Skaters on Rudyard Lake
There were a number of exceptionally cold winters in the decades before the First World War which enabled locals and visitors to skate on the frozen lake. Winters cold enough to freeze Rudyard Lake are ...
Skating by Moonlight on Rudyard Lake
Rudyard Lake or reservoir 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. ...
Skating on Trentham Lake
Photograph taken at the south end of the lake, in the grounds of Trentham Hall.
The original Trentham Hall was built in the 1630s for the Dukes of Sutherland. The Caroline house was replaced in the ...
Somerford Hall: engraving
'Somerford, Staffs: Seat of Hon. Edw. Moncton (sic).'South east view of the hall from the park, showing the ornamental bridge. [Taken from an almanac heading.]Anonymous, [taken from an original drawing ...
Somerford Hall: sepia drawing
'Somerford Staffordsh., Honble. Edw. Moncton (sic).' Showing a three storey house with outbuilding, from across a pool in the foreground. There a field between the house and the pool, on which cattle ...
Spansbroekmolen Crater, Messines, Belgium
Painting, oil on board by Robert Perry RBSA (1944-). The water-filled Spansbroekmolen crater is the site of a mine explosion, one of 19 detonated by allied troops at the Battle of Messines Ridge in June ...
Spear Thistle or Cirsium vulgare
Spear Thistle is a common biennial of fields, roadsides, wastegrounds and gardens.
Flowering between July and October, it can grow to a height of 1.25m.
This example was found growing at Oakamoor ...
St. Andrew's Church, Weston
St. Andrew's Church viewed from the junction of Stafford Road and Green Road with Weston Pool on the left. St. Andrew's dates from the early thirteenth century, and has a fine Early English tower. The ...
St. Michael and All Angels Church, Colwich,
St. Michael and All Angels was built on the site of an Anglo-Saxon church. The present church was built in the late fourteenth century, but was altered and restored between 1852 and 1856.
Inside the ...
Stafford Castle
An engraving showing the Castle Hill area with a view across fields to Stafford Castle. Railway lines, houses, pond, and anglers in the foreground. Published by J. & F. Harwood, 26 Fenchurch Street, ...
Standon Old Hall
There has been a house on this site since the eleventh century. The right side of the present house is Elizabethan, the left is of a later date. The building is now a farmhouse and the pool no longer ...
Stanley Pool
The dam at the north west end of Stanley Pool. Built in 1786 as an 8 acre (3¼ hectare) reservoir to supply water for the nearby Caldon Canal, the pool was enlarged to 33 acres (13 hectares) in 1840 ...
Stanley Waterfall. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Waterfall at Stanley, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Stretton Mill, Stretton, near Penkridge
Stretton Mill has been the site of a watermill since at least the mid 18th century.
Swans on the Lake,Crakemarsh Hall, near Uttoxeter
Swans on the ornamental lake just to the south of Crakemarsh Hall.
Crakemarsh Hall was extensively rebuilt in 1815 for Sir Thomas Cotton Sheppard around the staircase of a late 17th century house. ...
Swimming Gala, Rudyard
A swimming gala taking place at the Dam at Rudyard Lake.
Tean. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of Tean, Staffordshire.
Teddesley Hall: water colour painting
Showing a distant view of the Hall among trees, with a lake in the foreground.Anonymous, [S. Shaw.]