Bathers and boats, Rudyard Lake
Three women bathers sit on the landing stage near the dam. Rowing and larger boats for hire and lake trips are moored on either side.
This real photograph postcard was published by H. Breaks, Rudyard, ...
Bathers at Rudyard Lake
In this postcard view two women in swimming costumes sit on the landing stage near the dam at the southern end of Rudyard Lake whilst a third dives into the water. A tourist boat is moored alongside.
Rudyard ...
Beaudesert Hall and Park: coloured aquatint engraving
'Beaudesert, Staffordshire, Marquis of Anglesea.' Showing a lake and a brick dam, with gardens on the right in the distance. Artist: [Humphry Repton.]
Betley Hall: sepia wash drawing
'Betley Hall and Park Staffordshire, Seat of G. Tollet Esq....sketched with Pt. G..c [Patent Graphic] Telescope.' North west view of the Hall from over the lake.'Cornelius Varley, Oct. 1820.'
Betley Hall: sepia wash drawing
'Betley Hall, Staffordshire. G. Tollet Esqr.' South west view from over the lake, showing the bridge to the left. The house has three-stories (c. 1700), showing bays on the west side.'Cornelius Varley, ...
Betley Park: sepia wash drawing
'View in Betley Park from the Hall window.' Showing the bridge over the lake.'Cornelius Varley, Oct 1820.'
Biddulph - Knypersley Lake: sepia drawing
'View on Knypersley Lake.' showing a lake with wooded slopes around the sides, and two men fishing from the bank in the foreground.'T. P. W., ' [Thomas Peploe Wood].
Biddulph - Knypersley Reservoir : pen and ink sketch
'Weir, Knypersley Reservoir.' Showing four arches of a bridge, over a weir. There are people sitting on the bank at the side of the weir. Artist: 'T. P. W.,' [Thomas Peploe Wood.]
Bilberry, or Vaccinium myrtillus
A common shrub of heath, moors and woods on acid soil.
The bilberry can grow up to 30cm in height.
This example was found growing at Penkridge Bank, Cannock Chase, in Staffordshire, by local naturalist ...
Bird Vetch, or Vicia cracca
This perennial grows in hayfields, wet meadows, hedgerows and wood borders.
It boasts a set of tendrils that cling to other vegetation.
Flowering between June and August, its can grow to a length ...
Bird watching at Doxey Marshes
This photograph was taken at Doxey Marshes Nature Reserve by Stafford photographer Tony Boydon. The man in the photograph is Richard Perry who owned a lithographic printing business called Europublicity ...
Bittersweet or Solanum dulcamara
Bittersweet, also known as Woody Nightshade is a perennial sprawling plant found in hedges and woods.
Flowering between June and September, its stem can grow up to 1.75m in length.
This example ...
Blithfield Reservoir
This postcard view shows the causeway carrying the B5013 across Blithfield Reservoir.
Blithfield is the largest reservoir in Staffordshire, being 2 miles (3.2km) long, covering an area of 790 acres ...
Blithfield Reservoir
The causeway carrying the B5013 across Blithfield Reservoir.
Blithfield is the largest reservoir in Staffordshire, being 2 miles (3.2km) long, covering an area of 790 acres (320 hectares) with a maximum ...
Blithfield Reservoir in drought conditions
During the summer of 2002 water levels in Blithfield Reservoir were extremely low. The remains of buildings, walls and bridges could be seen. A number of lanes and buildings were submerged when the ...
Blithfield Reservoir in drought conditions
During the summer of 2002 water levels in Blithfield Reservoir were extremely low. The remains of buildings, walls , trees and bridges could be seen. A number of lanes and buildings were submerged when ...
Boating Lake, Alton Towers
A view of the Boating Lake at Alton Towers. The bridge can be seen far right. The gardens at Alton Towers re-opened to the public after World War II in 1952. During the 1960s, under the management of ...
Boats and visitors, Rudyard Lake
A postcard view of visitors at Rudyard Lake taken at the south end of the lake.
The lake is a reservoir constructed in 1797 by engineer John Rennie to feed the Caldon Branch of the Trent & Mersey ...