Aerial view of Oakamoor
An aerial view of Oakamoor looking north, taken after the demolition of the Copper Works in 1963. Holy Trinity church can be seen near the centre of the photograph.
Aerial View, Oakamoor
Aerial view of Oakamoor including Thomas Bolton's Copper Works. The River Churnet can be seen running past the factory. The Churnet valley railway line emerges from a tunnel, and crosses the river bottom ...
Alton Castle and the Churnet Bridge
Alton castle viewed from the opposite (north) side of the River Churnet.
Within Alton Castle are the remains of the medieval castle, built in about 1175 by Bertram de Verdun, the founder of Croxden ...
Alton Railway Station and Churnet Valley
Alton station stood on the Churnet Valley line of the North Staffordshire Railway. It was built in an Italianate villa style in about 1849. The station was used by the Earl of Shrewsbury, and had a luggage ...
Alton Towers Views
A multi-view postcard of Alton Towers Mansion from the lake, view from the Gothic Temple, view of the Churnet Valley from the south-east, a scene in the Gardens and in the centre the Gothic Temple (usually ...
Boltons Copper Works, Frog Hall, Kingsley
Thomas Bolton & Sons set up a copper works at nearby Oakamoor in 1852-3. By 1890 there was no more room for expansion at Oakamoor so they began building at Froghall. Major extensions followed in the 1930s, ...
Bolton's Copper Works, Froghall
Aerial view of Thomas Bolton & Sons Ltd. copper works in the Churnet valley at Froghall. Thomas Bolton & Sons set up a copper works at nearby Oakamoor in 1852-3. By 1890 there was no more room for expansion ...
Bolton's Copper Works, Froghall, Kingsley
Thomas Bolton & Sons set up a copper works at nearby Oakamoor in 1852-3. By 1890 there was no more room for expansion at Oakamoor so they began building at Froghall. Major extensions followed in the 1930s, ...
Caldon Canal at Consall
A view of the River Churnet where the Caldon Canal (left) separates from the River Churnet (on the right). Beyond can be seen the bridge which carries the Churnet Valley Railway over the canal, and in ...
Caldon Canal, Consall
A view of the River Churnet where the Caldon Canal (left) separates from the River Churnet (on the right). Beyond can be seen the bridge which carries the Churnet Valley Railway over the canal, and in ...
Cheddleton Flint Mill
Four interior views of Cheddleton Flint Mill showing: colour grinding pans (top left), craftsman's corner (top right), grinding pan (bottom left), and the edge runner mill (bottom right).
The earliest ...
Cheddleton Flint Mill
The earliest reference to milling at Cheddleton dates back to 1253. The northern mill (just visible on the left hand edge) was built specifically to grind flint for the ceramic industry in the Potteries ...
Cheddleton Flint Mill
The earliest reference to milling at Cheddleton dates back to 1253. The northern mill (right) was built specifically to grind flint for the ceramic industry in the Potteries in about 1760. The southern ...
Churnet Bridge, Alton
A view of the early 19th century Alton Bridge which spans the River Churnet at Alton.
Churnet Bridge, Rocester
The Grade II listed Churnet Bridge was built in the early 19th century. Its three arches carry Churnet Row over the River Churnet at Rocester.
Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, ...
Churnet Valley at Glenwood, Consall. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of the Churnet Valley at Glenwood, Consall, Staffordshire.
Consall Falls, River Churnet
One of the rocky falls on the River Churnet, just south of Consall Forge.
Consall Flint Mill
A postcard view of the flint mills and the Caldon Canal at Consall in the Churnet Valley. The back of the card is signed "T.H. Podmore 18/12/18": he was the owner of the flint mill at the time.
Consall ...