Forton Mill
A postcard view of the derelict water mill, a red brick building on a 17th century stone base by the River Meese in Forton.
This former hemp mill is thought to stand on the site of a Saxon mill, mentioned ...
Foxglove or Digitalis purpurea
Foxglove, a biennial, prefers acidic soils in hedgerows and river banks.
Flowering between June and September and , it can grow up to 1m in height.
This example was found growing at Armitage in ...
Froghall Basin and the Lime Kilns, Churnet Valley
Pictured is the restored Froghall Basin with a row of lime lilns in the background amongst the trees. The basin is connected to the Caldon Canal by a set of locks (on the left of the photograph). The ...
Gailey Pool, near Cannock
The pool is one of three canal-feeding pools or reservoirs at the highest point of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal. The pool was engineered by John Robinson McClean and was completed in 1855.
Gailey Wharf
Gailey Wharf stands on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which was engineered by James Brindley and opened in May 1772. The embattled tower is the 18th century Round House, formerly the lock ...
Gailey Wharf
Gailey Wharf stands on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which was engineered by James Brindley and opened in May 1772. The embattled tower is a cottage designed by Brindley. In the foreground ...
Gailey Wharf
Gailey Wharf stands on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, which was engineered by James Brindley and opened in May 1772. The embattled tower is a cottage designed by Brindley. The bridge carries ...
Galton Bridge: zinc lithograph
Shows Galton Bridge which was erected over the Birmingham canal at Smethwick in 1826, seen from the tow path.Inscribed 'GALTON BRIDGE. Erected over the new line of the Birmingham Canal at Smethwick in ...
General view of the Alvecote Works
General view of the Alvecote Works, which were called Tamworth Colliery up until 1948. Coventry Canal and Tamworth Colliery Brickworks can also be seen. This photograph was taken from the drying shed ...
Germander Speedwell or Veronica chamaedrys
Germander Speedwell is a common perennial found around hedgebanks.
Flowering between March and July, its can grow to a height of 35cm.
This example was found growing at Kinver in Staffordshire, ...
Glascote Bottom Lock, Glascote, Tamworth
A pre World War One sepia photograph of Glascote Bottom Lock and House. The photograph shows Mrs Crowshaw in the distance, the Lock Keepers wife, with her three children in the foreground.
Glascote Bottom Lock, Glascote, Tamworth
Glascote Bottom Lock House with, from left to right, Connie Bristoll, Arthur Crowshaw, Sarah Bristoll (nee Crowshaw), and Dora Crowshaw, standing in front of it. The canal is in the foreground, with the ...
Great Haywood Canal Junction
Photograph of a small cabin cruiser entering the Stafford & Worcestershire Canal at the junction with the Trent & Mersey Canal at Great Haywood. To the right can be seen Haywood Mill.
Great Haywood Junction from the bridge over the Staffordshire Worcester canal
A view of Great Haywood Junction taken from the bridge which carries the tow path over the Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal where it joins the Trent and Mersey Canal. This wharf is now (2008) occupied ...
Great willowherb, or Epilobium hirsutum
You can find this perennial plant growing beside ditches, streams and canals, and in the woods.
Flowering between July and August, it can grow to a height of 1.5 metres.
This example was collected ...
Grimwades Ltd, Winton Pottery, Elgin Works, Stoke
Grimwades Ltd.'s pottery factory, a view from the tow path on the Trent and Mersey Canal looking across the railway line. Messrs. Grimwade Brothers established their Winton Pottery (Stoke) in about 1886. ...
Ground-ivy or Glechoma hederacea
Ground-ivy is a common perennial founds in woods and on hedgebanks. Its leaves spread to form mats.
Flowering between March and May, it grows to a height of around 25cm.
This example was found growing ...
Groundsel or Senecio vulgaris var. hibernicus
Groundsel is an abundant annual weed of gardens and waste places.
Flowering all year, it can grow up to a height of 40cm.
This example was found growing at Great Bridgeford in Staffordshire, by ...