Hilderstone Village,
On the left is Christ Church, built in 1833. The church was built by Ralph Bourne of Hilderstone Hall, a pottery manufacturer.
On the right is Hilderstone School, built as a National School for 180 ...
Himley Hall: engraving
North east view of the hall, from a hill. Showing the Hall in the valley with an expansive view of fields around it. There are deer in the fields in the foreground.'Revd. S. Shaw, delt., [drawn]; Wilson, ...
Himley Hall: engraving
South west view showing the hall, comprising the main building with wings, as seen from across a lake.'To the Right Honble. Viscount Dudley & Ward this South West View of Himley is inscribed by his Obliged ...
Himley Hall: engraving
Showing the house looking across a lake. Taken from an almanac. [For an inscribed copy, see SV IV.328a: 'Himley Staffordshire, Seat of Lord Visct. Dudley & Ward'; Both taken from S. Shaw's print, see ...
Himley Hall: steel engraving
'Himley Staffordshire, Seat of Lord Visct. Dudley & Ward.' Showing the house looking across a lake. Taken from an almanac. [After S. Shaw's print, see SV IV. 330.]Anonymous.
Himley Hall: water colour painting
North east view of the hall, from a hill. Showing the Hall in the valley with an expansive view of fields around it. There are deer in the fields in the foreground.[See SV IV. 331, for an engraved copy.]Anonymous, ...
Himley Hall: water colour painting
South west view showing the hall, comprising the main building with wings, as seen from across a lake.[See SV IV.330 for engraved copy.]Anonymous, [S. Shaw.]
Holy Trinity Church, Baswich, Stafford,
Baswich Church is first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. The only surviving part of this early church is found in the north pillar of the chancel arch.
The church was rebuilt in 1407 and dedicated ...
Honeysuckle or Lonicera periclymenum
Honeysuckle is a shrub common in woods and hedgerows, where it climbs and trails around bushes and trees.
Flowering between June and September, it bears fruit between August and September. Its stem ...
Hopton Pools, near Stafford
Hopton Pools have long been popular with anglers.
Postcard published by W.H. Smith & Son, Stafford.
Huntley Earthworks. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including a view of the earthworks at Huntley, Staffordshire.
Ice house, Trentham
This view shows the remains of a Georgian ice house close to Trentham Lake.
During 2016, the Trentham Estate was carrying out a project to re-discover the landscape that Lancelot “Capability” Brown ...
Ice on Madeley Pool
The pool in the centre of the village was constructed in the middle of the eighteenth century to turn the mill wheel. It is fed from the River Lea, a small river that meanders along close to the road.
Jacob's Ladder, or Polemonium caeruleum
Often escaping from domestic gardens, this plant is confined to Carboniferous Limestone areas.
Flowering between May and July, it can grow up to 75cm in height.
This example was found growing near ...
Jacob's-ladder or polemonium caeruleum
Jacob's-ladder, also known as Ysgol Jacob , is a perennial frequently recorded as a garden escape, but as a plant confined to Carboniferous Limestone areas.
Flowering between May and July, it can grow ...
Kidney Vetch, or Anthyllis vulneraria
This perennial commonly grows in soils rich in lime (known as "calcareous" soils).
Flowering between May and September, it can grow up to 50cm in height, and its flowers can be red, yellow, or purple.
This ...
Knypersley Pool, Biddulph
The pool and The Serpentine, a reservoir, were originally built on the Greenway Bank estate to supply the Trent and Mersey Canal. They are now known collectively as the Knypersley Reservoir.
The reservoir ...
Knypersley Pool. Photographed by William Blake.
Knypersley Pool, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.