William Ricards Collection at the Brampton Museum, Newcastle-under-Lyme
William Richards was a keen archaeologist and a local collector of archaeology and objects from different countries. The weird and wonderful objects in this collection have come from all over the world. ...
Wolverhampton - Anglo-Saxon cross shaft in St. Peter's Church-yard: sepia drawing
'Pillar at Wolverhampton.' [?East] view of an Anglo-Saxon cross shaft standing on a pile of rubble. The cap is cracked, and the pillar has five bands of decoration. It probably dates from the mid 9th ...
Wolverhampton - Jug: pencil drawing
Showing a jug, [dug up in 1793, near the church-yard of St. Peter's Wolverhampton]. Anonymous, [S. Shaw].
Wrottesley Hall ruins, Wrottesley
View of Wrottesley Hall ruins. The Hall was built in 1696, with an estate of 2,319 acres. The hall was gutted by fire in 1897 and stood as a ruin until the 4th Lord Wrottesley built a smaller brick house ...
Yoxall - Burial urn: woodcut engraving
Showing a burial urn, which according to a letterpress account, is one of forty vessels found full of ashes on levelling a piece of ground. This example was presented to Richard Greene's Museum, writes ...