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Bescott - Basaltic Pillars: engraving

'Basaltic Pillars at Pouck Hill, Staffordshire, seen from the West.' [Drawn by] 'J. S.' 'Engraved for Dr. Thomson's Annals, for Baldwin, Craddock and Joy, Paternoster Row, Sep. 1, 1818.'

Besom maker, Cannock Chase

Photographed by Benjamin Karleese somewhere on Cannock Chase, this besom maker is splitting willow or ash to make the binding needed to tie the birch twigs (which make up the head of the besom) to an ...

Best Kept Village sign, Barton under Needwood

The Staffordshire Best Kept Village winner's sign awarded to Barton under Needwood in 1984. St James's Church is in the background.

Betley - Farmhouse: engraving

'Farmhouse at Betley, Staffordshire.' [?North] view of a half timber and thatch farmhouse. Anonymous. The name 'C. Varley' (Cornelius Varley) has been written below the image in the lower left corner....

Betley Girls' College Painting Class

Betley Girls' College Painting Class taking place in the open air at Betley, Staffordshire.

Betley Hall: sepia wash drawing

'Betley Hall, Staffordshire. G. Tollet Esqr.' South west view from over the lake, showing the bridge to the left. The house has three-stories (c. 1700), showing bays on the west side.'Cornelius Varley, ...

Betley Hall: sepia wash drawing

'Betley Hall and Park Staffordshire, Seat of G. Tollet Esq....sketched with Pt. G..c [Patent Graphic] Telescope.' North west view of the Hall from over the lake.'Cornelius Varley, Oct. 1820.'

Betley Old Hall

Betley Old Hall is a 15th century farmhouse which was extended and remodeled in the late 16th - early 17th century. The Oak Room has wood panelling with the date 1621 and a fireplace marked 1626. The ...

Betley Old Hall: pen and sepia drawing

'G. Tollet Esq.s Farmhouse, Betley, Staffs.' Betley Old HallShowing the half timbered gable and the large chimney on the right of the building. The left wing is thatched, the remainder tiled.'Cornelius ...

Betley Park: sepia wash drawing

'View in Betley Park from the Hall window.' Showing the bridge over the lake.'Cornelius Varley, Oct 1820.'

Betley, Staffordshire, tithe map

Tithe maps and tithe awards are invaluable for the history of villages, properties, families, agriculture and landscape in England and Wales in the period 1837 – 1852. Tithe maps are usually drawn at ...

Between the Hills, Milford

This road is now the A513 Stafford to Rugeley road. This scene is between the Satnall Hills and the Punch Bowl and quite different today, with the spread of bracken and growth of birch woodland. This ...

Beverley Drive, Willfield, Bentilee

This photograph shows part of Beverley Drive under construction. When built in the 1950s Bentilee was the largest post-war housing estate in Europe. It was a self-contained township in its own right ...

Bickford Grange, Lapley

Bickford Grange, Lapley. Mostly dating from 1856 when it was enlarged and renamed by George Robinson, it incorporates a late 18th century building formerly known as the New House. It was extensively ...

Biddulph - Ancient Well in Knypersley Woods: sepia drawing (vignetted)

'Ancient well in Knipersley (sic) Woods, which was formerly used to cure the King's Evil,' [pencil note]. Showing a circular well with a shallow trough in front. Artist: Thomas Peploe Wood.

Biddulph - Knypersley Lake: sepia drawing

'View on Knypersley Lake.' showing a lake with wooded slopes around the sides, and two men fishing from the bank in the foreground.'T. P. W., ' [Thomas Peploe Wood].

Biddulph - Knypersley Reservoir : pen and ink sketch

'Weir, Knypersley Reservoir.' Showing four arches of a bridge, over a weir. There are people sitting on the bank at the side of the weir. Artist: 'T. P. W.,' [Thomas Peploe Wood.]

Biddulph - rural view: pen and wash drawing

View of a small wooden bridge over a stream with a waterfall.(See SV II.25a.) Artist: 'T.P.W.,' [Thomas Peploe Wood.]