Baptist Church, London Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This is a view of a tranquill London road, with hardly any traffic, leaving pedestrians to cross the road easily and safely. The building on the right hand side is that of the Baptist Church. This church ...
Baptist Church, London Road/Vessey Terrace, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This iron church was opened in 1871 on what was then a very quiet London Road. Membership gradually rose and in 1914 the foundation stone was laid for a new chapel, which still stood on the corner of ...
Barclays Bank, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Barclays Bank can be traced all the way back to two goldsmiths in 1690, and is one of the oldest banks in the United Kingdom. It gained its modern name in 1736. This photograph shows the bank whilst it ...
Barracks, Barracks Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Italian styled Militia Barracks were built in 1855 from red brick. The Barracks were the headquarters of the 3rd King's Own Staffordshire Rifle Regiment, which assembled annually at Newcastle for ...
Bath Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A general view of Bath Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme as it used to be in 1930s.
These houses were subject to demolition following the Housing Act 1930, and people were evicted from them in 1936.
Beattie Avenue during the arrival of their new residents from Paradise Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
By the late 1930s and the time of this photograph slum clearance had started in Newcastle-under-Lyme. Some of the first people to be re-housed were the residents of Paradise Street who were moved to Beattie ...
Beeston's Vaults, Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Beeston's Vaults still stood in 2002 when it was known as the Wine Vaults. The building dates to before 1700 and has a timber framed structure. The pub was run by the Beeston family from the 1860s to ...
Bejam Freezer Centre, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The company Bejam' started in 1968 and was at the time Britain's largest frozen food supplier. By 1981 the shop on Newcastle-under-Lyme’s High Street had became Cordon Bleu freezer centre.
Bell Ringers Jug, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Bell ringing can be thirsty work and in order to give the ringers the strength to carry on a tradition was established to pay them with ale!
This jug is made of earthenware and is quite large, measuring ...
Bell Ringers Jug, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Bellringer jugs are rare. Some have the names of the bellringers inscribed on the side.
Bellringer jugs were traditionally used by the churches bell-ringers to quench their thirst. Customarily the ...
Betley Church
An oil painting by Stuart Stevenson, commissioned for the Millennium by Newcastle-under-Lyme Museum and Art Gallery. This atmospheric painting depicts St. Margaret's church at Betley. The church dates ...
Betley, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Betley was once an important market town and was recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086.
Biddulph Grange
A view across the lake towards Biddulph Grange. James Bateman spent over twenty years designing the house, a lavish Italianate mansion. It was built in 1868-9, but was largely burnt down in 1896.
The ...
Biddulph Grange
A group portrait thought to be taken on the steps of Biddulph Grange.
Amateur photographer Frederick Everitt can be seen back right.
Biddulph Old Hall
These are the remains of a mansion constructed in the 1580s for Francis Biddulph.
It was a Royalist stronghold during the English Civil war and came under siege by the Parliamentarians in 1643 when the ...
Bignall End, Audley
This postcard shows the view from the foot of Boon Hill, at the junction of Raven's Lane and Bignall Hill. The North Staffordshire Branch railway line, seen here running from the left, has now been removed. ...
Birchenwood Collieries Rescue Team, 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 ...
Blackfriars Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View from Pool Dam of the Higherland Methodist Church by Reginald Haggar with the Orme School to the right.