The Old Corn Mill, Pool Dam, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Watercolour depicting the old corn mill at Pool Dam with rough land in the foreground in front of the corn mill to the left and housing to the right. Signed by Reginald G. Haggar and dated 27th March ...
Two boys skating next to Thistleberry Castle, Newcastle-under-Lyme
These boys are skating on the moat that surrounded Thistleberry Castle. It was a fake castle in the grounds of Thistleberry House, built by Samuel Mayer, a Burgess in Newcastle-under-Lyme since 1820 just ...
View from Clayton Fields, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Oil painting signed and dated on the back by Doreen Fletcher in 1989. The painting shows a grassy bank to the left of a bend in the tarmac road, two people are walking along the road towards Newcastle ...
View from the Marsh, Wolstanton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A view of Wolstanton taken from the marsh, showing two picturesque cottages in the foreground. Many postcards were made of these two cottages, before they became too run down. St. Margaret's Church at ...
View of cottages on Church Lane, Wolstanton
View of cottages on Church Lane before they were demolished.
Located opposite Grange Lane (the reoad going towards the A500 and ASDA).
View of Newcastle-under-Lyme from Clayton fields
A drawing of a panoramic view of Newcastle from Clayton, by J. Buckler. The close relation between the town and the countryside can be seen in this drawing, with livestock being kept on fields in the ...
View of Newcastle-under-Lyme from Keele Bank
Pastoral landscape with a view of Newcastle-under-Lyme in the middle distance. Haymakers with a white horse and cart can be seen in the centre of the picture and two figures, a woman in a red dress and ...
View of Pooldam, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A view of Pooldam, Newcastle-under-Lyme, in pencil and wash by Robert William Buss. Dated 1841.
View of St Giles' and the High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme from Poolfields
Watercolour view by W. Croasdale across the fields at Pooldam towards the town, looking west.
Wedgwood Monument, Chesterton
A watercolour of the Wedgwood Monument by Alf Fallows.
The Wedgwood Monument is at Butters Green. The obelisk commemorates the life of John Wedgwood. Heir to his father's wealth from his father's pottery ...
Well Dressing, Endon
The custom of well dressing can be traced back hundreds of years. Originally the wells were decorated by throwing wreaths and flowers into the water. However in about 1818 a clay-covered board was used, ...
Wolstanton Marsh, Wolstanton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A view of Wolstanton taken from the marsh. St. Margaret's Church at Wolstanton can be seen in the background. This postcard shows how close the village and countryside were, with cows grazing on fields ...
Wolstanton Marsh, Wolstanton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A view of the marsh at Wolstanton, with St. Margaret's Church in the distance. Children are seen playing on the swings located on the marsh.
Wolstanton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Wolstanton County Grammar School was opened in 1928
Zoar Village, Westlands, Newcastle-under-Lyme
'Zoar Village' appeared on a plaque on one of a group of cottages in Thistleberry Avenue. The cottages were built before 1818 on land belonging to Rev. T. Massey. Little else is known about 'Zoar Village'....