The Canal, Trentham. Photographed by William Blake
View of the Trent & Mersey Canal at Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The bridge carries the Longton-Trentham road over tha canal and was replaced in 1938.
The Cliffs, Shugborough
This postcard view is of an area known as the Cliffs and the Trent and Mersey Canal.
Nearby is Shugborough Hall, which is the ancestral home of the Anson family, who were later created the Earls of ...
The Feeder, Dane Valley
The Feeder is an artificial waterway linking the River Dane to Rudyard Lake.
The Junction House, Lichfield Street, Fazeley
The Junction House on Lichfield Street, Fazeley which stands at the junction of the Coventry Canal and Birmingham and Fazeley Canal.
The Locks at Penkridge Wharf
This postcard view shows a quiet scene looking south along the Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal at Penkridge Locks, Penkridge Wharf. The buildings on the left remain (March 2021) although over the ...
The Mill and Canal Wharf, Great Haywood,
View of the mill and canal wharf from the towpath of the Trent and Mersey Canal; the bridge marks junction of the canal with the Staffordshire and Worcester Canal.
Far left is the corn mill, powered ...
The Trent & Mersey Canal, Little Haywood
The canal boats to the left all belong to William Sproston who was a farmer and coal merchant living at Navigation Inn (now Navigation Farm) on Meadow Lane in Little Haywood. In the centre is a signal ...
The view from Primrose Hill, Hanford
The view north east towards Sideway from Primrose Hill in Hanford as it was in 1964. In the centre of the photograph is Stafford Colliery with its waste tip, once part of the Stafford Coal & Iron Company. ...
The Wharf and Cowley Tunnel, Gnosall
A postcard view looking south towards Cowley Tunnel taken from the Boat Inn Bridge, also known as Wharf Bridge, Bridge No. 34, over the Shropshire Union Canal in Gnosall.
On the left there is a part ...
Thomas Salt's launch, Stafford
Photograph of Thomas Salt with his family on a trip on his steam launch 'Dolly Varden' on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal near Radford, Stafford.
Dolly Varden was a young female character ...
Tixall Hall and Gate-house,
The Aston family from Haywood acquired the Tixall estate through marriage; the hall was rebuilt in 1555. In 1580 Sir Walter Aston added the gate-house.
Six years later Mary Queen of Scots was imprisoned ...
Tolson's Mill, Fazeley
Tolson's Mill began life as Sir Robert Peel's Mill, where they made narrow tape and webbing. Peel leased and eventually sold the mill to William Tolson, who was leasing Dosthill Hall at the time. He built ...
Trent & Mersey Canal, Armitage
Armitage village viewed from the Trent and Mersey Canal.
Published by F. Frith & Co. Ltd., Reigate.
Trent & Mersey Canal, Meaford, Stone,
Canal boats on the Trent and Mersey Canal at Meaford.
Trent & Mersey Canal, near Armitage
The bridge shown is the tunnel next to the Plum Pudding pub at Armitage on the Trent Mersey Canal. It was later opened out into a cutting but is still narrow enough to make for tricky navigation. The ...
Trent & Mersey Canal, Rugeley
In the background can be seen Stokes' Tannery buildings, at the rear of Bryan's Lane.
There had been a tannery on this site from at least the 18th century. Stokes & Co.’s origins lay with Stephen ...
Trent and Mersey Canal at Colwich
A view of the Trent and Mersey Canal at Colwich, looking south-east towards Colwich Lock.
Towards the left is the tower of St. Micahel and All Angels Church and in between the church and the canal ...
Trent and Mersey Canal Company Offices, Stone,
The offices of the Trent and Mersey Canal Company, near to the wharf in Stafford Street.