River Dove at Mayfield
A postcard view of a tranquil scene by the River Dove, near Mayfield, Staffordshire, looking south-east across the river into Derbyshire. The River Dove marks the border between Staffordshire and Derbyshire. ...
River Penk at Penkridge
A colour tinted postcard view of the River Penk at Penkridge, looking north east from Bull Bridge towards the Mill.
Published by A.W. Bourne, 32 Babingley Drive, Leicester.
Rocester Cotton Mill
A view of the Cotton Mill at Rocester, showing the long east range built in about 1782 by Richard Arkwright. It was the major local employer until it closed in 1990. It was then purchased by JCB Excavators ...
Rocester from the Dove Bridge
To the centre left of the view is Tutbury Mill (Cotton Mill). To the right, St. Michaels' Church can be seen, behind a row of houses.
Rugeley - Mill Pool and Dam at Rugeley Forge: pencil drawing
'Mill Pool and Dam at Rugeley Forge,' showing the field at the side of the pool with cows in. Artist: 'J. A.,' [John Allport.]
Ruxley Road, Bucknall
Looking westwards along Ruxley Road towards the Werrington Road/Dividy Lane junction. The photograph was taken from close to the corner of Clowes Road. Almost at the bottom are the chimneys of the calcining ...
Ruxley Road, Bucknall
Looking east along Ruxley Road from the junction with Bucknall Road. The Esso petrol station on the right now occupies the junction and Ruxley Road no longer meets Bucknall Road. Halfway down on the ...
Saredon Mill, Hatherton
Saredon Mill House stood close to the mill buildings and mill pool near to the Saredon Brook. The mill ceased work around 1925 when the water was diverted due to sewage getting into it. Most of the buildings ...
Saredon Windmill
Built before 1806, this mill worked by sail until the 1870s and by steam to about 1930. It was converted into a house in 1942 and further restored between 1976 and 1979. It had four sails and a boat cap....
Scarf boxing, Job White & Sons Ltd., Moorland Mill, Leek
These ladies are neatly packing scarves before tying the boxes with string. The picture was one of a number taken at Job White & Sons Ltd. during the year of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation.
Seisdon Mill
This photograph shows Seisdon corn mill with its overshot water-wheel and a pool in the foreground. The mill was fed by the Smestow Brook. The Mill House stands to the left of the mill building.
The ...
Seisdon Mill: water colour painting
Showing the mill, the house and barns, and the water-wheel with a pool in front of it, in the foreground.Anonymous, [H. J. Noyes.]
Shannon's Mill, Lichfield Street, Tamworth
A front view of Shannon's Mill, which was a clothing mill. The mill was originally built by Thomas Cooke senior.
Shelton Steel Works from Grange Park, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera is looking southwest from around the end of Emerson Road over what is now Grange Park part of Festival Park. Shelton Steel Works rolling mills are in the centre and the furnaces to the left. ...
Silk bobbins and loom, Thomas Whittles Ltd., Leek
Silk bobbins and loom set up at the Wellington Mills on Strangman Street. The mills were built in 1853 and owned for most of their working life by Thomas Whittles Ltd., a family firm which traded from ...
Silk bobbins, Thomas Whittles Ltd., Leek
Silk bobbins set up at the Wellington Mills on Strangman Street. The mills were built in 1853 and owned for most of their working life by Thomas Whittles Ltd., a family firm which traded from the premises ...
Silk Mill Workers, Leek
This is a film of workers coming out of the entrance to the silk mill Brough Nicholson and Hall in Leek. This was the biggest mill in Leek. It was established in 1820 and had 1000 employees by the 1920s. ...
Silk thread manufacture, Thomas Whittles Ltd., Leek
Dyeing and washing silk thread at the Wellington Mills on Strangman Street. The mills were built in 1853 and owned for most of their working life by Thomas Whittles Ltd., a family firm which traded from ...