Cotton Dell. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including a stream and flowers. Taken at Cotton Dell, Staffordshire.
Cotton Dell. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including a stream and flowers. Taken at Cotton Dell, Staffordshire.
Coventry Canal Aqueduct, Fazeley
The footbridge can be seen over the aqueduct with the Toll House cottage on the right.
Cowberry, or Vaccinium vitisidaea
You can spot this evergreen shrub on acid heaths and moors.
Flowering in pink or white between May and August, it can grow up to 30cm in height.
This example was found growing at Camp Hills near ...
Cowberry, or Vaccinium vitisidaea
An evergreen shrub of acid heaths and moors.
Its pink or white flowers are on display between May and August, and it produces fruit between August and October.
The cowberry can grow up to 30cm in ...
Cowslip, or Primula veris
This perennial plant appears often on limestone hillsides.
It will frequently hybridise with a primrose, producing an Oxslip.
Flowering between April and May, it can grow up to 30cm in height.
This ...
Dandelion or taraxacum officinale
Dandelion is a very common perennial of roadsides and fields. It is a weed of lawns. There are many similar species of Dandelion. The flowers only open in full sunlight.
Flowering between March and ...
Dane valley, Gradbach
Looking north along the Dane Valley from Gradbach, looking towards Quarnford. The white building on the left in the middle distance is Dane Cottage.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Dane Valley, near Rushton Spencer
Landscape taken at Dane Valley, near Gig Hall, Rushton Spencer. In the centre is Feeder Cottage. The River Dane marks the border between Staffordshire and Cheshire.
Photographer: William Blake of Staffordshire....
Dane Valley, Rushton Spencer
This scene clearly shows the 'Fish Ladders' across the River Dane. The fish jump onto the ladders to help them reach the waters higher up stream (the spawning grounds).
Darfur Bridge. Photographed by William Blake.
Stereoscope slide with a view of Darfur Bridge, Manifold Valley, Staffordshire.
This area is now part of the Peak District National Park.
Day trippers, Dovedale
Day trippers at the southern entrance to Dovedale. The stalls in the background are selling tea and soft drinks.
Dolefoot Lane, Hoar Cross
This early postcard view shows a pony and cart being driven through a ford near Hoar Cross, believed to be on Dolefoot Lane at one of the entrance paths to Jackson's Bank. The wooden pedestrian bridge ...
Domestic servants, Shugborough
Laundry maid Janet Downie with 3rd housemaid Maisie Stephens standing by the River Sow at the rear of Shugborough Hall. They shared a room in the Servants' Quarters.
Janet Downie left Shugborough ...
Donkeys at Dovedale
Dovedale has long been an attraction for tourists and day trippers. Seen here are three donkeys available for rides near the waterfall at the entrance to Dovedale.
Dove Bridge, near Uttoxeter
Photograph of Dove Bridge and the River Dove in winter, taken from the Staffordshire side at Doveridge.
Dove Bridge, near Uttoxeter
A postcard view of Dove Bridge looking east towards Derbyshire. The Staffordshire-Derbyshire county boundary runs across this bridge. Two of its arches (pointed) are 14th century, while two (round) are ...