Wheaton Aston,
This is a view from Ivetsey Road, Wheaton Aston, at the junction
with High Street and Broadholes Lane. The building on the left was
Fountain House. The buildings have now been demolished and replaced ...
Wheelwright, Swynnerton
Wheelwright George H. Bennett at work on Swynnerton Main Street. The wheelwrights was a family business, established during the 19th century. The ownership passed through several hands including George ...
White Lion Inn, Stafford,
The White Lion Inn was built on the site of the medieval St. John's Hospital and Chapel on Lichfield Road; the rear structure of the inn included stonework from the old chapel. On the right is the eighteenth ...
White Lion Inn, Stafford,
The White Lion Inn was built on the site of the medieval St. John's Hospital and Chapel; the rear structure of the inn included stonework from the old chapel.
The inn was demolished in 1976 to make ...
White Lion Street, Stafford,
This photograph was taken from Wolverhampton Road.
The building on the right lasted until the 1970s when, along with Camden Place and Timmis' Antique Shop it was demolished to make way for the inner ...
Whitebridge Lane Railway Crossing Gatekeeper's Cottage, Stone
Built in about 1849, this railway crossing gatekeeper's cottage was built in typical North Staffordshire Railway 'Tudorbethan' style. It is Grade II listed.
Josie Bentley was the last crossing keeper ...
Whitgreave village,
View of Whitgreave village looking west down main road from the churchyard. Grange Farm is in the centre of the photograph.
Whitmore - Railway Bridge: steel engraving
'View Near Whitmore.' Showing an early type of train coming under a bridge along a cavern-like cutting.'C. Radclyffe; W. Radclyffe.'
Widening the railway embankment, Armitage
A London and North Western Railway tank locomotive hauling wagons filled with materials for widening the railway embankment between Rugeley and Armitage. This photograph was probably taken near Armitage ...
Wild Strawberry, or Fragaria vesca
This perennial spreads across hedgebanks, railway embankments and clearings by spreading its runners.
Flowering between April and July, it can grow to a height of 15cm and produces fruit until October.
This ...
William Booth's Visit to Stone,
William Booth (1829 - 1912), known as 'General Booth', founded the Christian Mission in 1865.
The movement aimed to help the poor and needy of London's East End, and as it developed was renamed the ...
Williamson Street, Tunstall
Looking east from Gibson Street towards Scotia Road. Right at the bottom, the bridge carrying the Potteries Loop Line is just visible. The ovens and building on the left belong to Henry Richard's Tiles ...
Windmill Hotel, Werrington
A postcard view of the Windmill Hotel with an Ind Coope & Allsopp Brewery lorry parked in front of the building. On the right the Inn sign clearly advertises it as the Windmill Inn, which still stands ...
Windmill Inn and Crossroads, Meir Heath,
Windy Cross Toll Gate, Ipstones Edge
Probably built around 1830 this toll house stands at the junction between the Ellastone Road and the 'Casey' a minor road which runs along the brow of Ipstones Edge. This building survives today in (2017) ...
Winkle and Wood Colonial Pottery factory, Stoke-on-Trent
This picture of the Winkle and Wood Colonial Pottery factory on Whieldon Road, Stoke-on-Trent, was taken just prior to its demolition in September 1999. At the bottom of the building you can see a small ...
Winton Place, Stoke-on-Trent
Early motor cars park up outside the North Stafford Hotel in the early part of last century. The statue is of Josiah Wedgwood, the famous potter.
The hotel and railway station opposite was built in ...
Wolseley Bridge
The Wolseley Bridge was built by John Rennie in 1800 and spans the River Trent near Colwich. It replaced the previous bridge which carried the London to Holyhead stage coach road.
Postcard published ...