Cheshire Collection (page 5)

The Leas Preparatory School, Hoylake, Wirral, Cheshire. Date: 1916

Akbar Nautical Training School, Heswall, Cheshire
The Akbar Nautical Training School for Boys, opened in 1909 at Heswall, on the Wirral, Cheshire. Date: circa 1910

Barnes Home, Heaton Mersey
An aerial view of the Barnes Home - an Industrial School for Boys on Didsbury Road, Heaton Mersey, Cheshire. Its construction was financed by Manchester cotton baron Robert Barnes. Date: 1930s

Alice in Wonderland, Duchess, cook and baby
Alice in Wonderland, Alice meets the Duchess, her cook and a screaming baby. Date: early 20th century

Old Market Place, Altrincham, Cheshire
Old Market Place, Altrincham, Trafford, near Cheadle, Cheshire, England. Date: 1911

Heswall Sanatorium, Cheshire
Heswall Sanatorium or Childrens Hospital, located on the Wirral peninsula, then part of Cheshire. It was established in 1902 by Liverpool Parish, West Derby Union

Stanley Palace, Chester
The exterior of Stanley Palace, Chester. Date: 1936

Mostyn House School - Parkgate, Cheshire - School Picnic
Mostyn House School - Parkgate, Cheshire. School Picnic. The current Head of this Preparatory School, Suzi Grenfell is the sixth generation of her family to lead Mostyn House. Date: circa 1910

Cottage at Alderley Edge
An English country cottage at Alderley Edge in Cheshire Date: 1903

New Brighton / C1913
New Brighton, Cheshire: tower and sands Date: circa 1913

Frodsham National Childrens Home (NCH), Cheshire
Toddlers at the National Childrens Home branch at Frodsham, Cheshire. Date: Date unknown

The Cottage Hospital - Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England Date: 1926

Red Lion, Chester Road, Hartford, Northwich, England
Red Lion, Chester Road, Hartford, Northwich, Cheshire, England. Date: 1908

The Deserted Village, Havannah, Congleton, England
The Deserted Village, Havannah, Congleton, near Macclesfield, Cheshire, England. Date: 1906

46138 Royal Scot Class Steam Locomotive - British Railways Livery, Basford Hall, Crewe, Cheshire, England. Showing Welshman Date: 1959

Vale Park, New Brighton, Cheshire
Vale Park, New Brighton, Wallasey, near Birkenhead, Cheshire, England. Showing the Floral Clock Date: 1949

The Village, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire
The Village, Holmes Chapel, Crewe, near Sandbach, Cheshire, England. Showing the Bulls Head Hotel Date: 1903

London & North Western Railway General Offices, Crewe, Chesh
London & North Western Railway General Offices, Crewe, near Stoke on Trent, Cheshire, England. Date: 1900s

Brabyns Brow, Marple, Cheshire
Although no longer cobbled, this view remains much as it was over 100 years ago when this photogrpah was taken. George Potter

Seventeen Windows, Marple, Cheshire, a famous landmark named after its design which has since been largely demolished amid local controversy Date: circa 1908

Webbs Tea Rooms, Marple, Cheshire
Once a well-known local attraction below the Marple Aqueduct, this picture shows the photographer Ernest Battersby and his friend and employee George Potter outside the premises. Date: circa 1906

Port Sunlight - aerial map
Superb aerial view of Port Sunlight, the factory and home of Sunlight and Lifebuoy soaps, together with the model village built on the Wirral by William Lever for the benefit of his workers

How Todger Jones won the VC at Morval
How Todger Jones, 1st Battalion Cheshires, won the VC at Morval - 25th September 1916. By Stanley Llewellyn Wood (1866-1928). Date: 1916

Tobacconists shop in Chester, Cheshire
The House of Bewlay tobacconists shop in Eastgate Street, Chester, Cheshire, where paranormal activity was reported from 1968 onwards

Chester Races
Scene overlooking the track at Chester Races, Cheshire, England. These popular horse races are held annually in May. Date: circa 1960

Canal Barge Couple
A young couple on a barge on a quiet stretch of the Shropshire Union Canal, near Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: 1950s

Courthouse and prison, Knutsford, Cheshire
A view of the courthouse and prison at Knutsford, Cheshire

Parish workhouse, Lindow Common, Cheshire
View across Lindow Common, Pownall Fee, Cheshire, with a view of the former parish workhouse

Salford Union Cottage Homes at Culcheth, Cheshire
Swimming baths (right) and workshop buildings (left) at the Salford Union cottage homes at Culcheth in Cheshire. Some girls in their school uniforms walk across the scene

Reading Cycling Map
Which way? A group of schoolgirl cyclists and their teacher pause to look at a map, Hatchmere, Cheshire, England

Stormy Seaside Weather
A schoolgirl and her dog enjoy the rough sea and stormy weather at New Brighton, Cheshire, England

F Keen (Burton-on-Trent) Shoe Manufacturers stationery, Bank Square Factory, Burton-on-Trend, Staffordshire, with adverts for Tip Toes Footwear and High Road Shoes

Stationery, Hadfields Ironmongers, Congleton, Cheshire
O-Cedar Mop and Polish advertisement on Hadfields Ironmongers printed stationery, used here as a receipt with handwritten details. circa 1920

Traffic on the M5 motorway near Manchester, passing a service station. Date: circa 1960s

Trench interior near the Albert-Bapaume road on the Somme
Photograph of trench scene.From an album of 22 official photographs (and one newspaper cutting) showing scenes from the Western Front, 1916-1918 (c).Associated with World War One

Greetings card in the shape of a travelling case, labelled MR Bradford and Chester, London Victoria. circa 1890s

The Rows, Chester, Cheshire Date: 1890s

Girl on a Stile 1930S
The stylist! A little girl, who has been picking wild flowers, pauses for contemplation on a rustic stile. A peaceful summer scene in the Cheshire woods. Date: 1930s

Planting Potatoes
An old male farm worker, plants potatoes from the sack over his shoulder in the Wirral, Cheshire. Back- breaking work, especially in heavy, stiff clay soil. Date: 1950s

Young Archaeologists
Archaeology students on a dig at the site of a Roman amphitheatre at Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: 1960s

New Brighton / Pre-1914
New Brighton, Cheshire: the tower Date: pre-1914

Lord Tollemache
LORD TOLLEMACHE " Cheshire" Date: CIRCA 1881

Manchester Newsman
William Faulkner, newsman of the Manchester Times and Cheshire Examiner Date: early 19th century

Eaton Hall Country House
General view of Eaton Hall, Cheshire. Date: 1828

Chester Council Flats
A new council estate with bleak blocks of flats, at Chester, Cheshire, England. Date: August 1963

Robert Nixon / Anon Print
ROBERT NIXON The Cheshire Prophet. Flourished 1620. Date: -

Farmstead at Lymm, Cheshire
English domestic architecture: elevations of a Farmstead at Lymm, Cheshire. From George Alfred Deans Series of Selected Designs for Country Residences, entrance lodges, farm offices, cottages

Hummingbirds by Charles Whymper (1843-1941), engraved by W and J R Cheshire. Date: 1884

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