The Islands, Queens Prk, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the lake islands at Queen's Park, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The park is also known as Longton Park. It was officially opened on July 25th 1888 by George Granville William Sutherland ...
The Lake and Rides, Drayton Manor Park, near Tamworth
This postcard view shows several rides at Drayton Manor Park and Zoo. On the left there is the Paratower (a parachute ride) which was in service from around 1982 to 1997 and centre right there is a glimpse ...
The Lake, Alton Towers
A view of Alton Towers lake looking north-east towards the bridge. Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852.
The 15th Earl began ...
The Lake, Burslem Park, Stoke-on-Trent
A postcard view of the lake and viewing pavilion in Burslem Park. The floodlight pylons of Vale Park, home of Port Vale Football Club, can be seen in the background.
Burslem Park lies between Moorland ...
The Lake, Hanley Park, Stoke-on-Trent
Hanley Park opened in 1897, covering nearly 65 acres (25 hectares) and was designed by Thomas Mawson who also laid out Burslem Park. He laid the park out on what was known as "Stoke Fields", an area of ...
The Lake, Ranton Abbey
A postcard view of Gap Pool at the Ranton Abbey Estate, formerly occasionally Ronton as with the caption on this postcard. The pool and the nearby remains of Ranton Abbey are situated one mile to the ...
The Lake, Trentham Gardens
Lithograph of a painting by E. Adveno Brooke (1821-1910) showing Trentham gardens and lake. It was published in Edward Adveno Brooke's 1857 book 'Gardens of England'.
Trentham Hall was built in ...
The Lake, Trentham Gardens
The house and grounds of Trentham Hall were modified by Henry Holland and Capability Brown in the ten years from 1768-1778. Brown dammed the River Trent and extended Trentham Lake to over a mile long ...
The Manor, Bishop's Offley
The Manor is a large Georgian house owned throughout the 19th century by the Larman family. The family's Offley estate was sold under the will of the late John Gerard Heath Lander in 1918, but the Manor ...
The Mill Pool, Victoria Park, Stafford
A postcard view from the footbridge by the mill pool looking across Victoria Park and the River Sow towards the railway station buildings in the distance. Until 1957 the Town Mill stood near this site; ...
The Old Boat House, Trentham Lake
The Boat House was probably built by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown in about 1760, when the lake at trentham was enlarged to 80 acres.
The Pagoda Fountain, Alton Towers
The Fountain was originally envisaged as a six storey structure with gas-lit Chinese lamps hanging from the various layers of roof. The final construction, a design of Robert Abraham modelled on the To-ho ...
The Park, Cannock
Children climbing onto the slide near the paddling pool in Cannock Park.
Post card published by F. Frith & Co., Reigate.
The Park, Rugeley
A color-tinted postcard view looking east over Elmore Park's pool in Rugeley towards the town centre and Horse Fair. Fed by the Rising Brook, the pool was originally part of the Hagley Hall estate and ...
The Pool, Chillington Hall
A view of the the landscape park and lake, known as the Pool, to the south of Chillington Hall which were designed by Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown during the 1760s for Thomas Giffard the elder.
James ...
The Pool, Ranton Abbey
Women by Gap Pool at the Ranton Abbey estate, then the property of Lord Lichfield. A rustic seat has been positioned on the pathway for the woman with the dog.
The majority of the Priory buildings ...
The Pool, Stafford
View from the footbridge looking towards the Moat House and King Edward VI Grammar School on Newport Road.
Until 1957 the Town Mill stood near this site; the mill wheels are still preserved in the ...
The Screw Fountain, The Gardens, Alton Towers
This stone-carved fountain is also known as the 'Corkscrew Fountain', the 'Siren Fountain' and the 'Candlestick Fountain'. It stands in a pool surrounded by aquatic plants, and is one of many ornamental ...