used at one time as the office of the Weights and Measures Inspector, and was demolished in 1926. Previously it had stood in the High Street, to ...
Silverdale Church and School, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This scene of Silverdale shows the spire of St. Luke's Church with the school on the left. St. Luke's was opened in 1853 and contains some fine stained glass windows, and a carved wooden screen to the ...
St John's Church, Keele
An oil painting showing the churchyard in the foreground with St John's Church to the left.
St Margaret's Church, Wolstanton
Watercolour by John Whessell with the church in the background and the graveyard in the foreground. Figures of a man, woman and child to the right.
St. Andrew's Church and Porthill Avenue, Wolstanton
A postcard of St. Andrew's Church taken after a recent snowfall. This postcard clearly shows the tram lines that existed on Porthill Avenue and connected Wolstanton to Newcastle.
St. Andrew's Church interior, Porthill, Newcastle-under-Lyme
St. Giles' Church from Bull's Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A church has stood on the site of St. Giles' for hundreds of years, though the appearance of the church has changed greatly. In 1721 the first of two major rebuilds was completed in the Georgian style ...
St. Giles' Church Rectory, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Rectory was built in 1698 as a house for rectors of St. Giles' Church. The building was altered in 1854 and renovated in 1910. The church sold the Rectory in 1926, and it was converted into shops ...