Aerial View of Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A very different landscape to that of the present. Note the fork in the road to the right of the image - that is the junction between Northwood Lane and Clayton Road, the site of a roundabout today connecting ...
Calmer times on Clayton Road, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Clayton Road, in the days when it was little more than a dirt track. In the centre of the image is Rose Cottage, the home of the local police constable, with Clayton Green to the right of the image.
Chesterton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
The village of Chesterton at the crossroads between Castle Street, Wolstanton Road and London Road. Loomer Road had yet to be constructed. A large roundabout regulates the traffic between these roads ...
Clayton Fields,Newcastle-under-Lyme
A view across Clayton Fields, prior to the construction of Westbury Park. Aside from Bunny Hill and Rowley Wood in the distance, the landscape in this image has been transformed since the 1970s by the ...
Clayton School, Clayton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Clayton School was demolished just prior to the construction of a roundabout which now connects Westbury Park to Clayton Road and Northwood Lane.
Junction between Stubbs' Gate and London Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A very tranquil scene at the road junction between London Road and Stubbs' Gate. Note the lack of a solid road surface. Tarmac was not used in the town centre until about 1930, and does not appear in ...
London Road and Stubbs Gate, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A very different scene to the oftentimes busy London Road of today. Note in particular the lack of a solid road surface and the horse and cart parked in Stubbs Gate (middle-left of image).
Map of Estates in the Parishes of Audley and Wolstanton
This map shows the estates in Audley and Wolstanton, belonging to the representatives of the late John Wedgwood Esquire.
John Wedgwood died 6 Feb 1839 and declared in his will: "I desire my body to ...
Map of Staffordshire
This map shows Trentham, Clayton, Butterton and Hanchurch in 1925. Marked on the map are Trentham Park, Butterton Hall and Clayton Hall.
Digitisation funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund
Map of Staffordshire County
This map shows the county of Staffordshire and shows settlements such as Uttoxeter, Stone, Audley, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Tunstall and Wolstanton. .
Digitisation funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund
Map of the County of Stafford
This map shows the county of Staffordshire, it has been hand painted and divided by Emmanuel Bowen into sections. Around the edge of the map is the coat of arms of landed gentry in the county. Some spellings ...
Newcastle College, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle College, as it used to exist before its relocation to new premises on Knutton Lane in 2010. The old college ran alongside the intersection between Lower Street and Liverpool Road. The site is ...
Penkhull Street, heading towards its junction with Stubbs' Gate, Newcastle-under-Lyme
An almost unrecognisable scene compared to today's landscape.
At the top-left of the image, you can just about make out the roof of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church on the adjoining London Road.
The ...
Ralph Mosley, Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme
Ralph Mosley was Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyme from 1866 to 1887. He owned a draper’s shop on Newcastle High Street and lived with his family at The Firs, which is now the home of the Brampton Museum ...
Seabridge Park, Clayton
Seabridge Park is located between Seabridge Community Centre and Seabridge Lane. It was constructed by the same company that built Westbury Park in the 1970s and 1980s, less than a kilometre away. Prior ...