Wetton Mill, Manifold Valley
The present mill building dates from 1711, built by the Duke of Devonshire to replace an earlier mill. In 1974 a cave shelter was excavated in the area, and flints were found from the Mesolithic period. ...
Wetton Village
View of the village from across the fields.
White Gilt Pigs, Lower Farm, Drointon
These gilts are Large Whites, also known as Large Yorkshires.
A gilt is a young female pig.
Whitehough Farm and Ipstones Edge. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape overlooking Whitehough Farm and Ipstones Edge, Nr. Leek, Staffordshire.
Whitmore Farm, Congleton. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape overlooking Whitmore Farm, Congleton, Cheshire.
Whitmore Farm, Congleton. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape overlooking Whitmore Farm, Congleton, Cheshire.
Wild Angelica, or Angelica sylvestris
You can find this perennial plant in marshy fields, at stream sides, and in boggy woods.
Flowering between July and September, it can grow to a height of 1.5 metres.
This example was collected at ...
Wild Strawberry, or Fragaria vesca
This perennial spreads across hedgebanks, railway embankments and clearings by spreading its runners.
Flowering between April and July, it can grow to a height of 15cm and produces fruit until October.
This ...
Windmill Inn and Crossroads, Meir Heath,
Windmill, Bognop Road, Essington
Looking south east along Bognop Road towards the ruined windmill at Essington
All that remains today is the base and central post. It believed to have been built by Henry Vernon family in 1681. It ...
Wombourne Carnival
View of marquees, parked cars and people at Wombourne Carnival, held in fields next to the A449 Stourbridge Road dual carriageway.
Women with horse and mower, Newborough
Cutting hay with a horse-drawn finger-bar mower. This snapshot photograph was probably taken in the Hadley lane area, to the north of Newborough, and may include members of the Emery family.
Women's Land Army Girl with Bull, Grindley
A Women's Land Army girl leading a British Friesian Bull at New Buildings Farm.
The WLA began during the First World War to help combat food shortages and fill the vacancies left by the men who had ...
Women's Land Army girl with heifer, Adbaston
Women's Land Army girl, Miss Beryl Collins, standing next to a hand reared British Friesian heifer at Mr Mr T. Rowland Ball's farm at The Wood, Adbaston.
The WLA began during the First World War to ...
Women's Land Army Girls, Manure Spreading, Gnosall
Six Women's Land Army girls spreading manure in field. Photographed for Women's Land Army Recruiting Services, at Mr Brown's farm, Brough Hall, Gnosall.
The WLA began during the First World War to ...
Women's Land Army Girls, Manure Spreading, Gnosall, (1)
The WLA began during the First World War to help combat food shortages and fill the vacancies left by the men who had entered military service. The women who enrolled had the option of working in agriculture, ...
Wood avens, or Geum urbanum
This so-called "blessed herb," also known as "avens" or "herb bennet," is a perennial found in woods and shady hedgerows.
Flowering between May and August, it can grow to a height of 60cm.
This ...
Wootton Hall, near Ellastone
Wootton Hall, near Ellastone, was a large stone house originally built for the Davenport family which was extensively rebuilt in about 1837. Jean Jacques Rousseau stayed here for a year in 1766. It was ...