Boltons Copper Works, Frog Hall, Kingsley
Thomas Bolton & Sons set up a copper works at nearby Oakamoor in 1852-3. By 1890 there was no more room for expansion at Oakamoor so they began building at Froghall. Major extensions followed in the 1930s, ...
Book Illustration entitled "View of The Potteries." Photographed by William Blake c. 1900-1940
Photograph of a book illustration entitled "View of the Potteries."
This image is used elsewhere in the collection for a presentation by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder containing ...
Bread queue in Market Square, Stafford
A queue outside the Guild Hall, Stafford, during World War I, waiting for bread tickets. This photograph shows Averil's chemists shop, Boots' chemists , Astons and Sons Ltd Furniture shop and the Guildhall.
This ...
Brereton Collieries, Rugeley
A postcard view of Brereton Collieries. The pit on the right was originally known as Brick-Kiln pit, latterly Brereton Colliery which closed in 1960, the same year that production started at nearby Lea ...
Brereton 'Old' Vicarage?
This is the front of a post card written by Mrs Miller, headteacher at St. Michael's School, Brereton expressing Christmas greetings to a Miss Robinson and is thought to have been written between 1920 ...
Brereton Road, Rugeley
A view looking south-east along the A51 just past the railway arches in Rugeley, which is part of Brereton Parish. On the right, a little past Wharf Road, is an area which was know as 'The City' and beyond ...
Brereton, near Rugeley
This colour-tinted postcard shows a view of Main Road, Brereton probably taken from the front of the church grounds. The old Castle Pub is on the left with barrels on the pavement edge. This was demolished ...
Brewhouse, Trentham Hall
This view of the former Brewhouse (later converted into private homes) was taken from the entrance to the courtyard.
Originally the brewhouse also contained the bakehouse and laundry. Most country ...
Brewhouse, Trentham Hall,
View taken from the entrance to the coach yard. The brewhouse is on the left, with the poultry house to the right. The brewhouse also contained the bakehouse and laundry. Most country houses had a ...
Bridge Street from Bailey Street, Stafford
Photograph taken from the roof of what was in the early 1970's Stafford Reprographics Ltd. Printers, in Bailey Street.
Brittain's Paper Mills, Caldon Canal, Cheddleton
A paper mill has stood on this site at Cheddleton since 1797, when the paper was made by hand. It was built by the pottery manufacturer William Adams to produce tissue paper for transfer printing in ...
Brittain's Paper Mills, Cheddleton
Brittain's Paper Mills with the Caldon Canal in the foreground. A paper mill has stood on this site at Cheddleton since 1797, when the paper was made by hand. It was built by the pottery manufacturer ...
Broughton Hall
Broughton Hall was built for Sir Thomas Broughton in the mid-sixteenth century, possibly on the site of an earlier building. During the eighteenth century the ornate timber work was covered in plaster, ...
Building the City Central Library, Bethesda Street, Hanley
This photograph was taken during the early stages of the building of the City Central Library and Archives in Bethesda Street. On the left is the chimney attached to the boiler house and on the right ...
Burslem Canal Arm
The end of the Burslem Arm of the Trent and Mersey Canal, with china stone on the wharf. This branch was opened in 1805 and became derelict in 1961. In the background are the bottle kilns of Wood's Trent ...
Burslem Canal Arm
A view taken near to the end of the Burslem arm of the Trent and Mersey Canal, with china stone on the wharf. This branch was opened in 1805 and became derelict in 1961. In the background are the bottle ...
Burton-upon-Trent Railway Station
This view looks south towards Burton-upon-Trent Station and may have been taken from Burton North Signal Box.
Burton’s first railway station opened in 1839. Later with an increase in passengers and ...
Caldon Canal, Stockton Brook
Lock number 9 on the Caldon Canal at Stockton Brook. The bridge next to the pumping station chimney carries the Stanley Road over the canal. The lock side building remains today (2016) as a private residence....