The Old Mill, Tutbury
A postcard view of the Old Mill, Tutbury. The corn mill in Tutbury was converted to use as a tannery in 1913-14 by E.B. Chapman. His son Walter expaned the business to produce sheepskins. The business ...
The River Churnet. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with view of The River Churnet at its entrance to Tittesworth Lake, Staffordshire.
The Weir, Knypersley Pool
The earlier Serpentine reservoir was found to be inadequate to supply enough water to the Caldon canal. Knypersley reservoir was built as a supplement by Hugh Henshall in 1827. Hugh was the brother-in-law ...
The Well, Endon
The well in Endon is probably most well known for the annual event which celebrates it every year.
The custom of well dressing in Endon has always fallen on the 29th of May (also Oak Apple Day) in common ...
Tissington Well. Photographed by William Blake.
Tissington Well, Derbyshire, during the well dressing season.
Well dressing is an ancient custom in which the local water supply is blessed to ward off any evil impurities. Other sources believe that ...
Wall Grange Pumping Station, near Cheddleton
Staffordshire Potteries Water Works Company's Wall Grange Pumping Station, built in 1849, was the first one locally to have provided water to Stoke on Trent. In the foreground a boy is fishing in the ...
Warder's Tower, Knypersley. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Warder's Tower at Knypersley Reservoir, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Water divining, Needwood
Mr Tippen watching Miss Winifred Leason of Paradise Farm, Needwood with a metal water divining device. The divining rod is supposed to respond to the presence of water in the ground below.
Water divining, Needwood
Miss Winifred Leason of Paradise Farm, Needwood with a metal water divining device. The divining rod is supposed to respond to the presence of water in the ground below.
Waterfall, Rudyard Lake
A postcard view taken near to the dam wall at the south end of Rudyard Lake. Rudyard Lake is a reservoir constructed in 1797 by engineer John Rennie to feed the Caldon Branch of the Trent & Mersey Canal. ...
Well Dressing, Endon
The custom of well dressing can be traced back hundreds of years. Originally the wells were decorated by throwing wreaths and flowers into the water. However in about 1818 a clay-covered board was used, ...
Well dressing, Ilam
An early colour photograph of the well dressing at Ilam, decorated with flowers and the inscription " Lift up your heads, o ye gates".
Well dressing is believed to have ancient origins, a ritual to ...
Well dressing, Newborough
1996 Olympic games floral display.
Well dressing at Newborough began when village school headmistress Mrs Bernice Brown introduced it in 1978, and has taken place every year since, with the exception ...
Well dressing, Newborough
Well dressing at Newborough began when village school headmistress Mrs Bernice Brown introduced it in 1978, and has taken place every year since, with the exception of 1986 when mains sewers were being ...
Wind pump and the Castle, Mow Cop
A postcard of a 'waterwheel', actually a wind powered water pump, and Mow Cop Castle. The Castle is a folly built on the highest point of the gritstone ridge which marks the border between Staffordshire ...
Wind pump, Newlands Farm, Colton
The opening of a windmill powered water pump at Newlands Farm, between Colton and Abbots Bromley.
Windpump, Needwood
The vane for this windpump reads 'T.S. Coleman and Son, Artesian Well Engineers'. The exposed open fields on the relatively high land of Needwood Forest made windpowered water-drawing very effective. ...