Weaver Hills, near Wootton
Looking south-east from the trig point at Beacon Stoop on the Weaver Hills.
The Weaver Hills are a small range of limestone hills which are generally reckoned to mark the southern end of the Pennines. ...
Wedding of William Knight and Annie Shemilt, Milwich,
From left to right (back row) are: Nellie Knight, John Knight, John Bradbury, George Coupe, Edward Shemilt, Ethel Shemilt (front row) Hannah Foster, Frances Brown, Annie Bradbury, Annie Hollins Shemilt, ...
Wesleyan Chapel, Hilderstone,
This is the third Methodist chapel in Hilderstone. It was built in 1894.
The chapel was well attended by farming families arriving in horse-drawn vehicles, on foot or bicycle, and later by car.
Weston Hall
A pen and wash drawing of Weston Hall drawn by Great Haywood born artist, Thomas Peploe Wood (1817-1845). This seventeenth century hall is located half a mile west of Weston, on the lower slopes of Weston ...
Wetton Bridge. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of Wetton Bridge, Manifold valley, Staffordshire.
This area is now part of the Peak District National Park.
Wetton Hill
A view of Wetton Hill taken from Ecton Hill by Longton photographer William Blake.
Wetton Mill, Manifold Valley
The present mill building dates from 1711, built by the Duke of Devonshire to replace an earlier mill. In 1974 a cave shelter was excavated in the area, and flints were found from the Mesolithic period. ...
Wetton Village
View of the village from across the fields.
White Gilt Pigs, Lower Farm, Drointon
These gilts are Large Whites, also known as Large Yorkshires.
A gilt is a young female pig.
Whitehough Farm and Ipstones Edge
Landscape overlooking Whitehough Farm and Ipstones Edge, Nr. Leek, Staffordshire.
A photograph by Longton photographer William Blake.
Whitmore Farm, Congleton. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape overlooking Whitmore Farm, Congleton, Cheshire.
Whitmore Farm, Congleton. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape overlooking Whitmore Farm, Congleton, Cheshire.
Wild Angelica, or Angelica sylvestris
You can find this perennial plant in marshy fields, at stream sides, and in boggy woods.
Flowering between July and September, it can grow to a height of 1.5 metres.
This example was collected at ...
Wild Strawberry, or Fragaria vesca
This perennial spreads across hedgebanks, railway embankments and clearings by spreading its runners.
Flowering between April and July, it can grow to a height of 15cm and produces fruit until October.
This ...
Windmill Inn and Crossroads, Meir Heath,
Windmill, Bognop Road, Essington
Looking south east along Bognop Road towards the ruined windmill at Essington
All that remains today is the base and central post. It believed to have been built by Henry Vernon family in 1681. It ...
Wombourne Carnival
View of marquees, parked cars and people at Wombourne Carnival, held in fields next to the A449 Stourbridge Road dual carriageway.
Women with horse and mower, Newborough
Cutting hay with a horse-drawn finger-bar mower. This snapshot photograph was probably taken in the Hadley lane area, to the north of Newborough, and may include members of the Emery family.