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Hard to pinpoint on the 1940's map as the town centre has changed much since then.
©Malcolm Street
Dist:0.4km<br/>This early C19 building on Queen Street, opposite St George's Church, is listed http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-385966-brampton-house-10-and-12-newcastle-under .
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.5km<br/>Looking across Queen Street (the A527). "1828. By Francis Bedford, built as a Commissioners Church, and designated as Parish Church in 1856" http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-385967-church-of-st-george-newcastle-under-lyme .
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.5km<br/>Set back - just off Hartshill Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent
©Steven Birks
Dist:0.5km<br/>'Gitanas' on Hartshill Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent The site of the former Union Inn was an original 1830's beerhouse. Gertrude Mary Astbury [her stage name was Gertie Gitana] .... the Staffordshire Cinderella was born at Shirley Street, Longport, Stoke-on-Trent on December 27th 1887. She was to become a firm favourite with British music hall audiences. She had a sweet, childlike voice that suited her famous signature tune 'Nellie Dean'.
©Steven Birks
Dist:0.5km<br/>A view looking in the opposite direction to [[2101483]]. In the distance, in [[SJ8446]], the path reaches Hempstalls Lane.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.5km<br/>Formerly known as Brampton Walks, this path alongside grass and trees is close to the line of the disused North Staffordshire Railway around the north edge of Newcastle.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.5km<br/>The junction is with Bramfield Drive, a cul-de-sac. Hempstalls Lane is about to cross an easting gridline.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.6km<br/>On Hartshill Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent
©Steven Birks
Dist:0.6km<br/>Still marked on the Ordnance Survey maps as a place of worship, the former Ebenezer Methodist Church is now used as a commercial premises. Grade II listed, it was originally built in 1857-8 by Simpson of Leeds.
©Jonathan Kington
Dist:0.6km<br/>Tucked away in a corner of the [[2477290]] is this simple memorial to a gallant soldier. The inscription reads: In Memory of a Brave Soldier Sergeant William Frederick Kite 4858212 W/Sgt Military Medal and Two Bars 1939-1945 Fred 'Buck' Kite was born in Newcastle-Under-Lyme in 1921, at the age of 17 he enlisted in the Royal Armoured Corps and was posted to the 3rd Royal Tank Regiment. During the Second World War he was awarded the Military Medal three times for courage under fire in North Africa and France, the third medal was awarded for great personal courage before being seriously wounded at Le Grand Bonfait, Normandy in 1944. Each citation (viewable here- http://www.greenflash.org.uk/bravery/kite.html ) was signed by Montgomery, firstly as General Officer Commanding the 8th Army, then as Commander in Chief of the 21st Army Group, and finally as Field Marshall. His medals were presented to him at Buckingham Palace by King George VI. Fred Kite survived the war with the unique distinction of being the only British soldier to have won the Military Medal three times, he died in 1993 at the age of 72. In 2004, youngsters at his former Primary School helped to design this permanent memorial to the former pupil who became a war hero.
©Jonathan Kington
Dist:0.6km<br/>Located at the bottom of Iron Market these colourful and peaceful gardens are named after Queen Victoria.
©Jonathan Kington
Dist:0.6km<br/>The front of the Gents public toilets are extremely well decorated with floral displays, the Ladies and Disabled conveniences are round the corner to the right.
©Jonathan Kington
Dist:0.6km<br/>A street of terraced houses just north of the town centre and the ring road.
©Derek Harper
Dist:0.7km<br/>Formerly a Post Office this building was converted by Wetherspoons to a pub in 2002. Arnold Machin was a Stoke-on-Trent sculptor who designed the bust of Queen Elizabeth II and was used on postage stamps first issued in 1967, and on the then new decimal coinage that appeared in 1968. Between 1959 and 1967 Machin was Master of Sculpture at the Royal Academy School.
©Jonathan Kington

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