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 ...
Spinney Bridge, Fazeley
Spinney Bridge on the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, near Fazeley and Drayton Bassett.
Spode Factory, Stoke-on-Trent
These are scenes taken at the Spode factory in Stoke-on-Trent around 1932. It’s typical of many items in the Film Archive showing the pottery industry. Films began to be made at this time to promote the ...
St. John the Baptist Church, Armitage
St. John the Baptist Church, Armitage viewed from the tow path of the Trent and Mersey Canal. Telegraph poles run alongside the tow path.
This picture is from an album of photographs taken by Thomas ...
St. John's Church and the Trent and Mersey Canal, Armitage
A postcard picture of St. John's Church, Armitage, viewed from the Trent and Mersey Canal. With the exception of the tower, which dates from 1632, the church was rebuilt in 1844-47 in a Norman style, ...
St. John's Church, Armitage
St. John's Church, Armitage, viewed from the Trent and Mersey Canal. With the exception of the tower, which dates from 1632, the church was rebuilt in 1844-47 in a Norman style, to the designs of Henry ...
Stafford from the River
This postcard was published by W.H. Smith & Son, Stafford. It was posted on 17 October 1911 from Stafford to an address in Herefordshire.
In the centre is the River Sow, on the left is a canal which ...
Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal, Great Haywood
The figure on the right is standing on the towpath of the Staffordshire & Worcester Canal aqueduct over the River Trent, just before the junction with the Trent & Mersey Canal beyond the bridge.
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Staffordshire and Worcester Canal at Kinver,
Boats moored on the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal. Kinver church can be seen in the distance.
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, Penkridge
This postcard view shows a tranquil scene looking north along the Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal towards Penkridge. The picture is thought to have been taken south of Rodbaston Canal Bridge No. ...
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, Penkridge
This postcard view of a quiet scene was taken from under the Princefield Bridge No. 85 at Penkridge and looks north along the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal towards Penkridge Wharf.
This unused ...
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, Penkridge
A stretch of the Staffordshire and Worcetsershire Canal as it passes through Penkridge. This view was taken looking north along the canal from close to the Boat Inn on the Cannock Road bridge.
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Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, Penkridge
This postcard view shows a quiet scene with children fishing on a stretch of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal as it passes through Penkridge. This view was taken looking north along the canal ...
Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, Penkridge
This multi-view postcard shows scenes on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal taken near to the Locks at Penkridge Wharf.
This postcard was published by Leslie Dunn, 31 Guildford Street, Luton ...
Stanley Pool
The dam at the north west end of Stanley Pool. Built in 1786 as an 8 acre (3¼ hectare) reservoir to supply water for the nearby Caldon Canal, the pool was enlarged to 33 acres (13 hectares) in 1840 ...
Star public house, Stone
The Star public house stands on the Trent and Mersey Canal on Stafford Street, Stone.
Station Road, Milford
Two horse drawn vehicles cross the bridge over the River Sow and approach the bridge above the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal. A third bridge in the distance takes the road over the London & North ...
Stockton Brook Top Lock, Endon
Stockton Brook Top Lock with lock cottage , stables and small warehouses. Stockton Brook stands on the Caldon Canal , between Hanley and Endon. The Caldon Canal was engineered by James Brindley and opened ...