Boats and visitors, Rudyard Lake
Rudyard Lake is a reservoir and was constructed in 1797 by engineer John Rennie to feed the Caldon Branch of the Trent & Mersey Canal. It is around 2.5 miles long and covers roughly an area of 168 acres. ...
Boats on the Lake, Trentham Gardens,
Trentham Hall was built in the 1630s for the Dukes of Sutherland. The Caroline house was replaced in the early eighteenth century by one in a Classical style. Capability Brown and Henry Holland worked ...
Boats on Trentham Lake
Boat hire and boating at the north end of Trentham lake.
This early colour photograph, a Dufaycolour transparency, was probably taken by William Blake of Longton.
Bog Asphodel or narthecium ossifragum
Bog Asphodel is a locally found perennial in the acid moorland bogs.
Flowering between July and September, it can grow to height of 30cm.
This example was found growing at Quarnford by Eric Edees.
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Boys selling kindling
Four boys and a toddler with a barrow loaded with bundles of kindling. The location of this photograph is not known, but is possibly Oxford Gardens, Stafford.
Branched Bur-reed or sparganium erectum
Branched Bur-reed is a perennial of shallow waters such as canals, ponds and lakes.
Flowering between June and August, it can grow up to a height of 1.5m. It has distinct male and female flower heads ...
Branston Golf & Country Club, Burton-upon-Trent
Branston Golf Course first opened in 1975 close to Drakelow Hall by the River Trent. The clubhouse opened in 1994 and The Pavilion in 2005.
This Image is from a collection of photographs of Burton ...
Bridge on Barlaston Hall Estate
The bridge spans part of the ornamental lake which is now part of the Wedgwood pottery factory estate.
Barlaston Hall stands on a hill, overlooking the Trent Valley. It was built in 1756 for Thomas ...
Broad Hill, Gnosall
This postcard view shows a quiet scene by the pond and cottages at Broad Hill, near Gnosall. Out of sight of the camera but nearby is the former Broad Hill quarry, a source of Triassic sandstone known ...
Broad-leaved Pondweed or potamogeton natans
Broad-leaved Pondweed is a perennial of ponds, lakes, rivers, canals and other areas of shallow water.
Flowering between May and September, its stem can grow up to 1m in length.
This example was ...
Brocton Hall,
Brocton Hall was built in 1760, George Chetwynd undertook extensive remodelling in 1801.
The hall and land was acquired by Cannock Chase Golf Club in 1922, who had lost their club house in a fire. ...
Bromley Mill Pool, Gerrards Bromley, near Eccleshall
A postcard published by E.J. Hurlstone of Eccleshall. Although the mill is no longer working, the mill pool remains and is popular with anglers.
Broom, or Cytisus scoparius ssp. scoparius
This shrub inhabits heathy places, gravel pits and railway embankments.
Flowering between May and June, it can grow up to 2 metres in height.
This example was found growing at Oakamoor in Staffordshire, ...
Brough Park Fishpond, Leek
Fishing in the pond with homemade fishing rods of sticks and string and jam-jars was a popular pastime for young boys in Leek. The pond was formerly part of the gardens of Ball Haye Hall.
The park ...
Bugle or Ajuga reptans
Bugle is a common perennial of damp woods and meadows. It spreads by means of creeping, rooting stems.
Flowering between May and July, it can grow to a height of 30cm.
This example was found growing ...
Bulrush or typha latifolia
Bulrush is a perennial of reed swamps around lakes and ponds. It s also known as Great Reedmace.
Flowering between June and July, it can grow to a height of 2.5m.
This example was found growing ...
Burslem Park
Burslem Park lies between Moorland Road and Hamil Road. The park dates from 1894 and covers 20 acres with a small lake.
Photographer: Gover & Co., Hanley. Image from 'Staffordshire Past and Present: ...