Remains of the Uttoxeter Canal, near Stramshall
A view of the defunct Uttoxeter Canal just south of Stramshall. St. Michael's Church can be seen on the horizon. The Uttoxeter Canal was a thirteen-mile extension of the Caldon Canal running from Froghall ...
Remains of the Uttoxeter Canal, near Stramshall
A view of the defunct Uttoxeter Canal just south of Stramshall. St. Michael's Church and the village of Stramshall can be seen on the distance. The Uttoxeter Canal was a thirteen-mile extension of the ...
Repair of Rye Hill Canal Bridge, Church Eaton
Builders working on Rye Hill Bridge number 22 over the Shropshire Union Canal, between Church Eaton and Wheaton Aston. Locally known as Slabs Bridge.
Photographer: Harry Osbourne of Woodseaves, Staffordshire.....
River Churnet in flood at Brittain's Paper Mill, Cheddleton
The Cauldon Canal and River Churnet submerged at Brittain's Paper Mill, Cheddleton due to severe flooding after a terrific rain-storm. What was described as the most destructive storm and flood damage ...
River Sow, Stafford
Boats for hire on the River Sow, looking downstream from near Green Bridge, Stafford. On the right is a canal which was specially made to carry coal to a wharf near to the Green Bridge in Bridge Street. ...
Rudyard from the Feeder
This panoramic postcard view looks north-west from the Canal Feeder towards Whorrocks Bank and Dunwood Lane, Rudyard. The Feeder is an artificial waterway linking the River Dane to Rudyard Lake.
In ...
Rugeley 'A' and 'B' Power Stations
A postcard view of a winter scene taken at sunrise looking towards Rugeley Power Stations. The picture was taken from the canal bridge over the Trent and Mersey Canal on Station Road in Rugeley which ...
Scentless Mayweed or Tripleurospermum inodorum
Scentless Mayweed is an annual weed found on roadsides, building sites and rubbish dumps.
Flowering between July and September, it can grow to a height of 50cm.
This example was found growing at ...
Shelton Bar from the Canal, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
Blast furnaces and crucible gantries at Shelton Bar steel works, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent. In the foreground is the Trent and Mersey Canal. Steel production at Shelton Bar ended in 1978 but the processing ...
Shelton Iron and Steel Works, Etruria
A view of the Trent and Mersey Canal at Etruria, showing Shelton Iron and Steel Works, Etruria. To the right is Etruria Hall, and in the distance are two spoil heaps made of the waste from local coal ...
Shropshire Union Canal, Forton
This postcard view of the Newport branch of the Shropshire Union Canal looks towards Forton.
The Newport branch of the canal was little used after 1920 and closed by Act of Parliament in 1944, later ...
Shropshire Union Canal, Gnosall
A postcard view taken looking south towards the Boat Inn Bridge also known as Wharf Bridge, Bridge No. 34 on the Shropshire Union Canal in Gnosall. On the extreme left there is an advertising sign for ...
Shropshire Union Canal, Gnosall
A postcard view taken from the Boat Inn Bridge also known as Wharf Bridge, Bridge No. 34, over the Shropshire Union Canal in Gnosall. On the right there is an advertising sign for Marston’s Burton Ales ...
Shropshire Union Canal, Newport Branch, Sutton
The Newport branch of the Shropshire Union Canal started at Norbury Junction with a flight of seventeen locks. This image features lock 14 and was taken from Sutton Bridge (formerly known as Staff Bridge), ...
Shugborough Hall and the Essex Bridge: engraving
'Shugborough.' View taken behind the Hall from the south east. Showing a bridge of twenty-one arches over the River Trent (with a barge on the canal in the foreground). The Hall is in the distance ...
Shugborough Park,
View of the Trent and Mersey Canal.
Sketching party, Glascote canal, Glascote, Tamworth
Sketching Party, in S.E. Barlow Anchor works boat yard, Glascote. The canal goes to Amington to the right and Kettlebrook to the left.
The 'Anchor row' terraced houses can be seen on the right, and ...
Spear Thistle or Cirsium vulgare
Spear Thistle is a common biennial of fields, roadsides, wastegrounds and gardens.
Flowering between July and October, it can grow to a height of 1.25m.
This example was found growing at Oakamoor ...