Horseley Bridge & Thomas Piggott Ltd., Tipton
An aerial view of the Horseley Bridge & Thomas Piggott Ltd. factory, Horseley Heath, Tipton, looking east. The road crossing the canal branch in the foreground is Horseley Road. The factory has been ...
Hyde Lock, near Kinver
Hyde Lock near Kinver, number 12 on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which was engineered by James Brindley and opened in May 1772.
Jacob's Ladder, or Polemonium caeruleum
Often escaping from domestic gardens, this plant is confined to Carboniferous Limestone areas.
Flowering between May and July, it can grow up to 75cm in height.
This example was found growing near ...
Jacob's-ladder or polemonium caeruleum
Jacob's-ladder, also known as Ysgol Jacob , is a perennial frequently recorded as a garden escape, but as a plant confined to Carboniferous Limestone areas.
Flowering between May and July, it can grow ...
Joule's Ale Stores, Stone
Joule's brewery's Newcastle Street Ale Stores and bottling plant, facing the Trent and Mersey Canal. Built in 1881.
Francis Joule came into possession of the White House Inn and brewhouse at Stone ...
Kidney Vetch, or Anthyllis vulneraria
This perennial commonly grows in soils rich in lime (known as "calcareous" soils).
Flowering between May and September, it can grow up to 50cm in height, and its flowers can be red, yellow, or purple.
This ...
Kingsley Banks. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Kingsley Banks and a narrow boat on the Caldon Canal at Consall, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Kinver Light Railway, The Hyde, Kinver
Kinver Light Railway opened on 5th April 1901 and ran between Mill Lane, Kinver and the Fish Inn, Amblecote.
The railway began to decline after World War One and the line closed in 1930, after the ...
Kinver Lock viewed from the northern side
Launching a cruiser at Great Haywood
Launching of a small crusier on the Trent and Mersey canal at Great Haywood. In the background is the old bridge which carried the Great Haywood to Tixall road over the canal.
Today, the site of ...
Lift bridge on Caldon Canal near Long Butts Farm, Stoke-on-Trent
The lift bridge (bridge number 23) on the Caldon Canal close to Long Butts Farm on Ball Lane, Stockton Brook, Stoke-on-Trent. Sometimes called a drawbridge, this lift bridge is hand operated using a windlass ...
Lift bridge over the Caldon Canal at Heakley Green, Norton Green
The Norton Green lift bridge (bridge No 21) carries the path leading to Cockshead Cottages over the Caldon Canal west of Baddeley Green. Just beyond the bridge was the start of the arm of the canal that ...
Lime Kilns at Consall
The lime kilns at Consall are adjacent to the Caldon Canal. The Caldon Canal opened in 1779 and links Froghall to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Etruria, Stoke on Trent. The canal also ran in the opposite ...
Lime Kilns at Froghall
The lime kilns at Froghall stand near to Froghall Basin and the Caldon Canal. The Caldon Canal opened in 1779 and links Froghall to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent. The canal also ...
Little Haywood views
Colour-tinted postcard with five views of Little Haywood and Colwich: Essex Bridge and the River Trent; the Main Road, Little Haywood; St. Mary's Abbey, Colwich; the Lock House, Colwich; Colwich Abbey.
Postcard ...
Loading a narrowboat, Froghall Wharf
Loading a narrowboat with limestone at Froghall Wharf on the Caldon Canal..
The Caldon Canal opened in 1779 and links Froghall to the Trent and Mersey Canal at Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent. The canal also ...
Lock Keeper, Norbury Junction
The Newport branch of the Shropshire Union Canal started at Norbury Junction with a flight of seventeen locks.
The single-storey lock-keeper's cottage dates from the eighteenth century, when the canal ...
Lock keeper's cottage at Aston
Lock keeper's cottage at Aston by Stone on the Trent and Mersey Canal. The people are standing on the side of the lock chamber.
It is believed that the Cope family were living here by 1913, having ...