Minster Pool and Lichfield Cathedral
Lichfield Cathedral from the south-west with Minster Pool in foreground.
This picture is from an album of photographs taken by Thomas Harvey Boycott (1876-1949) who lived with his widowed mother, Fanny ...
Moddershall village
A view of Moddershall village, looking north. In the distance there is a part view of the School and on the right the Post Office. Also on the right note the water-pump. Several of these buildings remain ...
Moddershall village, near Stone
A postcard view of Moddershall village. In the distance there is a part view of the School and on the right the Post Office. Also on the right note the water-pump. Several of these buildings remain (September ...
Moors Gorse Pumping Station, near Hednesford
Moors Gorse Waterworks are mid-way between Hednesford (to the right) and Rugeley. The track crossing the road is Marquis Drives heading towards Wandon. This view was taken from what would later be known ...
Norton Pool, Norton Canes
Now known as Chasewater, Norton Pool was formed in 1797 by damming two streams: the Crane Brook which flowed into the Tame, and another stream flowing into the Penk, to provide a feeder to the extended ...
Possibly an Osler Trial Boring for Water, Kinver
Rudyard Lake
A postcard view taken near the south end of Rudyard Lake. Rudyard Lake is a reservoir constructed in 1797 by engineer John Rennie to feed the Caldon Branch of the Trent & Mersey Canal. It is around 2.5 ...
Rudyard Lake
This postcard view was taken near to the dam wall at the south end of Rudyard Lake.
Rudyard Lake is a reservoir constructed in 1797 by engineer John Rennie to feed the Caldon Branch of the Trent & ...
Rudyard Lake. Photographed by William Blake .
View of Rudyard Lake, Nr. Leek, Staffordshire.
The lake was created in 1797 as a reservoir to feed the Caldon Canal. It became a popular tourist attraction in the late ninenteenth century.
This ...
Rudyard Lake. Photographed by William Blake .
View of Rudyard Lake, Nr. Leek, Staffordshire.
The lake was created in 1797 as a reservoir to feed the Caldon Canal. It became a popular tourist attraction in the late ninenteenth century.
Sinking a well, Brown Edge
Celebrating the sinking of a well, 63 feet deep, at Brown Edge. The site of the well was selected by divining for water. Allan Brown, standing second from left, is holding a divining rod.
From left ...
Source of the River Trent, Biddulph Moor
Also known as Trent Head Well, this is actually one of a number of sources of the River Trent which rise on the southern part of Biddulph Moor.
The photographer is believed to have been taken by H.J. ...
South View House, Hixon,
South View House on Bath Lane, which was also a general store. The gatepost was believed to have been constructed from part of an old barn belonging to Tixall Hall, demolished in 1928.
To the left ...
St. Chad's Well, Lichfield
St. Chad is said to have baptised his converts here and after his death in AD 672 it became a place of pilgrimage. In the 1830s James Rawson, a local doctor, built this stone structure over the well. ...
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 ...
The Feeder and Cloud End, near Rushton Spencer
The Feeder with Cloud End in the distance, in the Dane Valley near Rushton Spencer. The Feeder is an artificial waterway linking the River Dane to Rudyard Lake.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton....
The Lady of the Lake Boathouse, Rudyard
The boathouse was designed by Leek architect William Larner Sugden for the Davenport family, silk manufacturers of nearby Leek, and built in 1893. It has access via jetty over the water. The stone statue ...
The Lady of the Lake Boathouse, Rudyard
The boathouse was designed by Leek architect William Larner Sugden for the Davenport family, silk manufacturers of nearby Leek, and built in 1893. It has access via jetty over the water. The stone statue ...