The Fourth Baronet Peel at Drayton Manor, Fazeley
The Fourth Baronet is seen here opening an Innings at Drayton 'Deer park' with the Pavilion in the background.
Drayton Manor was the home of the Peel family and was built by Sir Robert Peel's (II) ...
The Golden Lion, Ipstones. Photographed by William Blake.
Village scene with a view of the Golden Lion public house, Ipstones, Nr. Leek, Staffordshire.
The building is still a public house but is now called the Linden Tree and it is situated on Froghall Road....
The Green Man, Bottom House, near Ipstones. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Green Man at Bottom House, Staffordshire.
The Grove, Gravelly Bank, Lightwood
Village scene including a large country house and country lane. The location is thought to be Gravelly Bank, Lightwood.
Photographed by William Blake.
The High Shut, Cheadle. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape taken at Highshutt Quarry, Hawksmoor, Nr. Cheadle, Staffordshire.
The area is now recognised as a Regionally Important Geological/Geomorphological Site (RIGS).
The House that Jack Built, Longton Park. Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph of a floral display entitled "The House that Jack Built", taken at Longton park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The park's official name is Queen's Park and it was officially opened on July ...
The Intended Commercial Canal - Minutes of a meeting at the White Hart and Star Inn, Uttoxeter. From the Enoch Wood scrapbook
An ambitious new project has begun in Staffordshire - outlined at a meeting at the White Hart and Star Inn, Uttoxeter.
A transport revolution
A proposed new canal promises to transform the transport ...
The Islands, Queens Prk, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the lake islands at Queen's Park, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The park is also known as Longton Park. It was officially opened on July 25th 1888 by George Granville William Sutherland ...
The Jolly Potters, A New Song - Broadside ballad from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
A song to celebrate
Years of war between Britain and France had cut trade ties with continental Europe.
To make matters worse, American ships had been caught up in the conflict - both sides had ...
The Keeper's Cottage, Hawksmoor. Photographed by William Blake.
The Keeper's Cottage, Hawksmoor, Nr Cheadle, Staffordshire.
The last dying speech and confession of Tom Paine - from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Is this really the last dying confession of Tom Paine, executed before thousands of spectators at Stoke-on-Trent in 1793?
A controversial figure
Paine was a Republican and supported the French revolution. ...
The Life, Trial, Character & Behaviour of Thomas Oliver - A local tragedy from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
This is the tragic life story of 28-year old former apprentice surgeon Thomas Oliver, once of Stourbridge and Rugby, then of Burslem.
"A diligent, regular and humane young man..."
The people of ...
The Lodge, Endon. Photographed by William Blake.
A view of The Lodge at Endon, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The Lodge, Endon. Photographed by William Blake.
View of The Lodge at Endon, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The Long Gallery at Beaudesert Hall
This view of the Long Gallery at Beaudesert Hall is from a glass negative believed to have been taken prior to a fire in 1909 in an adjacent part of the building. It is thought that the two men in the ...
The Main Entrance, Central Science School, Stoke-on-Trent. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the main entrance to the Central Science School, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The school was built in 1914.
This is now the main entrance for Staffordshire University's Thompson Library ...
The Manor House, Ipstones
Exterior view of the Manor House at Ipstones, Nr. Leek, Stafforshire. This view includes a motor car from the period.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
The Manor House, Ipstones. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Manor House at Ipstones, Nr. Leek, Staffordshire.