Fireclay pit off Waterloo Road, Cobridge
A typical North Staffordshire "heaps 'n holes" photograph from the 1960s. The pit belonged to the Brookfield Brick and Saggar Works, dating from the 1870s, and behind is a spoil tip from Hanley Deep Pit ...
First Meeting House, Mow Cop
A postcard view of the first building used as a meeting place for the Primitive Methodists at Mow Cop. The Primitive Methodists held their first open-air prayer meeting at Mow Cop in 1807.
Gibraltar, Kinver
This area was known as Gibraltar, as it was dominated by sandstone cliffs. Many rock houses were built into the cliffs. They were last occupied in the mid 1880's, and have since crumbled leaving virtually ...
Gravel workings at Huntley, near Cheadle. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including a gravel covered area and a worker, at Huntley, near Cheadle.
Ground Hollow quarries, Hollington
Ground Hollow quarries at Hollington, Staffordshire. Note the gantries of steam powered cranes and the new terrace of housing in the left half of this view.
John Stevenson (1844-1916) was responsible ...
Ground Hollow Quarry, Hollington
Ground Hollow Quarry at Hollington, Staffordshire. A steam powered crane is lifting a large block of sandstone.
John Stevenson (1844-1916) was responsible for re-opening Hollington Quarry after a long ...
Hoften's Cross Bridge, Cauldon Low
The bridge and winding house for Froghall Tramway at Hoften's Cross, Cauldon Low. The inclined tramway was used to transport limestone from the quarries at Cauldon Low to Froghall Wharf where it was ...
Hollington Quarry
John Stevenson (1844-1916) was responsible for re-opening Hollington Quarry after a long period of redundancy. Hollington Stone was used to repair stonework at Covent Garden Market, Ludlow Castle and ...
Hollington Quarry workers
Photograph of workers at Hollington Quarry. Hollington Stone was used to repair stonework at Covent Garden Market, Ludlow Castle and Dudley Castle. There were two quarries at Hollington run by the Stevensons, ...
Hollington Quarry workers
Workmen at Hollington Quarry. The man in the bowler hat at the front right is John Stevenson, standing with his wife Mary, nee Deakin, holding their daughter Margaret Daisy. The little boy in the wide ...
Holy Austin Rock, Kinver
Kinver Edge is renowned for its rock houses, thought to be the earliest dwellings in the area. The Edge is soft sandstone which has meant that a number of caves and caverns have been worked into it, Holy ...
Holy Austin Rock, Kinver Edge
Kinver Edge is renowned for its rock houses, thought to be the earliest dwellings in the area. The Edge is soft sandstone which has meant that a number of caves and caverns have been worked into it, Holy ...
Holy Austin Rock, Kinver Edge
Kinver Edge is renowned for its rock houses. The Edge is soft sandstone which has meant that a number of caves and caverns have been worked into it, Holy Austin Rock being one of them.
An entrance ...
Holy Austin Rock, Kinver Edge
Kinver Edge is renowned for its rock houses. The Edge is soft sandstone which has meant that a number of caves and caverns have been worked into it, Holy Austin Rock being one of them.
The doors and ...
Holy Austin Rock, Kinver Edge
Kinver Edge is renowned for its rock houses, thought to be the earliest dwellings in the area. The Edge is soft sandstone which has meant that a number of caves and caverns have been worked into it, Holy ...
Huntley Earthworks. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including a view of the Earth Works at Huntley, Staffordshire. Taken on April 27th 1933.
Huntley Earthworks. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including a view of the earthworks at Huntley, Staffordshire. Taken on April 27th 1933.