Trysull Bridge
Iron bridge over the Smestow Brook.
Turnover Bridge, Church Eaton,
Uttoxeter Canal, near Stramshall
A frosty view of the defunct Uttoxeter Canal just south of Stramshall. The Uttoxeter Canal was a thirteen-mile extension of the Caldon Canal running from Froghall as far as Uttoxeter. It was authorised ...
W.J. Dolby, Potters' Millers, Stoke-on-Trent
Photograph of the rear of the factory taken from the tow path on the Trent Mersey Canal.
W.J. Dolby were potter's millers and merchants who supplied prepared clay, flint and bones to pottery works. ...
Water Main and Canal Bridge, Tixall,
Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ownership.
Wedgwood factory, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph of Wedgwood's original factory next to the Trent and Mersey canal in Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent was taken in 1929. The factory was a site of real innovation and invention but was disused ...
Wedgwood's Manufactory, Etruria
A hand-coloured engraving taken from "The Land We Live In - A Pictorial Historical and Literary Sketch-book of the British Islands", published by William S. Orr & Co, London, 1850.
Etruria Works was ...
Wheaton Aston Lock
Wheaton Aston Lock stands on the Shropshire Union Canal, which was engineered by Thomas Telford and opened in March 1835.
Wheaton Aston Lock, Shropshire Union Canal
A shop and bench at Wheaton Aston Lock on the Shropshire Union Canal.
Seated on a bench with a carved back board, the man can be seen rolling a cigarette by hand, his tobacco tin beside him. The litter ...
Wild Thyme or Thymus polytrichus
Wild Thyme is a dwarf shrub with straggling stems commonly found on Carboniferous Limestone.
Flowering between May and August, its stem can grow up to 7cm in length.
This example was found growing ...
Winkle and Wood Colonial Pottery factory, Stoke-on-Trent
This picture of the Winkle and Wood Colonial Pottery factory on Whieldon Road, Stoke-on-Trent, was taken just prior to its demolition in September 1999. At the bottom of the building you can see a small ...
Wood Eaton Bridge, Gnosall
Wood Eaton Bridge, no.29 on the Shropshire Union Canal,
From the County Archaeology photograph collection held at Staffordshire Record Office.
Wood Sage or Teucrium scorodonia
Wood Sage is a perennial found in dry open habitats on sandstone and limestone.
Flowering between July and September, it can grow up to a height of 20cm.
This example was found growing at Oakamoor ...
Woodseat, near Rocester
Woodseat was a late 18th century house, now in ruins. In the foreground is a section of an ornamental lake formed out of the disused Uttoxeter Branch Canal. This was part of the Trent & Mersey Canal ...
Wyrley and Essington Canal, near Lichfield
This postcard view shows a widebeam barge near to Lock number 14 on the former Wryley and Essington Canal. Lock 14 was one of a series of locks on the canal between Wall Lane and Fosseway Lane near Lichfield. ...
Yellow Archangel or Lamiastrum galeobdolon
Yellow Archangel is a common perennial found in rich woodland, chiefly on limestone and clay.
Flowering between May and June, it can grow up to 50cm in height.
This example was found growing at ...
Yellow Pimpernel or lysimachia nemorum
Yellow Pimpernel is a creeping perennial found in moist woodland.
Flowering between May and September, its stem can grow up to 30m in length.
This example was found growing at Madeley in Staffordshire, ...
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 ...