View from Red Lion Square, Newcastle-under-Lyme looking south
Watercolour by James Hulse of a view looking from Red Lion Square towards the High Street. Figures, cart and horse, carriage in the background and dogs on the cobbled street.
View from Trentham Ballroom,
The original 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 ...
View of Bridge Street, Stafford
On the far right is Burgess' agricultural engineers, now replaced by Allied Carpets.
The clock tower belongs to the Royal Brine Baths, built in 1892. The open-sided tower was used by the fire brigade ...
View of Tamworth Castle
Tamworth's Norman motte and bailey castle has over 900 years of history. From about 1101 to 1291 it was one of many homes to the Marmion family, hereditary Royal Champions to the English Kings. As a result, ...
Vine Hotel, Stafford,
The Vine Hotel on Salter Street.
The Tudor Cafe is to the left of the Vine, with the Co-op to the right.
Visit of Edward, Prince of Wales, Stone
View of Granville Square during a visit from the Prince of Wales, later Edward VIII, who was passing through the town on his way from Sandon to the Potteries, via Trentham Park.
The Prince inspected ...
Wallhill Manor Farm, Rushton Spencer
Wallhill Manor Farm was built in 1629 with an extension (on the right hand side) added in 1839. During the 19th and earlier 20th century the house and farm belonged to the Yardley family.
War Memorial and Shoulder of Mutton, Barton under Needwood
The Shoulder of Mutton is a Grade II listed building dating from the late 18th century but much altered. The timber farmed cottage is also Grade II listed and dates from the late 17th Century. The stone ...
Water Mill, Unknown. Photographed by William Blake.
View of a water mill.
The location is unknown.
Water Street, Stafford
View looking across Mill Street and down Church Lane. Framed between the buildings of Church, or Bier Lane, is the tower of St. Mary's Church.
Water Street was much narrower in this period than ...
Waterfall Church - Interior of Chancel: sepia drawing
'The Chancel of Waterfall Church, Staffordshire,' looking east. Showing a bare building with a plain Norman arch of two orders and supporting pilasters with grooved capitals. There is a window of three ...
Waterfall Church - Remains of a Norman Arch: sepia drawing
'Remains of a Norman Arch from the old church at Waterfall now placed over the South entrance of the church.' Showing an arch with zig-zag carving.'J. B.,' [John Buckler].
Waterworks engine house, Milford
The waterworks pumping station was built at Milford in 1890. The reservoirs situated on the top of the Satnall Hills supplied water to Stafford and its surrounding districts.
Photographer: Benjamin ...
Wattle and Daub Wall, Stafford,
Remains of an old house wall on Stafford Street, now demolished.
Photograph donated by Stafford Historical and Civic Society, who retain copyright ownership.
Wedding Group outside Izaak Walton's Cottage, Shallowford,
Izaak Walton was a famous angler and author whose best known work 'The Complete Angler' was published 1653 and is still in print.
Born in Stafford in 1593, Walton moved to London to become an apprentice ...
Wedgwood Institute, Queen Street, Burslem
The Wedgwood Memorial Institute in Queen Street, Burslem, is an example of a Grade II Listed Building. It was constructed between 1863 and 1869. The street front of the building has elaborate decoration, ...
Wedgwood Main Office Building, Barlaston,
Josiah Wedgwood (1730 - 1795) began his apprenticeship as a potter in 1744. He started his own pottery business at Ivy House in Burslem in 1759. As Wedgwood experiment with new techniques and glazes, ...
Wedgwood Main Offices and Showroom, Barlaston,
On the left are the main offices, with the Showroom on the right.
Josiah Wedgwood (1730 - 1795) began his apprenticeship as a potter in 1744. He started his own pottery business at Ivy House in Burslem ...