Walkley Bank, Forton
A postcard view taken on Walkley Bank, looking towards the A519 and crossroads with Shay Lane in the centre of Forton village. All of the buildings in this view remain (May 2023) and in later years the ...
Wallash, Mayfield
This postcard view taken in Wallash looks north-east along the B5032 Ashbourne Road in Mayfield. The three-storey building on the left and the cottages on the right remain (January 2023).
Photographer ...
Walton Hall, near Eccleshall
Walton Hall is an Italian style 19th-century country house near Eccleshall, Staffordshire which is occupied by a residential special school. It is a Grade II listed building
The house was built in ...
Walton on the Hill House front view
Photograph showing the front view of the house once known as Walton on the Hill in the village of Walton. The drive to the property was to the left out of the picture. The stable was to the left of ...
Walton on the Hill, the house
Photograph of the house once known as Walton on the Hill in the village of Walton, Stafford. This view is from the south of the house. The turret contained a bedroom on the first floor with a vestibule ...
Waterworks, Stone,
The waterworks were built in 1890 and supplied the whole town. The reservoir was on Red Hill.
The buildings have now been demolished.
Watling Street, Cannock
Looking towards Four Crosses on Watling Street near Cannock, now the A5. This view is now virtually unrecognisable as it is now Longford Island. An entrance to the grounds of Longford House is visible ...
Weavers' Cottages, near Bridge End, Leek
The houses are thought to have been built between about 1850 and 1875. They were not used as workplaces for weavers and silk dyers because by this time several factories had already been established in ...
Weeping Cross House, Baswich
Weeping Cross House was built in the mid 19th century by John Twigg. In 1919 the Twigg family sold it to Richard and Gertrude Ward. The house was demolished in the 1950s.
West Hill School, High Mount Street, Hednesford
West Hill School building, built in 1888, can be seen to the left with the small bell tower and pointed gables. The two houses on the right of this photograph were originally occupied by the headmaster ...
West Hill, Hednesford
Officially named as Green Heath Road but known as West Hill to the locals. Recognisable today, the school was Hednesford's first Board School opened in January 1874, but almost immediately it was found ...
Weston Hall
This seventeenth century hall is located half a mile west of Weston, on the lower slopes of Weston Bank. In the early twentieth century the house was sold to pay gambling debts. Today (2019) the Hall ...
Weston Hall
This seventeenth century hall is located half a mile west of Weston, on the lower slopes of Weston Bank. In the early twentieth century the house was sold to pay gambling debts. Today (2019) the Hall ...
Wetley Abbey, Wetley Rocks
Wetley Abbey is believed to have been built around 1824 for the pottery manufacturer, George Miles Mason. The house may incorporate parts of an older building. In more recent years Wetley Abbey has ...
Wetley Abbey, Wetley Rocks
Wetley Abbey is believed to have been built around 1824 for the pottery manufacturer, George Miles Mason. The house may incorporate parts of an older building. In more recent years Wetley Abbey has ...
Wharf Street, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Wharf Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is possibly the best known image from the collection. Blake, in a library entry for the North Staffs Field Club, describes ...
Wheatly & Son brickworks, Springfields, Stoke-on-Trent
Wheatly's Brick & Tile Works (Springfield Tileries) fronted onto Newcastle Road (A34). This photograph shows the rear of the works, taken from Wheatly Avenue, with marl hole in the foreground and the ...
Wheatly's Springfields Tileries, Stoke-on-Trent
The stockyard, ovens and chimneys at Wheatly's Springfield tilery. In the foreground are a variety of ridge and roof tiles. The painted sign on the gable end on the right hand side advertises "bricks, ...