Westwood High School for Girls, Leek
Situated in Westwood Park and built around an earlier 17th century house, it was purchased in 1813 by local potter John Davenport as a family house. The Bell Tower is one of the modifications designed ...
Wetley Rocks Show
A group of officials and attendees at Wetley Rocks Show in 1921 with St. John's School and St. John's Church tower in background.
Wetley Rocks Show
A postcard view of villagers and onlookers along with several children dressed in special clothes for the Village Show, taken on Mill Lane, Wetley Rocks.
The building in the background is the Village ...
Wetley Rocks Show
Crowds outside St. John's School and church lychgate, at Wetley Rocks Show in 1922.
Wharf Inn, Shebdon,
Ann Ethel was the licensee of the Wharf Inn.
Wheaton Aston School
Group of pupils with their headmaster standing outside St. Mary's School, Wheaton Aston. The school was founded in 1853.
Wheelwrights, Stone
Mr Ravenscroft was a wheelwright, blacksmith and coffin maker.
He is pictured here at his workshop on Crown Street, and lived opposite in Forge House.
Whiston School group
The girl seated 3rd from the right in the 2nd row is Audrey Beardmore.
Whiston School group
The boys seated on the front row are (left to right): peter Williams, David Williams, Bernard Beardmore and Robert Hitchins. The boy wearing spectacles in the back row is Brian Richardson. The teacher ...
Whiston Village
A general postcard view of Whiston Village, looking west along what is now the busy A52 between Stoke-on-Trent and Ashbourne. At the top left can be seen St Mildred's Church (built in 1910 by J.H. Beckett) ...
White Lion Inn, Stafford,
The White Lion Inn was built on the site of the medieval St. John's Hospital and Chapel; the rear structure of the inn included stonework from the old chapel.
The inn was demolished in 1976 to make ...
William Henry Goring, Headmaster, West Hill Boys’ School, Hednesford
A local man, son of a coal miner, he first taught at Heath Hayes Boys’ Council School at the age of 13. He was appointed as headmaster at West Hill in 1913 after 15 years as Assistant Master. He held ...
William Longson and Annie Longson, Walton School
Photograph of William Longson (1867- 1948) and Annie Longson, nee Fryer (1872- 1950) headteacher and headmistress at Walton School, School Lane, Walton-on-the-Hill, Stafford.
The Longsons came to ...
Winner of choir contest, Christ Church School, Stone
Pupils of Christ Church School in Stone, pictured after winning choir contest for best folk-song.
This is the outcome of a reminiscence session in which Year 4 pupils from Christ Church First School ...
Winshill Playgroup, Burton-upon-Trent
Winshill Playgroup, based at Tower View Primary School, Vancouver Drive, Winshill, Burton-upon-Trent. This Image is from a collection of photographs of Burton upon Trent commissioned and assembled by ...
Wolseley Road, Rugeley
A postcard view of a quiet scene looking north on Wolseley Road in Rugeley. The building on the right is Rugeley Grammar School which in later years became the Chancel Primary School.
Wolstanton Church School class 5, Wolstanton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Before the days of free state education many school were run by churches and charitable organisations who took it upon themselves to educate the lower classes who could not afford to pay for education. ...
Wolstanton, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Wolstanton County Grammar School was opened in 1928