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Walk Mill, Bishop's Offley

This photograph was taken in the spring of 2003 and shows the degree of dilapidation that has occurred since the mill was damaged during a storm in January 1997. Walk Mill dates from the late eighteenth ...

Walk Mill, Bishop's Offley,

Walk Mill dates from the late eighteenth century and was used for grinding corn. There was an earlier mill on this site which was used for fulling or “walking” cloth, hence the name. The waterwheel ...

Walk Mill, near Eccleshall

Walk Mill dates from the late eighteenth century and was used for grinding corn. There was an earlier mill on this site which was used for fulling or “walking” cloth, hence the name. The waterwheel ...

Walk Mill, near Eccleshall

Walk Mill dates from the late eighteenth century and was used for grinding corn. There was an earlier mill on this site which was used for fulling or “walking” cloth, hence the name. The waterwheel ...

Wardle & Davenport's Office Block, Leek

Built in 1925, this fine building was demolished with the rest of Wardle & Davenport's huge Belle Vue Mill in the 1970s. The silk manufacturing firm of Wardle & Davenport began in 1867 as a partnership ...

Warehouse and Registered Office, Job White & Sons Ltd., Compton, Leek

The firm of Job White & Sons Ltd. decorated their offices in Compton to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The portrait on the facing wall was a sizeable 12 feet high.

Waterloo Mills, Waterloo Street, Leek

The mills, also known as 'Broster's Mill' were designed by James Gosling Smith, brother-in-law of Mr. William Broster. The building was completed in 1894 and looks very much like Big Mill in Mill Street, ...

Weir by the Mill pool, Stafford

Mute Swans by the weir on the River Sow at the mill pool by Stafford Mill. The iron bridge carries the footpath from Mill Bank to Newport Road. Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic ...

Wellington Mills, Leek

A view of the Wellington Mills on Strangman Street, looking along Chorley Street. Wellington Mills were built in 1853 and owned for most of its working life by Thomas Whittles Ltd., a family firm which ...

Wellington Silk Mills, Strangman Street, Leek

The mill was owned by Thomas Whittles Ltd., a family firm which traded from the premises for over a century, between the late 1860s until the 1970s. The company was the last firm in Leek involved in the ...

Werrington Windmill

An 18th century brick-built mill, which formerly had four sails and a boat cap. It ceased to work by sail in the late 19th century and ground coal towards the end of its life. It was the headquarters ...

West view of Mosty Lea Mill, near Stone

Mosty Lea Mill was probably in existence by 1716, when Stephen Townsend, a Stafford dyer, purchased the site for use as a fulling mill. In 1756, John and Ralph Baddeley acquired it and rebuilt parts ...

Weston Jones Mill, Norbury,

There has been a mill at Weston Jones since 1532. This building was constructed in the eighteenth century, but was added to in the nineteenth century; it was derelict by 1914. The mill wheel was ...

Westwood Recreation Ground and Shirley Street, Leek

Aerial view of the area surrounding the Recreation Ground (bottom left) with Westwood Road running alongside its left-hand side, and Shirley Street (the diagonal row of houses) in the bottom right. Other ...

Wetmore Mill, Stone,

Wetmore Mill on Longton Road was used to grind flint and bone for the pottery industry. The addition of such materials to porcelain resulted in additional strength, whiteness and translucence. At one ...

Wetton - Manifold Valley: engraving

'A View on the River Manyfold at Wotton (sic) Mill in Staffordshire,' looking towards the Mill in the middle of the picture. Showing the bend in the river by cliffs. Also showing the Tor and hills ...

Wetton - Manifold Valley: water colour painting

Showing the bend in the river, below cliffs. The are hills in the distance, and a couple of men sitting on the river bank in the foreground. Anonyous, [in the style of D. Parkes].

Wetton Bridge, Manifold Valley

The bridge cost £184 to build in about 1810, and was paid for by the The Duke of Devonshire after the earlier bridge was demolished by a flood.