Italian Garden, Biddulph Grange
A lithograph print of the Italian Garden at Biddulph Grange, by Kell Brothers of Holborn, London. It was produced to accompany the Sale Catalogue of 1871 and published by Edward and Henry Lumley, Land ...
Nurse Turner with a young patient, Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital
Nurse Turner worked at the hospital for many years. She is remembered by former colleagues as a good and caring nurse. In this picture she is holding a polio victim, during an epidemic of the disease. ...
Present giving, Children's Ward, Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital
This young patient has just opened her Christmas presents, and is being offered a cup of tea in her new tea-set by the Mayor. Standing around them are two older girls as well as a number of nursing staff, ...
Retirement presentation, Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital
Mrs Titley M.B.E., the Matron at Biddulph Grange is receiving her retirement gift from Sir Harry Platt, an Orthopaedic Surgeon from Manchester.
Sister Webster, Board Room, Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital
Sister Webster was the Night Sister at the hospital for many years, but it is not known when she retired.
Summer Staff Dance at Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hosptial
Both indoor and outdoor hospital staff are pictured here in the front hall of Biddulph Grange.
The Billiard Room, Biddulph Grange
A lithograph print of the Billiard Room and Fernery at Biddulph Grange, by Kell Brothers of Holborn, London. It was produced to accompany the Sale Catalogue of 1871 and published by Edward and Henry ...
The Chinese Gardens, Biddulph Grange
The Chinese Temple, Biddulph Grange Gardens
This is a plan of the chinese temple at Biddulph Grange Gardens. The gardens were created in the mid 19th century by James Bateman to house his large plant collection. The chinese temple is only part ...
The Eygptian Garden, Biddulph Grange
Etching and Aquatint print by Norman Stephens ARA, showing yew topiary and Egyptian-style sculpture and building in the 19th century Egyptian Garden section of the gardens at Biddulph Grange.
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The Great Wall Tower, Biddulph Grange Gardens
This plan is of the Great Wall tower at Biddulph Grange Gardens. The ornamental buildings were created as an integral part of the gardens by James Bateman, who set up the gardens in the mid 19th century ...
The Stumpery, Biddulph Grange Garden
Biddulph Grange Garden was created by James Bateman between 1841 and the 1860s for his collection of plants from around the world. The garden is a global journey, with an Italian garden, the Americas ...
Toddlers at Biddulph Grange Orthopaedic Hospital
This cheery bunch of youngsters pictured in the hospital grounds, have all had their legs bandaged as part of their treatment for a range of illnesses including C.T.E.V. , C.D.H. (Congenitally Deformed ...
Grange Road, Biddulph
Grange Road was built in the early 1870s, when the route north from Biddulph to Congleton was diverted from the south and east of St. Lawrence's church, to the west and north. The entrance to Biddulph ...
Biddulph
Biddulph lies in a valley formed by the Biddulph Brook in the north west of Staffordshire on the county’s boundary with Cheshire.
The name Biddulph or Bidolf is Anglo- Saxon and originally means ‘by ...
Chysis Loevis - Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala
This plate from The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala by James Bateman shows chysis loevis, also known as Smooth-Lipped Loevis - "the finest species of a most singular genus."
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Cyrtochilum Bictoniense - Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala
This plate from The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala by James Bateman depicts cyrtochilum bictoniense, also known as the Bicton Cyrtochilum, in reference to the place near Exeter where the first English ...
Epidendrum Macrochilum var. Roseum - Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala
This page from The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala by James Bateman describes epidendrum acrochilum var. roseum, also known as Broad-Lipped Epidendrum.
The author comments that "it is one of the ...