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 ...
Wootton Lodge, near Ellastone
Wootton Lodge was built as a hunting lodge by Sir Richard Fleetwood between about 1580 and 1610. It was badly damaged during the Civil War and much of the interior was restored in about 1700. Sir Oswald ...
Workers resting at Fox Cottage Farm, Pattingham
Pictured are Jim Marley, Bev Bentley, Charlie Law and Charlie Hopcutt.
Working Horses, Endon
This is colour footage from the early 1960s. It’s at Endon, near Leek. You can see that what is being cut are reeds – probably for making thatch. The interesting thing about the film is that not only ...
Wynterdyne Farm, Tamworth
A general view of Winterdyne Farm, Tamworth. At the time of this photograph the farm was owned by Mr A.W. Macnamara.
Photographer: Gerald McCann, photographer of High Street, Uttoxeter.