Women's Timber Corps workers, Cannock Chase
Women's Timber Corps forestry workers on Cannock Chase, weeding young trees at Lady Hill nursery.
The Women's Timber Corps was set up in 1942 to work in forestry, replacing the men who had been called ...
Women's Timber Corps workers, Cannock Chase
Women's Timber Corps forestry workers on Cannock Chase, stripping side shoots and removing lower branches ('snedding') to let air and light into the plantation.
The Women's Timber Corps was set up ...
Wood Anenome, or Anenome nemorosa
This perennial plant grows in deciduous woodland.
Flowering between March and May, it can grow up to 30cm in height.
This example was found gowing in sand by the side of a stream at Ousley Cross, ...
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 ...
Woodland and Footpath, Unknown Location. Photographed by William Blake.
Stereoscope slide with a woodland scene. Unknown Location.
Woodland path, Cannock Chase
A woodland path. Exact location unknown, but somewhere on Cannock Chase.
Photographer: Albert Henry Yelland.
Woodland scene
A photograph taken by Harold Cartwright of Willenhall. One of his artistic compositions, probably for exhibition or competition.
Woodland, near Stramshall
Photograph by the Rev. C.F.L. Barnwell (1853-1933) who was Vicar of Stramshall from 1879 to 1933, and who was a keen amateur historian and photographer.
Woodland. Photographed by William Blake.
Woodland scene. Unknown location.
Woodland. Photographed by William Blake.
Woodland scene. Unknown location.
Woodland. Unknown Location. Photographed by William Blake.
Woodland scene. Unknown location.
Woods at Hawkesyard Priory, Armitage
Entrance to woodland at Hawkesyard Priory near Armitage. A Dominican Friar and and a man wearing a suit stand to the left of the entrance gateway.
Photographer: Alfred McCann, photographer of High ...
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 Hall, near Ellastone
Wootton Hall, near Ellastone, was a large stone house originally built for the Davenport family which was extensively rebuilt in about 1837. Jean Jacques Rousseau stayed here for a year in 1766. It was ...
Yellow Pimpernel, or Lysimachia nemorum
This creeping perennial thrives in moist woodland areas.
Flowering between May and September, its stem can grow up to 30cm.
This example was found growing at Madeley in Staffordshire, by local naturalist ...
Yelverton, Devonshire. Photographed by William Blake.
Woodland view taken at Yelverton, Devonshire.