Cookshill, Caverswall. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape taken at Cookshill, Caverswall, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Coppice Mill, Stone,
At one time there were ten mills in the Moddershall Valley which provided material for the pottery industry. This is Coppice Mill on Longton Road, also known as Shardlow's Mill.
In the eighteenth ...
Corn cutting, Mootlow, Alstonefield
Corn cutting near Mootlow Farm, which was farmeed by the Gould family. The reaper-mower is beeing pulled by a two horse team.
Coronation Sports Day, Church Eaton,
Sports day to celebrate the coronation of George V.
The sports are being held in a field to the east of the road leading out of the village towards Gnosall.
The buildings in the centre are the rear ...
Coton Hill Asylum, Stafford
A postcard view of Coton Hill Asylum which was built in the 1850s and opened in 1854. It was originally built as an extension to the County Asylum in order to house private patients. It was to be known ...
Cottage on Oldacre Lane, Brocton,
Oldacre Lane led to Oldacre Hall and the Chase.
The cottage on the left, which was Miss Halden's Dame School, has since been demolished.
Cottage, Back Lane, Hixon,
This old cottage on Back Lane was commonly known as 'Percy Ratcliffe's Cottage', and only measured 16 by 12 feet.
The cottage was demolished in 1986 and was replaced by a house named Chartley Corner....
Cotton College, Cotton
This postcard view shows Cotton College, also known as St. Wilfrid’s College. On the right the spire of St. Wilfred’s Church can be seen.
Cotton Hall was built in the 18th century by the Gilbert family. ...
Country lane, Trescott, near Penn
Country lane with 'Dorothy' walking along away from the camera, at Trescott, Penn, near Wolverhampton. She is probably Dorothy Alice Yelland (1903-1982), eldest daughter of Albert Henry Yelland.
Photographer: ...
County Asylum, Stafford,
The County Asylum on Corporation Street opened in 1818, to accommodate 120 private and pauper patients.
The hospital moved to Seisdon near Wolverhampton in 1946 and the building became St. George's ...
Cow Parsley, or Anthriscus sylvestris
You can find this biennial plant all over country roadsides, banks and paths, turning whole areas white with its blossom.
Flowering between April and June, it can grow to a height of 1 metre.
This ...
Cows with the Wedgwood Monument visible in the background, Chesterton
The Wedgwood Monument was erected in 1850 and was a memorial to John Wedgwood (1760-1839) who had been a local colliery owner. The monument was damaged in a gale on 2nd January 1976 and now stands a quarter ...
Cricket at Yarnfield
An informal cricket match, possibly on the GPO Training College sports field.
Crop of maize, Thorpe Hall, Thorpe Constantine
Field of maize with Mr R. Griffiths-Jones (agent to Mrs Inge) standing in the crop. Maize was grown as a fodder crop for cattle on the Thorpe Hall estate.
Thorpe Hall was built by Richard Inge in 1651 ...
Croplifter at work, Bramshall
A Salopian Croplifter loading a lorry at The Elms farm, Bramshall, near Uttoxeter. This photograph was taken on behalf of Mr Hawkins of the Milk Marketing Board's Grass Drying Station at Leigh, Lancashire.
Photographer: ...
Cross-leaved Heath, or Erica tetralix
Heather abounds on acid soils across heaths, moors, bogs and open woodland.
Heather is in flower from July to September and grows to a height of 40cm.
This example was collected at Cannock Chase ...
Cuckooflower, or Cardamine pratensis
You can track down cuckooflower, or lady's smock, in lowland water meadows and upland hay fields.
Flowering between April and July, it can grow up to 55cm in height.
This example was found growing ...
Cultivating potatoes, Alrewas Hayes, Fradley
A Farmall tractor at work cultivating potatoes in a field at Mr R.W.N. Dawe's farm at Alrewas Hayes, near Fradley.
Photographer: Gerald McCann of High Street, Uttoxeter.