A coal wharf, Bridgwood Street, Longton
This photograph is looking north along Bridgwood Street from close to the Sutherland Road junction. A coal wharf on the right was alongside Bridgwood Street (formerly called Wharf Street). The bridge ...
Adderley Green to Bucknall railway line, near Brokhouse Green.
Looking northwards along the mineral railway. In the distance are the crossing gates for Fenton Road. The photograph was taken from the bridge over the Causley Brook. On the skyline is Hanley with to ...
Bear & Billet Hotel, Chester. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide with a view of the Bear & Billet Hotel and the Bridgegate in Chester.
Birthday Greetings Card
Birthday greetings card with flowers and a view of Queen's Park, Crewe, Cheshire. Photographed and designed by William Blake of Longton.
Blake produced many greetings cards, which were sold in his ...
Boathorse Lane Valley and Line Houses, Tunstall
The view in a northerly direction from Hollywall Lane towards Line Houses. The Harecastle railway tunnels run beneath the fields in the foreground and a ventilator shaft can be seen in the left centre. ...
Bog Lane bridge and brook, Lightwood
Bog Lane was later known as Woodpark Lane.
Bog Lane bridge, Lightwood, Longton
Photograph taken looking north-east. Bog Lane was later known as Woodpark Lane.
Bog Lane bridge, Lightwood, Longton
Photograph taken from the south-west, looking towards Longton. Bog Lane was later known as Woodpark Lane.
Caldon Canal at Heakley Hall Farm, Norton Green
A view south west along the Caldon Canal from the bridge near Heakley Hall Farm. The buildings on the skyline are on Norton Lane. The arm of the canal to Norton Green foundry went off to the right between ...
Caldon Canal from Bedford Street bridge, Hanley
Looking south along the Caldon Canal from the bridge at Bedford Street. On the left is the edge of large Bedford earthenware works operated by Ridgways. The tall building in the centre of the photograph ...
Canal bridge at Ivy House Road, Hanley
A wooden lift bridge over the Caldon Canal in Hanley. Lift bridges were counter-weighted and usually operated manually or by using a windlass. This bridge has been replaced by a permanent structure.
Canal lift bridge, Ivy House Road, Hanley
This lift or draw bridge (number 11) carries Ivy House Road over the Caldon Canal. Over the bridge to the left, and alongside the canal, was J & G Meakin's Eagle Pottery. Demolished in 2005, the land ...
Cockster Brook Bridge, Longton.
Cockster Brook flows into Chitlings Brook, which is a tributary of the River Trent.
Consall Forge. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of the Caldon Canal at Consall Forge, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Consall Mill Bridge. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of Consall Mill Bridge spanning the Caldon Canal at Consall, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Consall. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of the Caldon Canal at Consall, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Dane Bridge
Woodland scene taken at Danebridge. The River Dane marks the border between Staffordshire and Cheshire.
Photographer: William Blake of Staffordshire
Darfur Bridge. Photographed by William Blake.
Stereoscope slide with a view of Darfur Bridge, Manifold Valley, Staffordshire.
This area is now part of the Peak District National Park.