Ilam Rock, Dovedale
Landscape with a view of Ilam Rock, Dovedale, Staffordshire. This area is now part of the Peak District National Park.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Jacob sheep, Weston Park, Weston-under-Lizard
A flock of Jacob sheep in front of the Prospect Tower at Weston Park, the property of the Earl of Bradford. The Prospect Tower, sometimes known as the Flag tower or Shooting Tower stands on higher ground ...
Lanthorn of Demosthenes, Shugborough Park
Also known as the Dark Lantern, the Lanthorn was the last Neo-classical monument to be designed by James 'Athenian' Stuart for Shugborough. It was completed in 1771. The original, the Choragic Monument ...
Lawns and Ruin, Shugborough
A view of the lawns and yews at the back of Shugborough Hall. In the background is the Ruin, almost completely overgrown with ivy.
This photograph was taken by Charles Goldsmith, Head Gardener at ...
Longhorn Cattle, Shugborough Park
This tranquil scene shows Longhorn cattle, some with their calves pictured close to Shugborough Park Farm.
The Anson’s of Shugborough were involved in the development of improved Longhorn cattle in ...
Lord Audley's Cross, Blore Heath
Stone cross in memory of Lord Audley the Lancastrian leader, killed at the Battle of Blore Heath, 1459. It was repaired in 1765 by the Lord of the Manor, Charles Boothby Skrymsher.
Meaford Hall, Stone
Photographic postcard.
A hall has stood on this site since the seventeenth century. Towards the end of the century a William Jervis of Chatcull bought the estate, and in 1740 soldiers of the Duke of ...
Memorial Tablet, Hawksmoor, near Cheadle
The John Richard Beech Masefield Memorial Stone from the gateway of Hawksmoor Nature Reserve, near Cheadle.
Blake was a fellow member of the North Staffs Field Club and held the position of club librarian ...
Monument to a Horse, Knightley Grange
An inscription on the monument reads ‘In memory of a very favourite horse called Lincoln shot 29 May 1865 aged 22. This monument erected by its owner Rob Hargreaves AD 1866.’ Major Robert Halstead Hargreaves ...
Monument to the Duke of Sutherland, Trentham Park
The monument was erected in 1836 in honour of the 1st Duke of Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower, at Trentham Gardens. The monument was designed by Charles Winks and the figure was sculpted under ...
Monument to the Duke of Sutherland, Trentham Park
The monument was erected in 1836 in honour of the 1st Duke of Sutherland, George Granville Leveson-Gower, at Trentham Gardens. The monument was designed by Charles Winks and the figure was sculpted under ...
Monument, Tixall,
The Tixall monument bears the date 1776.
Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ownership.
Mow Cop Castle
This folly, made up of a circular turret with adjoining arched wall stands on the summit of the hill Mow Cop, approximately 1100 feet above sea level. It measures 32 feet high by 20 feet in diameter and ...
Mow Cop Castle,
The 'Castle' is in fact a folly, built in 1754 as an eyecatcher for Rode Hall. It is a familiar landmark in North Staffordshire.
Mow Cop straddles the border between Staffordshire and Cheshire.
Mow Cop folly
This folly, made up of a circular turret with adjoining arched wall stands on the summit of the hill Mow Cop, approximately 1100 feet above sea level. 111. It measures 32 feet high by 20 feet in diameter ...
Mow Cop from Moss House Farm near Hall Green
Oil painting by John Munday. Expanse of water with white ducks at front, trees and fields at back with hill and Mow Cop folly in the distance.
Old Pound, Blount's Green, Uttoxeter
View of the Old Pound at Bount's Green, Uttoxeter at the junction between the A518 Stafford Road and the B5013 road to Rugeley. Probably late 18th century, it consists of a series of vertical oblong stones ...
Old Stafford Society visit to the Devil's Ring and Finger, Mucklestone
The Old Stafford Society was a local history group, founded in 1925. They organised many visits to places of historical interest.
Members of the Society are gathered by these two ancient standing stones, ...