Bell Ringers Jug, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Bellringer jugs are rare. Some have the names of the bellringers inscribed on the side.
Bellringer jugs were traditionally used by the churches bell-ringers to quench their thirst. Customarily the ...
Bell Ringers Jug, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Bell ringing can be thirsty work and in order to give the ringers the strength to carry on a tradition was established to pay them with ale!
This jug is made of earthenware and is quite large, measuring ...
Borough Police Force, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Borough Police Force are here seen pictured with the Mayor of Newcastle, William Mellard. They are outside Mellard's home, The Beeches, which stood on Liverpool Road (now the site of a bus depot). ...
Burgess Lands Map, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Plan of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme with the whole of the lands held in trust by the Burgesses, surveyed by Robert Malabar. Alterations to Church Districts are drawn on map by hand in red and ...
Burgess Lands Map, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This map shows the lands held in trust by the Burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme and was made by Richard Malabar.
Over 800 years ago the King granted the town a Royal Charter, and it became a Borough. ...
Burgess Lands Map, Newcastle-under-Lyme
This map shows the lands held in trust by the Burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme and was made by Richard Malabar.
Over 800 years ago the King granted the town a Royal Charter, and it became a Borough. ...
Corporation Cottages, Castle Hill Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Corporation Cottages date from 1915 and were the first council houses in Newcastle. They were built as a result of a campaign led by John Mayer, the first Labour representitive on the Borough Council.
Development of Newcastle-under-Lyme Map
This map shows the planned extension of Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough with the agreed modifications to roads and land use.
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Fanny Deakin and A J Cook, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Fanny Deakin is pictured here A J Cook, trade unionist and miners' leader. This photograph may well have been taken during the General Strike of 1926, when they led a march of 200 or 300 miners through ...
Fanny Deakin with Mike Booth, Silverdale
Born Fanny Rebecca Davenport in the mining village of Silverdale in 1883, into a large, poor family, Fanny Deakin was a trailblazing activist and politician who sought to right the injustices and inequalities ...
Fanny Deakin, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Fanny Deakin was a Labour then Communist councillor for Newcastle-under-Lyme. She fought for better maternity care and equality after growing up poverty stricken in Silverdale. Over the course of her ...
Fanny Deakin's 80th Birthday Party, Silverdale
Fanny Deakin was a Labour councillor who campaigned for better maternity care. She was also involved in the early miner's strikes and protests. She is remembered through her maternity home (opened in ...
George V and Queen Mary visit Newcastle-under-Lyme
King George V and Queen Mary are pictured here with the Mayor of Newcastle, William Mellard, on the dais in Nelson Place, enjoying a civic welcome to the town. The King and Queen visited North Staffordshire ...
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The tram lines visible in the centre of this photograph give the date of pre 1928, when the trams were removed from Newcastle. On the far right hand side can be seen the shop of W. Parton, a professional ...
High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The tall building on the left hand side of this photograph was the original covered Market Hall. The Hall was built in 1854, in order to supplement the portable street markets that took place outside, ...
Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Mason's the cabinet maker can be seen on the far left of the Ironmarket, with D. Read, the grocers next door. The view is looking down towards the Municipal Hall which was built between 1888 and 1890, ...
Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A view of the Ironmarket taken from Nelson Place. The building seen on the far right hand side was a private house which was demolished in 1930. The Silverdale Equitable Industrial Co-operative Society ...
James Lovatt and wife, Newcastle-under-Lyme
James Lovatt stands with his wife and two dogs pictured in their home, Brampton Hill. Lovatt was Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme 1909-1910.