Watling Street, Quarry Hill, Tamworth
Watling Street, Stretton, near Penkridge
A postcard view of a quiet scene on the Watling Street (A5) at Stretton. The cottage on the right remains (January 2020). The two people outside the doorway of the cottage are Joseph Onion and his younger ...
Watling Street, Wilnecote, Tamworth
Quarry Bank Hill can be seen in the background of this photograph.
Wellington Silk Mills, Strangman Street, Leek
The mill was owned by Thomas Whittles Ltd., a family firm which traded from the premises for over a century, between the late 1860s until the 1970s. The company was the last firm in Leek involved in the ...
West Hill, Hednesford
This street is officially now named Green Heath Road but is still referred to locally as West Hill. The building with the steeple on the right is West Hill Primary School. This and some of the houses ...
Western Springs Road, Rugeley
A postcard view of a quiet scene looking south-east on the Western Springs Road, Rugeley, with a junction with Sheep Fair on the left.
Weston Village
A postcard view of a quiet scene on Green Road, Weston, taken by Alfred McCann, photographer of Uttoxeter.
This postcard was franked in Weston on 16 September 1908 and sent to an address in Birmingham....
Weston Village
A postcard view of a quiet scene in Weston. In the centre is the spire of St. Andrew's Church which dates from the early thirteenth century, but the arcades and chancel arch are later. Two of the church ...
Wetwood Post Office, near Eccleshall
A postcard view of Wetwood Post Office next to a junction with the Eccleshall Road (B5026) in Wetwood. The building on the right is Broughton Institute which later became known as Broughton Parish Room.
This ...
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 ...
White Lion Inn, Stafford,
The White Lion Inn was built on the site of the medieval St. John's Hospital and Chapel on Lichfield Road; the rear structure of the inn included stonework from the old chapel. On the right is the eighteenth ...
Who should pay for repairs to the Leek Road? A document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Burslem pottery manufacturer Enoch Wood acted as a Church Warden in Cobridge.
In 1790, Parliament passed a new act that required a survey of Wood's parish to be undertaken.
This was to find out ...
Wilnecote Lane, Kettlebrook, Tamworth
Wilnecote Lane is seen here, with Park Inn in the centre distance, and Fishers Mill on the right. Also visible are the 1920's council houses on the left. The view is looking west along Wilnecote Lane ...
Windmill Inn and Crossroads, Meir Heath,
Windy Cross Toll Gate, Ipstones Edge
Probably built around 1830 this toll house stands at the junction between the Ellastone Road and the 'Casey' a minor road which runs along the brow of Ipstones Edge. This building survives today in (2017) ...
Wolseley Road, Rugeley
A view of the main road between Rugeley to Stafford (the A460), here captioned as Stafford Road but actually named Wolseley Road. The avenue of Lombardy poplar trees approaching what was known as Eaton ...
Wolseley Road, Rugeley
A postcard view of a quiet scene looking north on Wolseley Road in Rugeley. The building on the right is Rugeley Grammar School which in later years became the Chancel Primary School.
Wolstanton postcard,Newcastle-under-Lyme