Hamilton Infants School, Birches Head, Hanley
Hamilton Infants School, founded in 1913, is on Barthomley Road (formerly Hamilton Road) in Birches Head. The buildings in the foreground have been demolished and a new school built. In the background ...
Hand drawn map of Gravel Lane, Huntington
Hand drawn map by Tony Briggs senior who worked at Littleton pit for many years as an electrician. His map shows the location of residents housing around the Gravel Lane Littleton pit area as he remembered ...
Hanley deep pit
Hanley deep pit (Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Co.Ltd.) (1854-1962).
The original Deep Pits were sunk in 1854 to a depth of 500 yards. In the early years of the century the shafts were widened and deepened ...
Hanley Deep Pit Colliery
The winding gear of No.1 shaft of Deep Pit Colliery in Hanley. This photograph was taken from Town Road with one of the conical spoil tips just visible behind the winding gear.
Hanley Deep pit was ...
Hazlestrine Brickworks, Stafford
The brickworks at Hazlestrine opened in the mid 19th century, exploiting clay in Keuper Marl beds. It was served by an arm of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. By 1884-5 the proprietor was ...
Hazlestrine Quarry, Stafford
Associated with Hazlestrine Brickworks, the quarry was working by 1853 and exploited beds of Keuper Sandstone, exposed after the overlying beds of clay had been removed for brickmaking. It was served ...
Head Stock with Winder Gear, Gypsum Works, Stowe,
Gypsum is a source of plaster of Paris and was mined at the Normanwood Gypsum Mine at Hixon. The shaft was near Stowe. Gypsum was sent from Normanwood to London to make castings, particularly for dentists. ...
Hednesford Mines Rescue Team
The date and team members’ names are currently unknown. Formed in 1912-1913 with volunteer miners, and working then from the disused gasworks site in Victoria Street, the Hednesford team grew to be widely ...
Hem Heath Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph shows the main entrance to Hem Heath Colliery off Trentham Road.
The first shaft at Hem Heath was started in 1924 for the Stafford Coal and Iron Company with the second started after ...
Hem Heath Colliery, Trentham.
Hem Heath colliery was one of the biggest in the area and was located in the south of the North Staffordshire coalfield at Trentham.
The 'Big A' headstock stood defiantly as an icon to the mining industry ...
Herbert Ogden, Gower Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Mr Herbert Ogden standing in the front garden of his home at 15, Gower Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme. He was Chief Area Surveyor for the National Coal Board in North Staffordshire. In the background ...
Hill Street, Stoke upon Trent.
From near the top of Hill Street, a view south east down towards Campbell Place at the bottom. In the distance is the spoil tip of the Glebe Colliery, Fenton, Glebedale Park today. On the left, halfway ...
Hill Top, Ecton Mine
Mine buildings, ruins and spoil on Hill Top, Ecton copper mines, near Wetton in the Manifold Valley.
Mining was taking place at Ecton in the 17th century and was reputedly the first British mine to ...
Hoften's Cross Bridge, Cauldon Low
The bridge and remains of the winding house for Froghall Tramway at Hoften's Cross, Cauldon Low, looking towards the A52 and the Cross Inn. The inclined tramway was used to transport limestone from the ...
Holditch colliery, Chesterton
(1912-1989). Known locally as ‘Brymbo’, there were two shafts approximately 2000 feet deep. An explosion occurred in July 1937, killing 30 men and injuring 8. Modernisation took place after 1947 using ...
Holditch sinkings, Chesterton
A view of the Holditch sinkings at Chesterton, showing the winding wheel for the mine. The sinking at Holditch was to enable deeper coal seams to be reached.
Hollington Quarry
John Stevenson (1844-1916) was responsible for re-opening Hollington Quarry after a long period of redundancy. Hollington Stone was used to repair stonework at Covent Garden Market, Ludlow Castle and ...
Hollington Quarry workers
Photograph of workers at Hollington Quarry. Hollington Stone was used to repair stonework at Covent Garden Market, Ludlow Castle and Dudley Castle. There were two quarries at Hollington run by the Stevensons, ...