Waterfall near Yoxall
This postcard view is believed to show the weir on the Swarbourn near Stair Bridge, Yoxall.
Watery Lane, Outlanes, Stone
A tinted postcard view published by A.W. Tilley, Newsagent and Stationers of 7 Radford Street, Stone.
Watling Street, Norton Canes
Watling Street (now the A5) near Norton Canes. On the right is Pinfold Farm which was demolished in about 1940. On the left is School Lane which led to Little Wyrley. Watling Street has since been ...
Watling Street, Stretton, near Penkridge
A postcard view of a quiet scene on the Watling Street (A5) at Stretton. The cottage on the right remains (January 2020). The two people outside the doorway of the cottage are Joseph Onion and his younger ...
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 ...
Wishing Stone, Pye Green
The stone, locally known as 'The Wishing Stone' still exists. It is sited on an old packhorse route known as Blake Street and near to St. Chad's Ditch, an earthwork which may be of mediaeval origin.
Postcard ...
Wolseley Hall, Colwich,
The Wolseley family had lived on the estate since Norman times. In the eighteenth century Wolseley Hall was rebuilt, but burned down in the 1950s.
The estate remained derelict until 1990, when the ...
Wood avens, or Geum urbanum
This so-called "blessed herb," also known as "avens" or "herb bennet," is a perennial found in woods and shady hedgerows.
Flowering between May and August, it can grow to a height of 60cm.
This ...
Woodside, Spot Acre, near Fulford
The cottage on the right in this postcard view is known as Woodside, which stands (September 2022) on the junction of Fulford Road and Moss Lane, Spot Acre. On the reverse there is a ‘Happy New Year’ ...
Wood-sorrel, or Oxalis acetosella
This common perennial occurrs in woods and hedgebanks, growing up to 15cm and flowering between April and June.
This specimen was found in Cuckoo Cage Woods, Tatenhill, by local naturalist Don Brown ...
Wootton, near Eccleshall
Cross Cottage on the junction of the A519 Eccleshall to Newport Road and Wootton Lane.
A postcard view published by E.J. Hurlstone of Eccleshall.
Wootton, near Eccleshall
A postcard view published by E.J. Hurlstone of Eccleshall. Wootton is a hamlet on the A519 Eccleshall to Newport Road. the house in the trees to the left is Beech Grove.
Wrottesley Park Road, Perton
The old route of Wrottesley Park Road, bypassed when the new road system with roundabout was built to serve the new housing estate on the former Perton Airfield site.
Perton Airfield was constructed ...
Yew Hedges, Hoar Cross Hall
Magnificent topiary at Hoar Cross Hall's gardens. Situated on the south side of the house, the yew hedges enclosed a series of small gardens. Also in this view are an ornamental fountain and a pair of ...