Tile Making. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide showing pottery workers operating a tile making press.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.” ...
Tile Packing. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with a view of tile packers at work.
Tile Pressing. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with a view of pottery workers tile pressing. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Tile Pressing. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with a view of pottery workers tile pressing. Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Tremt, Staffordshire.
Tintern Abbey. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, Gwent, South Wales.
Tipping Molten Slag at an Ironworks. Photographed by William Blake.
Industrial scene taken at Etruria Steel Works in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This view includes a steam engine and workers tipping molten waste known as slag.
Tissington Well. Photographed by William Blake.
Tissington Well, Derbyshire, during the well dressing season.
Well dressing is an ancient custom in which the local water supply is blessed to ward off any evil impurities. Other sources believe that ...
Tittensor Chase Lodge. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Tittensor Chase Lodge, Staffordshire.
Tittensor Hills from the Downs Banks, Barlaston. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of the Tittensor Hills from the Downs Banks, near Stone, Staffordshire.
To the Colliers in the Parishes of Wrexham and Rhuabon - Pamphlet from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
The colliers of North Staffordshire were not the only mine workers to organise industrial action in 1831.
Tensions also arose across England and in Wales, where this bilingual pamphlet was issued.
"Violence, ...
To the Miners Lately Employed in the Pinnox Colliery - from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
When trade unionists protested about wages or welfare, their employers rarely agreed whole-heartedly.
In the Spring of 1831, a notice had appeared in which North Staffordshire miners campaigned for ...
To the Nobility, Gentry, and all Descriptions of Persons interested in preserving or producing Fac-similies of their writings. Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Ralph Wedgwood the Inventor
Ralph Wedgwood had patented an idea for a device that allowed writers to make numerous copies of documents as they were being written.
The idea was basically similar ...
To the Public - notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
John Carey of Lane End will no longer face charges that he has been involved in misconduct involving Wedgwood's employees.
This public notice confirms that he has not been guilty of obstructing the ...
Token, E. Moore, Hanley
Copper farthing trade token issued by Edward Moore, grocer of Moore's Buildings, Tontine Square, Hanley.
During the 19th century it was common for publicans, licencees and shopkeepers to issue their ...
Token, J. Tasker Evans, Stafford
John Tasker Evans appears in local directories 1863-1880 at 34 Gaolgate Street, Stafford. In 1870 he is also listed as Cornfactor, Correspondent of the Birmingham Post and Global Parcel Express Agent.
During ...
Token, J.A. Dowdeswell, Uttoxeter
A copper token issued by John Arthur Dowdeswell, tobacconist and grocer, of High Street, Uttoxeter.
During the 19th century it was common for publicans, licencees and shopkeepers to issue their own ...
Token, W. Howson & Sons, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A copper alloy token coin advertising W. Howson & Sons Borough Tea House, Newcastle-under-Lyme. White's Directory of 1836 lists William Howson as a grocer at 17 High Street. By the 1851 census William ...
Token, William Dixon, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A copper farthing token coin advertising William Dixon's Tea Warehouse, Newcastle-under-Lyme. Dixon's Warehouse stood on the High Street and was established in 1799.
During the 19th century it was ...