Wedgwood factory, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph of Wedgwood's original factory next to the Trent and Mersey canal in Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent was taken in 1929. The factory was a site of real innovation and invention but was disused ...
Well dressing, Ilam
An early colour photograph of the well dressing at Ilam, decorated with flowers and the inscription " Lift up your heads, o ye gates".
Well dressing is believed to have ancient origins, a ritual to ...
Well dressing, Newborough
Well dressing at Newborough began when village school headmistress Mrs Bernice Brown introduced it in 1978, and has taken place every year since, with the exception of 1986 wen mains sewers were being ...
Well dressing, Newborough
1996 Olympic games floral display.
Well dressing at Newborough began when village school headmistress Mrs Bernice Brown introduced it in 1978, and has taken place every year since, with the exception ...
Well dressing, Newborough
Well dressing at Newborough began when village school headmistress Mrs Bernice Brown introduced it in 1978, and has taken place every year since, with the exception of 1986 when mains sewers were being ...
Well Dressing, Rushton
Saint Helen's Well, near the vicarage house at Rushton Marsh, was dressed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The tradition was resumed in the 1990s.
The ceremony of well dressing is peculiar ...
West Front, Croxden Abbey
The west front of the Cistercian Abbey of Croxden which was founded in the 1170s by Bertram de Verdun, lord of Alton. Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries in 1538 the roofs were removed and the ...
Wetton - 'Thor's House Tor': pen and wash drawing
'Thor's House Tor, Wetton, Staffordshire.' Showing a hill with Thor's Cave on the left, a chasm with a stream to the right below, and a shepherd is walking on a road in the foreground.Anonymous, [T. ...
Wetton Dale: water colour painting
Showing a hill, with Thor's Cave on the left, a chasm with a stream to the right below, and on the distant horizon a church tower is visible. Anonymous [Probably painted by Reverend John Louis Petit].
Whit Monday outing to Alton Towers
Crowds on the lawn at Alton Towers, looking north towards the lake.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852.
The 15th Earl ...
Whit Monday outing to Alton Towers
Crowds on the lawn outside the north front of Alton Towers.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. It was built between about 1810 and 1852.
The 15th Earl began ...
Whit Monday outing to Alton Towers
Crowds on the lawns outside the north front of Alton Towers. In the background a military band can be seen playing to a large audience.
Alton Towers was the home of the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury. ...
White Ladies Priory, Bishops Wood
The remains of White Ladies Priory, viewed from the north-east. The north wall is the best-preserved part of the late 12th century ruins of a small nunnery of Augustinian canonesses, known as 'white ladies'. ...
White Lion Inn, Sheepfair, Rugeley
The ancient (late 16th - early 17th century) timber-framed White Lion coaching inn was located on the corner of Sheepfair and Lion Street (which it pre-dated). It stood empty for many years and it is ...
William Ricards Collection at the Brampton Museum, Newcastle-under-Lyme
William Richards was a keen archaeologist and a local collector of archaeology and objects from different countries. The weird and wonderful objects in this collection have come from all over the world. ...
Wolseley Hall, Rugeley
This view shows a discarded mirror or picture frame amongst the rubble immediately prior to the demolition of Wolseley Hall in 1966.
Wolverhampton - Anglo-Saxon cross shaft in St. Peter's Church-yard: sepia drawing
'Pillar at Wolverhampton.' [?East] view of an Anglo-Saxon cross shaft standing on a pile of rubble. The cap is cracked, and the pillar has five bands of decoration. It probably dates from the mid 9th ...
Wolverhampton - Jug: pencil drawing
Showing a jug, [dug up in 1793, near the church-yard of St. Peter's Wolverhampton]. Anonymous, [S. Shaw].