Brittain's Paper Mills, Cheddleton
A view of Brittain's Paper Mills at Cheddleton with the Caldon Canal passing by. 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 ...
Broad Hill, Gnosall
A postcard view of a labourer taking a rest with a horse and a cart loaded with wood on Broad Hill, near Gnosall.
In the background the railway bridge spans the former L&NWR Shropshire Union Railway ...
Brocton Camp, Cannock Chase
The Officers' Huts of "R" and "S" Lines are positioned aside each other off Camp Road close to Bednall Belt, in the distance is the junction of Chase Road. The three people in the foreground appear in ...
Brookfield Foundry and Kerr Stuart engineering works, Whieldon Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This is a view west from the Whieldon Road area towards the Brookfield Foundry. The main railway line runs in front of the buildings and behind can be seen the floodlight pylons of the original Stoke ...
Brookfield Foundry, Stoke-on-Trent
The photograph shows what was the California Engineering Works of the locomotive builders, Kerr Stuart & Co. Railway locomotives had been produced on this site since 1892. Kerr Stuart closed down in ...
Bucknall and Northwood Station
Bucknall and Northwood Station looking south along the line towards the next station at Fenton Manor. In the distance is Berry Hill spoil tip. The station was at the bottom of Limekiln Bank and the ...
Bucknall and Northwood Station, Stoke-on-Trent
Opened in 1864, Bucknall & Northwood Station was on the North Staffordshire Railway's Biddulph Valley branch line. Trains also ran between Stoke and Leek, with a line branching off at Milton Junction. ...
Building Cheddleton Asylum
The asylum at Cheddleton in Staffordshire was built to serve the Pottery towns and the area surrounding Leek.
Patients were referred to as "inmates", and anyone from people with a "mild affliction" ...
Burley Bridge, Chesterton
The canal in this postcard view was built by Sir Nigel Gresley of Knypersley Hall to transport coal from his pits at Apedale to Newcastle-under-Lyme. Permission to build the canal was granted in 1775. ...
Burley Pit, Apedale
Apedale colliery, the Burley pit (c. 1850-1926) in early 1900’s. This photograph shows the bridge carrying the tub-way from the Watermills colliery to the Burley screens. There is a tub (the local name ...
Burley Pit, Chesterton
Burley Pit was part of Apedale colliery and was open between about 1850 and 1926. This photograph was taken by Thomas Warham, a local photographer, who took many photographs of Audley and its surrounding ...
Burslem Railway Station
The entrance to Burslem Station on Moorland Road, alongside Burslem Park. Construction of the station began in 1870 and the Potteries Loop Line reached Burslem in 1873. The tablet over the door reads ...
Burton and Ashby Light Railway, Swadlincote, Derbyshire
The Burton and Ashby Light Railway was a tramway system operating in three counties from Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire to Swadlincote in Derbyshire and then to Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire, ...
Burton Railway Station, Burton-upon-Trent
The entrance to the Railway Station, Borough Road, Burton-upon-Trent. Originally opened in 1839, the current station buildings date from 1971. This Image is from a collection of photographs of Burton ...
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 ...
C. Thurston's private carriage, Orton and Spooner, Burton-on-Trent
This private carriage was built and decorated by G.Orton & Sons and C.J.Spooner. It is a fairground proprietor's caravan. Thurston's funfair is still in business (2006) and is based in Bedford.
Cadets at Stoke Train Station, Station Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph shows young cadets from 237 squadron of the ATC on manoeuvres. They are carrying their kit into Stoke station on their way to training camp.
Caldon Canal and Pumping Station, Stockton Brook
Stockton Brook, looking towards Etruria. A working narrow boat is moored alongside the canal towpath in the distance. On the right is Stockton Brook pumping station built for the Staffordshire Potteries ...