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Field House, Leek

Field House stands on High Street, Leek, and was built in the early 19th century for S.& W. Phillips, silk manufacturers, and was later the home of another silk-making family, the Whittles. At the time ...

Fieldside Cottage, Haughton,

Fieldside Cottage was on Brazenhill Lane, where the school playing field is today. Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ownership.

Filleybrook's Cottage, Darlaston Hall Estate, Stone

The Darlaston estate was owned by Burton Abbey, but during the Reformation the estate was sold to James Collier, a wool merchant. The estate was sold to William Jervis of Meaford in 1655, and it remained ...

Fillybrooks, Stone

View looking towards Stone. These houses still exist, although the lane is now a busy trunk road. The end terrace on the right served tea to travellers and cyclists.

Finneylane Farm, Cheddleton

Finneylane Farm is located in Finney Lane between Cheddleton and Leekbrook. Pictured after restoration, this Grade II* listed building was built by William and Anne Finney in 1610. This photograph shows ...

Finney's Post, Burton upon Trent

Finney's Post is part of an ornately carved mediaeval oak post, which once stood at the corner of the Market Place and High Street. The post was for many years displayed in the Burton Museum and was ...

Fire at Aqualate Hall

This postcard view shows the smoking ruins of Aqualate Hall after the devastating fire of late November 1910. The original Aqualate Hall was built for Edwin Skrymsher in the early seventeenth century. ...

Fire Station and Council Offices, Cannock

Looking down Church Street from the present Queen's Square traffic roundabout area, with St Luke's Church being out of shot on the left. The Old Fire station is the first building on the right with the ...

Fireplace overmantle at Loxley Hall, near Uttoxeter

Close up view of an overmantle depicting the royal crest and surrounded by heraldic devices of various nobility. A frieze of more heraldic devices runs around the room. Loxley Hall was built around ...

Fireplace, 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, ...

Fireplace, Ingestre Hall

A fireplace in the Yellow Drawing Room at Ingestre Hall. Ingestre Hall was built by Sir Walter Chetwynd in 1613. By the eighteenth century it had been acquired by the Talbots, who remodelled parts of ...

Fireplace, Noah's Ark Inn, Stafford,

The Noah's Ark on Crabbery Street was originally built as a town house in the sixteenth century. In August 1575 Queen Elizabeth I took wine here during her journey through the town. In the late 1800s ...

Fireplace, The Ancient High House, Stafford

Located on the ground floor within the Ancient High House's corner shop unit (with St Mary's Passage) at 49, Greengate Street, Stafford. At the time of this photograph it is thought that the shop was ...

Fireplace, Wolseley Hall, Rugeley

This Fireplace which is thought to be Victorian was in the room above the Porch and below the Chapel. The photograph was taken immediately before auction of fittings and demolition of the Hall in 1966....

Firing a kiln in a pottery factory

Pottery factory interior depicting a man firing a kiln. Formed ware is made hard by exposing it to very high temperatures, which was commonly achieved by firing it in a bottle oven. The bottle ...

Firing Pottery. Photographed by William Blake.

Lantern slide with a view of the smokey industrial landscape as pottery manufacturers fire their products in kilns and ovens. This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation ...

Flag Tower, Alton Towers

The Flag Tower stands five storeys high and and at one time served to provide excellent views of the surrounding countryside. It occupies the highest point of Bunbury Hill to the west of the house. The ...

Floodgate Cottage, Trentham