Biddulph - Ancient Well in Knypersley Woods: sepia drawing (vignetted)
'Ancient well in Knipersley (sic) Woods, which was formerly used to cure the King's Evil,' [pencil note]. Showing a circular well with a shallow trough in front. Artist: Thomas Peploe Wood.
Blithfield Reservoir in drought conditions
During the summer of 2002 water levels in Blithfield Reservoir were extremely low. The remains of buildings, walls and bridges could be seen. A number of lanes and buildings were submerged when the ...
Blithfield Reservoir in drought conditions
During the summer of 2002 water levels in Blithfield Reservoir were extremely low. The remains of buildings, walls , trees and bridges could be seen. A number of lanes and buildings were submerged when ...
Canal bridge, Weston
A postcard view looking north along the Trent and Mersey Canal at Weston, looking tow.to the right. There is a man on the right bank with a bucket and a shovel. A house can be glimpsed on the extreme ...
Cascade house and sluices at Pasford
Clifton Ponds and Coneyberry Well, Clifton Campville
Two boys collect water from Coneyberry Well at Clifton Ponds, Clifton Campville. The well and ponds now form part of The Coneyberry Millennium Green, an 8 acre open space for the public. It was set ...
Dane Valley, near Rushton Spencer
Landscape taken at Dane Valley, near Gig Hall, Rushton Spencer. In the centre is Feeder Cottage. The River Dane marks the border between Staffordshire and Cheshire.
Photographer: William Blake of Staffordshire....
Eel trap at Pasford, Pattingham
Gailey Pool, near Cannock
The pool is one of three canal-feeding pools or reservoirs at the highest point of the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal. The pool was engineered by John Robinson McClean and was completed in 1855.
Gawton's Well, Knypersley. Photographed by William Blake.
Woodland scene with a view of Gawton's Well at Knypersley, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Holy Austin Rock, Kinver Edge
Kinver Edge is renowned for its rock houses, thought to be the earliest dwellings in the area. The Edge is soft sandstone which has meant that a number of caves and caverns have been worked into it, Holy ...
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.
Leigh Post Office. Photographed by William Blake.
Village scene taken at Leigh, Staffordshire.
The photograph includes the village Post Office and a group of women, one using a cast iron water pump.
Lichfield - St. Chad's Well: sepia drawing
'Saint Chad's Well near Lichfield.' Showing an octagonal building with a pyramidal roof. Also showing the church tower from the north west. Artist: 'J. B.,' [John Buckler.]
Lower Bridge Street, Tutbury
A postcard view of lower Bridge Street in Tutbury taken from a lane by Little Bridge which runs alongside the Mill Fleam.
Mill Dam, Old Cotton Mill, Tutbury
The old cotton mill at Tutbury dated from the late 18th century. When the mill’s cotton business was transferred to Rocester in 1888, it was adapted in 1890 to crush and grind locally mined gypsum to ...
Minster Pool and Lichfield Cathedral
Lichfield Cathedral from the south-west with Minster Pool in foreground.
This picture is from an album of photographs taken by Thomas Harvey Boycott (1876-1949) who lived with his widowed mother, Fanny ...