Oakamoor from Star Bank. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Oakamoor, Staffordshire, taken from Star Bank.
Official Opening of Stone Job Centre
The Mayor of Stone, Councillor Leslie Watson is pictured addressing invited guests at the official opening of the Job Centre, 35 High Street, Stone. In the background are advertising boards with cards ...
Old Accounting Document. Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph of an old document containing accounts charges.
Old Cottages, Ipstones. Photographed by William Blake.
Village scene taken at Ipstones, Nr. Leek, Staffordshire.
Old Document. Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph of an old document.
Old Quern, Pillaton Hall, Penkridge. Photographed by William Blake.
An old quern at Pillaton Hall, Penkridge, Staffordshire.
Querns were hand milling tools used to grind corn.
Old Staffordshire. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of a vase decorated in an old style associated with Staffordshire. This is one of the few colour slides in the collection.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a ...
Old Wedgwood Jasper Vase. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of a Jasper Vase by Wedgwood.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder containing ...
On Congleton Edge. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of Congleton Edge, Cloud End and the Cheshire Plain.
On Longstone Edge, Derbyshire. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape taken at Longstone Edge, Derbyshire.
On the campaign trail at the 1812 elections - a letter from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In this letter, Thomas Sparrow recommends to Enoch Wood that 21-year old Parliamentary candidate Edward John Walhouse should "go as quickly thro' the County as possible - to do otherwise cannot answer ...
One penny token, Stafford
A copper one penny token issued by Stafford shoe manufacturer William Horton in 1797.
William Horton (1750 - 1832) was born in Stafford and was one of the first to manufacture shoes on a large scale, ...
One penny token, Stafford
A copper one penny token issued by Stafford shoe manufacturer William Horton in 1803.
William Horton (1750 - 1832) was born in Stafford and was one of the first to manufacture shoes on a large scale, ...
One penny token, Stafford
A copper one penny token issued by Stafford shoe manufacturer William Horton in 1801.
William Horton (1750 - 1832) was born in Stafford and was one of the first to manufacture shoes on a large scale, ...
Open letter from E.J. Walhouse to the electors of Staffordshire - 1812 election notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
The 1812 election shows that government affairs have not not always been dominated by today's party politics - but they were far from democratic.
"Strictly pure and independent..."
Local issues ...
Opening of Hawksmoor Nature Reserve, near Cheadle
Photograph of the crowd gathering to watch the opening of the Masefield Memorial Gateway at Hawksmoor Nature Reserve, near Cheadle.
John Richard Beech Masefield was the founder of the nature reserve. ...
Opening of Hawksmoor Nature Reserve, near Cheadle
Photograph of the crowd gathering to watch the opening of the Masefield Memorial Gateway at Hawksmoor Nature Reserve, near Cheadle.
John Richard Beech Masefield was the founder of the nature reserve. ...
Opening of the Ferry Bridge, Burton-on-Trent
On the bridge are Mrs C. Harrison, Mayoress, Lord Burton, Miss Nellie Bass, Mr C. Harrison, Mayor and Lady Burton. The bridge was built by the Burton firm of Thornewill & Warham.