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Boating Lake, Alton Towers

A view of the Boating Lake at Alton Towers. The bridge can be seen far right. The gardens at Alton Towers re-opened to the public after World War II in 1952. During the 1960s, under the management of ...

Boating on the River Sow, Stafford,

Photograph taken on the River Sow just downstream from the White Bridge. On the upstream side there was a boathouse, Stalls and Hamon, and later boats could be hired from the Royal Brine Baths.

Boating on the River Stour at Kinver

Boating on the River Trent, Colwich,

C.M. and W.R. Wolseley boating on the River Trent on the Wolseley estate. The Wolseley family had lived on the estate since Norman times. In the eighteenth century Wolseley Hall was rebuilt, but burned ...

Boatman and family on the Trent & Mersey Canal at Rugeley

Boats and visitors, Rudyard Lake

A postcard view of visitors at Rudyard Lake taken at the south end of the lake. The lake is a reservoir constructed in 1797 by engineer John Rennie to feed the Caldon Branch of the Trent & Mersey ...

Boats and visitors, Rudyard Lake

Rudyard Lake is a reservoir and was constructed in 1797 by engineer John Rennie to feed the Caldon Branch of the Trent & Mersey Canal. It is around 2.5 miles long and covers roughly an area of 168 acres. ...

Boats on the Lake, Trentham Gardens,

Trentham Hall was built in the 1630s for the Dukes of Sutherland. The Caroline house was replaced in the early eighteenth century by one in a Classical style. Capability Brown and Henry Holland worked ...

Boats on Trentham Lake

Boat hire and boating at the north end of Trentham lake. This early colour photograph, a Dufaycolour transparency, was probably taken by William Blake of Longton.

Bobbington Hall Farm House. Bobbington

Situated on six Ashes Road, it is now known as Bobbington House. It has been modified since this photograph by converting the doorway to a matching window and installing a fourth window to provide symmetry ...

Bobbington Hall Farmhouse, Bobbinton

Situated on six Ashes Road, it is now known as Bobbington House. The building is Grade II listed and dates from 1695 which is inscribed on a date stone with the letters 'WPF.' The date also appears on ...

Bobbington, Staffordshire and Shropshire, 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 ...

Boer War New Year Card, Westhorpe, Stafford

New Year card sent by the Peach family, referring to the Boer War (1899 - 1902). This was one of two wars (the first was 1880 - 1881) fought by the British in South Africa against the Boer settlers. The ...

Bog Asphodel or narthecium ossifragum

Bog Asphodel is a locally found perennial in the acid moorland bogs. Flowering between July and September, it can grow to height of 30cm. This example was found growing at Quarnford by Eric Edees. About ...

Bog Lane bridge and brook, Lightwood

Bog Lane was later known as Woodpark Lane.

Bog Lane bridge, Lightwood, Longton

Photograph taken looking north-east. Bog Lane was later known as Woodpark Lane.

Bog Lane bridge, Lightwood, Longton

Photograph taken from the south-west, looking towards Longton. Bog Lane was later known as Woodpark Lane.

Bog Lane, Lightwood

Bog Lane was later known as Woodpark Lane.