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 Railway Station
Newcastle railway station was situated off King street, across from the Borough Arms Hotel. The line, which originally went from Stoke to Newcastle was opened in 1852, with an extension to Market Drayton ...
Newcastle Railway Station, Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Newcastle Railway Station entrance which was located on King Street. This photograph was taken after it was closed in 1966.
Newcastle-under-Lyme Town Planning Scheme Map, Etruria
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 ...
Octocentenary Celebrations, Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Old Lymers Bedford bus entering Friar Street.
In 1973 Newcastle celebrated its octocentenary, to mark the 800th anniversary of the granting of the charter, which gave Newcastle Borough status.
Old Railway, Brook Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A very different view to how this area was in 2002. Looking towards Clayton Road, Brook Lane is the road which runs across this photograph, with the Lyme Brook going underneath the bridge that can be ...
Paradise street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This removal from Paradise Street was one of the many slum clearances that took place around this time. These residents were moved to Beattie Avenue, and generally people were removed to modern council ...
Penkhull Street, heading towards its junction with Stubbs' Gate, Newcastle-under-Lyme
An almost unrecognisable scene compared to today's landscape.
At the top-left of the image, you can just about make out the roof of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church on the adjoining London Road.
The ...
Plan of Highways, Staffordshire
This map is entitled 'Plan of Certain Highways in the Parishes of Stoke-upon-Trent and Trentham in the County of Stafford, with the proposed diversions of such highways.'
You may notice that the bottom ...
Pool Dam Branch Railway, Pool Dam, Newcastle-under-Lyme
An old steam train is pictured here travelling down the Pool Dam Branch railway. The railway was built as an industrial line to connect the Silverdale mines and ironworks with Pool Dam, originally, so ...
Porthill, Wolstanton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph was taken from the corner of First Avenue, and looks down Porthill Bank towards Longport.
Post Office, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Before 1914, when the purpose built Post Office was opened at the bottom of the Ironmarket, the Post Office was located on the corner of the High Street and the Ironmarket. This photograph was taken outside ...
Prince of Wales visit to Newcastle-under-Lyme
HRH The Prince of Wales is here seen travelling down Queen Street to Nelson Place, on a visit to Newcastle. The Prince is about to get out of the car for a civic reception that was held in Nelson Place. ...
Priory Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Priory Road was built in order to provide access to the town from the new suburb of the Westlands. The Silk Mill that was located on Friarswood Road can be seen on the right hand side of this photograph....
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 ...
Railway at Pool Dam, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A derelict part of Pool Dam Branch railway, which was opened in 1850. The railway was built as an industrial line to connect the Silverdale mines and ironworks with Pool Dam, originally so that the freight ...
Railway Booking Hall, Audley
This photograph shows the former booking hall and offices of Audley railway station in Bignall End. The station opened in 1880 and closed in 1931 by which time the name had been amended to Audley and ...
Red Bull Corner, Kidsgrove
The building pictured here on the right was believed to have been a Coaching Inn. Coaches would have driven past the Inn probably on their way to Manchester and Liverpool. The building stood at this junction ...