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-under-Lyme Town Planning Scheme Map Index
This is the index for a collection of maps detailing Newcastle-under-Lyme's town planning scheme.
Town Planning was a fairly modern concept at the time and enabled the town council to look at the future ...
Newcastle-under-Lyme Town Planning Scheme Map, Knutton
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 ...
Newcastle-under-Lyme Town Planning Scheme Map, part of Chesterton
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 ...
Northern Store Company, 26 Bridge street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Northern Stores Clothing Company was located at the corner of Bridge Street and Liverpool Road. This photograph shows the shop assistants, and perhaps the proprietor, William Meadon, standing outside. ...
Northern Stores Clothing Company, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A view of the Northern Stores Clothing Company shop located on the junction between Bridge Street and the High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme.
It was a men's clothing company and the proprietor was a ...
Occupation of Traders Plans, Kidsgrove town centre
This series of plans shows Kidsgrove town centre and how the buildings have changed use over a 5 year period.
The plans were probably traced from a large scale ordnance survey map by hand and have the ...
Occupation of Traders Plans, Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre 1970s-90s
These plans show Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre and how the buildings have changed use over the 1970s, 80s and 90s. The plans were probably traced from a large scale ordnance survey map by hand and ...
Old Bull's Head Inn, Lad Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Photograph of the Old Bull's Head Inn in Lad Lane.
The core of the pub is believed to date from the early 17th Century, the typical outside timbers which would have dating from this period were covered ...
Old Vine Inn, Bridge Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
View of the Old Vine Inn with possibly George Rowe, landlord, in foreground.
One Guinea Bank Note, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A Newcastle-under-Lyme bank note for one guinea (£1 and 1 shilling). Banks used to be able to issue their own bank notes until the Bank Charter Act of 1844 which gave exclusive note issuing rights to ...
Outside the Spread Eagle, Newcastle under Lyme
Dancers and a barrel organ outside The Spread Eagle, Penkhull Street on Hospital Saturday. The Spread Eagle can be traced back to 1832. Its name was changed to The Blackfriar in 1977 due to its proximity ...
Oxen's Chemist, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Oxen's had two chemists shops in Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1905 onwards. The original shop was in Bridge Street, however the shop in this photograph was the second shop that opened in 1905 on the High ...
Pair of ceramic spill vase figures
A spill or taper was used to transfer a flame from an existing lit source to wherever else it was needed.
Made of tightly wound paper or thin wooden sticks, they were stored in simple wooden pots or ...
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 ...
Park House Colliery, Chesterton
This watercolour by W. Richardson depicts Park House Colliery in Chesterton. One large pit head wheel can be seen in the foreground with another to the right in the middle distance. A tall chimney to ...
Park House Colliery, Chesterton
Watercolour sketch by W. Richardson for his final painting of Park House Colliery, the large pit head wheels, tall chimney and outbuildings in this picture all appear in the final painting. Park House ...
Patten's, High Street, Wolstanton
Patten's is a family-run furniture business established in 1981. In the background is the former B.S. Marson's garage, later replaced with retirement flats. The former Co-op Travel building is next ...