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Staffordshire Series Ordnance Survey Map, Knutton and Cross Heath, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This is one of seven hand coloured Staffordshire Series Ordnance Survey maps that show the areas surrounding Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre. The other maps in this group are signed in the bottom right ...

Staffordshire Series Ordnance Survey Map, Springfields

This is one of seven hand coloured Staffordshire Series Ordnance Survey Maps that show the areas surrounding Newcastle-under-Lyme town centre. You will see that it has been signed in the bottom right ...

Staffordshire Slipware Cradle

Cradles were symbols of fertility and often gifted at weddings or Christenings and were a popular feature from the 17th century to the mid 19th century in England.

Staffordshire Sportsman Figure

Staffordshire figure depicting a man with a gun and hunting dog. During the 19th century, shooting was a very popular pastime amongst upper class gentlemen. Shooting was a very class-based activity ...

Steam Locomotive 'Newcastle', Apedale, Newcastle-under-Lyme

This steam locomotive was based at Apedale Ironworks, probably around the turn of the 20th century.

Steele Cards & Gifts, High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A shop selling cards and gifts, by 1984 it had been renamed ‘This x That’. The shop had become vacant by 1985. It is now (2024) G Q Tobaccos.

Steele's Shop, Church Street, Audley

Florist's and Seedsman shop with the owner of the shop Mr Steele.

Steps House, Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Steps House still stands today, though the steps have been removed as the height of the road has been raised over the years. The tree filled site to the right of the house became the site of the Municipal ...

Still Plant Benzol House, Birchenwood Colliery, 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 ...

Study for the Mock Mayor painting

A study by Robert William Buss (1804-1875) for The Mock Mayor painting. A composition comprising the main characters of the resulting painting with the Mock Mayor on the steps of the market cross. A study ...

Sulphate of ammonia storehouse, Birchenwood Colliery, Kidsgrove

A by-product of coke ovens, sulphate of ammonia is used as a fertiliser. Frequent and prolonged exposure to the it can cause gastrointestinal problems and skin and eye irritation. There is no evidence ...

Sunshine and Showers, Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme

Painted by artist Alf Fallows in 1981 this watercolour depicts Red Lion Square in Newcastle-under-Lyme during a rain shower.

Taking readings at Birchenwood Collliery, 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 ...

Talke o' th' Hill Colliery, Newcastle-Under-Lyme

An underground view of Talke o' th' Hill Colliery.

Taxi in Butt Lane, Kidsgrove

A Smith and Sons taxi in Butt Lane, Kidsgrove, taken in the 1920s. The taxi is just passing J. Dean the cloggers, who at the time also owned a grocers and undertakers. The most famous resident of Butt ...

Taylor's Stores, Newcastle-under-Lyme

A streetscene painted in 1965 by Jack Clarkson depicting the shop front of Taylor's Stores on Liverpool Road in Newcastle-under-Lyme. To the left is a butcher's shop with its produce visible in the shop ...

The Ash Inn, Mow Cop

The licensee at the time was James M Brereton. Parker's was a Burslem Brewery, which was taken over by Ind Coope in 1949.

The Blue Bell, Hardingswood, Kidsgrove

The licensee was John D. Colclough, who we assume is standing at the front with his wife. Dix and Co Ltd were a Shelton Brewery who were later taken over by Parker's of Burslem in 1933.