River Penk, Penkridge
A postcard view of the River Penk near Penkridge.
Published by A.L. Pearson and postmarked 3 August 1919.
River Sow at Brancote, near Tixall
Cattle grazing by the River Sow at Brancote, near Tixall. looking east towards Shugborough with the wooded bank of Brancote Covert on the left.
Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic ...
River Sow, Milford
View from near the canal aquaduct, looking east towards Holdiford Bridge.
River Stour at Cradley Forge, Cradley Heath
The River Stour winding through trees with grassy banks near Cradley forge, with some buildings visible through the trees.
Photographer: Albert Henry Yelland.
River Trent from Rugeley Quarry
A colour-tinted postcard view taken from Rugeley quarry area looking north. The quarry is adjacent to the Trent Valley main line just south of the Rugeley Trent Valley railway station.
Postcard published ...
River Trent valley near Abbey Hulton, Stoke-on-Trent
A view south east over the River Trent between Leek Road (beyond the houses) and the Caldon Canal (behind the camera), just to the north of Abbey Hulton. New bungalows are being developed along Fishpond ...
River Trent, Little Haywood
A view of the River Trent, looking downstream, near Little Haywood.
Postcard published by M.S.
Rocester from the Dove Bridge
To the centre left of the view is Tutbury Mill (Cotton Mill). To the right, St. Michaels' Church can be seen, behind a row of houses.
Rock Cottage, Moneystone, near Oakamoor. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Rock Cottage at Moneystone, Staffordshire.
Roebuck Inn, Hilderstone,
The Roebuck Inn was built in the 1830s. Today the wooden balcony and veranda have been replaced by a brick entrance.
In 1935 John Breeze was the licensee; his wife can be seen standing in the doorway....
Rosebay willowherb, or Chamerion angustifolium
You can find this perennial plant growing in waste places and burnt areas.
Flowering between June and September, it can grow to a height of 1.5 metres and spreads its white fluffy seed on the autumn ...
Rough Close Common. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of the common at Rough Close, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Rough Rock, near Whiston Hall
Photograph of Rough Rock, a large Upper Carboniferous gritstone outcrop near Whiston Hall in Staffordshire. It now stands on the edge the golf course at Whiston Hall Golf Club, which opened in 1971.
Photographer: ...
Rudyard from the Feeder
This panoramic postcard view looks north-west from the Canal Feeder towards Whorrocks Bank and Dunwood Lane, Rudyard. The Feeder is an artificial waterway linking the River Dane to Rudyard Lake.
In ...
Rudyard Village
A postcard scene looking west towards Rudyard village. On the lower left there is a part view of the former Rudyard Railway Station and in the distance on the extreme right Hotel Rudyard can be seen, ...
Rue Barn, near Eccleshall
A view of No.4 Rue Barn, Cash Lane, near Eccleshall with the farm house and Dutch barn standing behind the cow shed. At the time it was a dairy farm managed by Mr J.N. Leech.
Photographer: Gerald ...
Rustic bridge, Haden Hill Park
A rustic bridge at Haden Hill Park, West Midlands, one of two which used to carry footpaths around the lower pond.
Haden Hill Park contains the Tudor Haden Hall and the Victorian Haden Hill House, ...
Salad Burnet, or Sanguisorba minor ssp. minor
Staffordshire is a fine place to find salad burnet, since this perennial abounds on limestone but can rarely be found anywhere else.
Flowering between May and August, it can grow to a height of 30cm.
This ...