Bunter Pebble Beds, Hulme Bank, Longton
Bert Bentley was a mining geologist and he often noted rock outcrops in his photographs. This is a section of the Bunter Pebble Beds in the Hilton Gravel Co quarry on Hulme Banks near Longton.
Bunter ...
Cauldon Low Quarry
The limestone quarry at Cauldon Low pictured just prior to the detonation of 48 hundredweight of gunpowder.
Photograph by the Rev. C.F.L. Barnwell (1853-1933) who was Vicar of Stramshall from 1879 ...
Cauldon Low Quarry
A view looking north west over the limestone quarry at Cauldon Low with Moorend Farm and the line of houses on Stoney Lane visible in the distance.
Cauldon Low Quarry. Photographed by William Blake.
A view of the limestone quarry and workers at Cauldon Low.
Cauldon Low Quarry. Photographed by William Blake.
A view of the limestone quarry and workers at Cauldon Low.
Cauldon Low Quarry. Photographed by William Blake.
A view of the limestone quarry and workers at Cauldon Low.
Cauldon Quarries. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the quarries at Cauldon, Nr. Stoke-onTrent, Staffordshire.
Clay pit, Stoke-on-Trent
An unidentified fireclay pit, somewhere in the Potteries. Please contact us if you can identify the location.
Photograph by the Rev. C.F.L. Barnwell (1853-1933) who was Vicar of Stramshall from 1879 ...
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Labour Works A Seam On Its Own Behalf." Photographed by William Blake.
Coal Strike, March 1912. "Labour Works A Seam On Its Own Behalf." Taken at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Cobridge Brick & Marl Co fireclay pit off Scotia Road, Tunstall
The view north towards Tunstall over the Scotia Bank fireclay pit. The pit belonged to the Cobridge Brick & Marl Company. Their main site was alongside Leek Road, the pit east of Scotia Road was a second ...
Cobridge Brick & Tile Company fireclay pit, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera is looking northwards across a flooded fireclay pit towards the skyline of Burslem. The photograph was taken from Sneyd Street. Leek New Road runs across the middle of the photograph and the ...
Crow's rock, Kinver Edge
Kinver Edge is renowned for its rock houses. The Edge is soft sandstone which has meant that a number of caves and caverns have been worked into it.
Day trippers, Dovedale
Day trippers at the southern entrance to Dovedale. The stalls in the background are selling tea and soft drinks.
Dove Holes, Dovedale
These caves in Dovedale were used as shelters by hunters during the Ice Age, approximately 14,000 years ago. In Roman times, the caves were in use again, possibly as shelters for shepherds.
Dovedale - Eight Prospects: engraving
Inscribed 'A Prospect in Dove-Dale 3 Miles North of Ashbourn,'and 'Eight of the most extraordinary Prospects in the Mountainous parts of Derbyshire and Staffordshire commonly call'd the 'Peak' and 'Moorlands.' ...
Dovedale - landscape: copper-plate engraving
'Views in Dovedale,' showing three arches in a rock. Anonymous.
Dovedale - landscape: engraving
'View from near Reynards Hall Dove Dale, Derbyshire,' showing a river running through a woody gorge in the hills, with fishermen in the foreground. 'Drawn by F. Chantrey, R.A.; Engraved by G. Cooke; Printed ...
Dovedale - landscape: engraving
'View in Dove Dale, from the Staffordshire Side of the River, Derbyshire' showing the river running between steep hills. 'Proof.' 'Drawn by F. Chantrey, R.A.; Engraved by G. Cooke; Published July 1, ...