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Boating Lake, Alton Towers

A view of the Boating Lake at Alton Towers. The bridge can be seen far right. The gardens at Alton Towers re-opened to the public after World War II in 1952. During the 1960s, under the management of ...

Boating Lake, Alton Towers

A view of the Boating Lake at Alton Towers. The gardens at Alton Towers re-opened to the public after World War II in 1952. During the 1960s, under the management of Denis and Anthony Bagshaw, Alton ...

Boats and visitors, Rudyard Lake

A postcard view of visitors at Rudyard Lake taken at the south end of the lake. The lake is a reservoir constructed in 1797 by engineer John Rennie to feed the Caldon Branch of the Trent & Mersey ...

Boats and visitors, Rudyard Lake

Rudyard Lake is a reservoir and was constructed in 1797 by engineer John Rennie to feed the Caldon Branch of the Trent & Mersey Canal. It is around 2.5 miles long and covers roughly an area of 168 acres. ...

Boats on the Lake, Trentham Gardens,

Trentham Hall was built in the 1630s for the Dukes of Sutherland. The Caroline house was replaced in the early eighteenth century by one in a Classical style. Capability Brown and Henry Holland worked ...

Boats on Trentham Lake

Boat hire and boating at the north end of Trentham lake. This early colour photograph, a Dufaycolour transparency, was probably taken by William Blake of Longton.

Boer War New Year Card, Westhorpe, Stafford

New Year card sent by the Peach family, referring to the Boer War (1899 - 1902). This was one of two wars (the first was 1880 - 1881) fought by the British in South Africa against the Boer settlers. The ...

Bonehill House, Tamworth

Bonehill House, near the north end of Drayton Park, was the seat of Mrs. Peel, relict of the late Edmund Peel, Esq., who died in November 1850 a few months after his brother Robert Peel. The Peel family’s ...

Boots' Chemists and the Post Office, Stafford,

The General Post Office moved from Eastgate Street to this building on Market Square in 1867. It remained here until 1914, when it relocated to Chetwynd House on Greengate Street.

Boscobel House: woodcut engraving

'Boscobel House, the Asylum of King Charles II.' South view, which shows the large chimney as a tower. Also shows the layout of the gardens. Anonymous.

Bostock's Factory Fire, Stafford,

Edwin Bostock's shoe factory was originally in Foregate Street, Stafford, but was destroyed by fire in 1901. This resulted in a new factory being built on Sandon Road, which opened in 1903. Bostock's ...

Bourne House, Weeford

A postcard view of Bourne House which overlooks the Black or Bourne Brook at Weeford. It is an early 18th century house with later extensions and during the second half of the 19th century was the village ...

Bowling Club, Pattingham

Back row (left to right): S. Nock, B. Grainger, Albert Monckton, Jack Faulkner, Wilfred Taylor, Percy Faulkner, visitor, Henry Matthews, W. Nock, visitor, visitor, visitor, visitor, R. Bishton, visitor, ...

Bowling Green and Pavilion, Hednesford

A Frith's postcard from showing the bowling green and pavilion in Hednesford Park. The park was opened in 1931 on the site of Hednesford's pool. The woodland behind on the edge of Hednesford Hills is ...

Bowling Green and Pavilion, Hednesford Park

A Frith's postcard from showing the bowling green and pavilion in the Hednesford Park. Tennis courts are located behind the pavilion. The park was opened in 1931 on the site of Hednesford's pool. Photograph ...

Bowling Green Screen, Chillington Hall

In the distance stands the brick and stone bowling green screen which has a pair of niches framing an archway behind which there was once a bowling green. The screen was built around 1724 and restored ...

Bowling Green Screen, Chillington Hall

The brick and stone bowling green screen has a pair of niches framing an archway behind which there was once a bowling green. The screen was built around 1724 and restored in 1911. The wrought iron gates ...

Bowling Green Screen, Chillington Hall,

The screen was built in about 1724 and restored in 1911.