An old timber framed house, Friar Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph depicts the demolition of a house in Friar Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1937. In the Newcastle area timber framed buildings had been superseded by brickwork around the middle of the ...
The Stones, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph shows the view of Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre from the bottom of the High Street. The large building in the centre of the photograph is The Guildhall which was built in 1713. Originally, ...
The Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Taken in 1920 this photograph shows the Ironmarket in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The busy street is awash with transport, from the old fashioned handcart on the right of the picture to the cars parked by the ...
The junction of Red Lion Square and Merrial Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Taken in 1895 this photograph shows the shops that lined the junction between Red Lion Square and Merrial Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The shop to the left of the photograph is Pearson's clothing. ...
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This very early photograph captures the scene as a horse and cart waits on the cobbles outside the Castle Hotel on Newcastle-under-Lyme High Street in 1870. The side of the Guildhall can be seen on the ...
Arlington House, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Arlington House, the detached property set back from the road in this photograph, used to stand on the Ironmarket in Newcastle-under-Lyme. It did not become known as Arlington House until the 1870s when ...
Nelson Place Roundabout, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Taken in 1935 this photograph of the roundabout at Nelson Place in Newcastle-under-Lyme depicts the view from the Ironmarket looking up King Street. The roundabout is a lot smaller than the roundabout ...
Nelson Place, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph taken in 1935 shows the view looking up the Ironmarket in Newcastle-under-Lyme to the Nelson Place roundabout. A bus can be seen going round the roundabout and a few cars can be seen ...
Liverpool Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Taken in 1972 this photograph shows Liverpool Road in Newcastle-under-Lyme. A sign of the changing times the town has seen this photograph reveals the lack of parking for the increasingly popoular motor ...
Bank House, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph shows the site of Old Bank House in Newcastle town centre. The house to the left became the National Provincial Bank in the early twentieth century and later became the National Westminster ...
West Brampton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Taken in 1972 this photograph shows the terraced housing on the West Brampton. The corner shop can be seen to the left of the picture in the foreground. Tall concrete lamposts line the street at regular ...
Bagguleys Book Shop, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Bagguley's Book Shop was situated on the High Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
It also sold stationery and offered a book printing and binding service. The motorcar parked outside the shop would have ...
Coal picking at Apedale, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Miners' strike in 1912 was one of the first nationwide strikes that was led by the newly formed Miners' Union, who were demanding a national minimum wage. Many miners received no Union pay during ...
Boys Middle School, Higherland, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This photograph shows the Boys' Middle School in Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1915.
The Boys' Middle School was founded in 1872 and was housed in the Orme School buildings on the Higherland.
A new building ...
The Railway Line behind St. Luke's Church, Silverdale
This photograph shows a train on the railway line in Silverdale, the former mining village that lies just outside Newcastle-under-Lyme. The Silverdale line was originally opened to serve Silverdale colliery ...
Church Street, Silverdale
This is an example of the type of terraced housing that still exists in the area today. The spire of St. Luke's Church,the church that gives the street its name,can be seen in the background.
The Brighton, Silverdale
The Brighton was the name given to a row of old stone cottages that were situated very close to St. Lukes Church and the railway line in Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme. By the time this photograph was ...
Kent's Lane Colliery, Silverdale
Kent's Lane Colliery was in Silverdale, Newcastle-under-Lyme, it opened in 1830 to provide coal to the Silverdale ironworks and was managed by the Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Company. After nationalisation ...