Portrait of Thomas Gilbert, M.P., Cotton Hall
Thomas Gilbert was born in 1720. Both Thomas and his brother John, (b.1724, d.1795) were canal pioneers, who worked on many projects with James Brindley. Some of the canal developments attributed to the ...
Primrose or Primula vulgaris
This perennial occurs in damp hedge bottoms and by streams in woods on limestone and clay.
Flowering between March and May, it can grow up to 20cm in length.
This example was found growing at Heathylee ...
Radford Bank, Stafford
A postcard view showing Radford Bank, looking towards Weeping Cross from Stafford. In the foreground is the bridge over the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.
Postcard published by W.H. Smith ...
Radford Bank, Stafford
A postcard view looking towards Stafford at the point where Radford Bank crosses the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. On the right is the Trumpet Inn which has since been demolished and rebuilt. ...
Radford canal wharf, Stafford,
Road widening at Radford Bank during winter 1984-85. Radford Wharf on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal looking north towards the road.
Radford, Stafford
A postcard view showing Radford Bank, looking from Weeping Cross to Stafford. In the foreground is the bridge over the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal.
Red Dead-nettle or Lamium purpureum
Red Dead-nettle is a very common annual weed found on roadsides and waste places.
Flowering between March and October, it can grow up to a height of 40cm.
This example was found growing at Maer ...
Remains of the Uttoxeter Canal, near Stramshall
A view of the defunct Uttoxeter Canal just south of Stramshall. St. Michael's Church can be seen on the horizon. The Uttoxeter Canal was a thirteen-mile extension of the Caldon Canal running from Froghall ...
Remains of the Uttoxeter Canal, near Stramshall
A view of the defunct Uttoxeter Canal just south of Stramshall. St. Michael's Church and the village of Stramshall can be seen on the distance. The Uttoxeter Canal was a thirteen-mile extension of the ...
Repair of Rye Hill Canal Bridge, Church Eaton
Builders working on Rye Hill Bridge number 22 over the Shropshire Union Canal, between Church Eaton and Wheaton Aston. Locally known as Slabs Bridge.
Photographer: Harry Osbourne of Woodseaves, Staffordshire.....
Rudyard from the Feeder
This panoramic postcard view looks north-west from the Canal Feeder towards Whorrocks Bank and Dunwood Lane, Rudyard. The Feeder is an artificial waterway linking the River Dane to Rudyard Lake.
In ...
Rugeley 'A' and 'B' Power Stations
A postcard view of a winter scene taken at sunrise looking towards Rugeley Power Stations. The picture was taken from the canal bridge over the Trent and Mersey Canal on Station Road in Rugeley which ...
Scentless Mayweed or Tripleurospermum inodorum
Scentless Mayweed is an annual weed found on roadsides, building sites and rubbish dumps.
Flowering between July and September, it can grow to a height of 50cm.
This example was found growing at ...
Shelton Bar from the Canal, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
Blast furnaces and crucible gantries at Shelton Bar steel works, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent. In the foreground is the Trent and Mersey Canal. Steel production at Shelton Bar ended in 1978 but the processing ...
Shelton Iron and Steel Works, Etruria
A view of the Trent and Mersey Canal at Etruria, showing Shelton Iron and Steel Works, Etruria. To the right is Etruria Hall, and in the distance are two spoil heaps made of the waste from local coal ...
Shropshire Union Canal, Forton
This postcard view of the Newport branch of the Shropshire Union Canal looks towards Forton.
The Newport branch of the canal was little used after 1920 and closed by Act of Parliament in 1944, later ...
Shropshire Union Canal, Gnosall
A postcard view taken looking south towards the Boat Inn Bridge also known as Wharf Bridge, Bridge No. 34 on the Shropshire Union Canal in Gnosall. On the extreme left there is an advertising sign for ...
Shropshire Union Canal, Gnosall
A postcard view taken from the Boat Inn Bridge also known as Wharf Bridge, Bridge No. 34, over the Shropshire Union Canal in Gnosall. On the right there is an advertising sign for Marston’s Burton Ales ...