Downing's Blurton Tilery, Stoke-on-Trent
G H Downing's Blurton Tileries just after closure in 1964. A view of the beehive ovens, chimneys and roofing tile stock for sale. The photograph as taken just west of Ballinson Road, looking north east ...
Downing's Blurton Tilery, Stoke-on-Trent
G H Downing's Blurton Tileries just after closure in 1964. A view of the beehive ovens, chimneys and roofing tile stock for sale. The photograph as taken just west of Ballinson Road, looking north east ...
Drayton Farmhouse, Penkridge
This photograph of Drayton Farmhouse was taken in 1964 by Dr. J.E.C. Peters.
In later years the building is very much as in the picture with only slight changes to the porch over the front door. It ...
Eastgate Street, Stafford
This view looks north-west along Eastgate Street to an area known as Pitcher Bank.
On the left is Tipping Street and the white building by the junction is the Joule's Grade II Listed Shrewsbury Arms ...
Eastgate Street, Stafford
Eastgate Street at its junction with Tipping Street to the left. The area is known as Pitcher Bank due to a crockery market which was once held there.
The three-storey industrial building, numbers ...
Elizabethan cottage, Horsefair, Rugeley
Rugeley would once have had many timber-framed cottages, most of which were lost in the extensive fires of 1646 and 1708. This thatched cottage stood in the site now occupied by James Furnishers. On ...
Elm Terrace, Walton, Stone
This postcard view shows Elm Terrace, mostly covered with ivy or Virginia creeper, at Walton, Stone. Built in the second half of the 19th century, the terrace still stands (2022), with some alterations, ...
Engraving of Bellamour Hall, Colton
A photograph of a mid-19th century engraving of Bellamour Hall, Colton. The Hall was built in 1796 by the widowed Lady Blount for her son Edward and stoodt near an early 17th century hall built by Sir ...
Etruria Canal and Steel Works. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Trent & Mersey Canal and a steel manufacturing site, including a steam crane and workers.
Taken at Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Etruria Forges. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Trent & Mersey Canal and a steel manufacturing site.
Taken at Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Etruria Gas Works, Stoke on Trent
Overview of Etruria Gas Works with Stoke-on-Trent beyond. The gas works opened in 1904. The large gas holder back left was dismantled in 1991.
Etruria Steel Works. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Trent & Mersey Canal and a steel manufacturing site.
Taken at Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Etruria Steel Works. Photographed by William Blake.
Industrial scene taken at Etruria Steel Works in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This view includes the Trent & Mersey Canal, a steam engine and workers tipping molten waste known as slag.
Evode Chemical Works Ltd., Stafford,
The Common Road site.
Spic and Span Shoe Polishes Ltd. was established in Glover Street on 3 June 1932. The company was partly owned by Lotus Ltd., the shoe manufacturers.
In 1938 the company, ...
Fair View, Gnosall
On the reverse of this postcard view there is the following brief note: “Fair View, Gnosall, June 1908”. The house remains (June 2023) and it is situated on The Rank in Gnosall.
This postcard was published ...
Field Head, Upper Mayfield
A postcard view of Field Head in Gallowstree Lane, Upper Mayfield.
This late Victorian house dates from around 1898 and was built by George Simpson for his 26 year old son George Simpson junior. Around ...
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 ...