Portraits of Luther and Melancthon, West Window, Biddulph Church. Photographed by William Blake.
Church interior with a view of the west window at St. Lawrence's Church, Biddulph, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The ornate window contains portraits of Luther and Melancthon.
Potteries landscape from Navigation Road, Burslem.
Bert Bentley was looking east over Burslem from the top of Navigation Road. Just to the right of the bottle ovens is the short tower of St John's Church (a grade II listed building). The tower is the ...
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Lonsdale Street, Stoke upon Trent
Lonsdale Primitive Methodist Chapel was opened in 1878, replacing an earlier and smaller chapel in Queen Street. It was located at the corner of Lonsdale Street and Woodhouse Street. It was to perform ...
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Mayne Street, Hanford
Hanford Primitive Methodist Chapel was built in 1883. The red brick building had seating for over 80. The chapel was on the west side of Mayne Street but has been demolished to make way for housing.
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Mow Cop
The Primitive Methodists held their first open-air prayer meeting at Mow Cop in 1807.
The chapel shown in this photograph was one of many around this area.
Remembering Methodism at Mow Cop
A ...
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Peel Street. Longbridge Hayes.
The Primitive Methodist Chapel at the north end of Peel Street was built in 1879 and closed in 1963. It later became the works for Denton Engineering Ltd. The building was later demolished and the site ...
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Woodhouse Street, Boothen
This church was a long, rectangular, one storey building with a later hall at the side dated 1928. It also had an attached building at the rear. The front of the church had much decorative terracotta ...
Primitive Street Methodist Chapel, Smallthorne
This building was originally constucted as a chapel between 1843 and 1862. It is presently in use as a warehouse. It is a rectangular construction with a front external porch and rear projection. The ...
Providence Methodist Church, Far Green, Hanley
The Providence Chapel stood on Providence Square at the junction of Town Road and Hulton Street in the Far Green area of Hanley. In the photograph, Birches Head Road climbs away on the left hand side. ...
Quaker Chapel, Aquinas Street, Stoke-on-Trent
The Society of Friends (Quakers) occupied the former Congregational Chapel in Aquinas Street (previously Thomas Street) from the 1850s. This side of the chapel is the entrance to the Society of Friends ...
Queen's (Coronation) Gardens, London Road, Boothen, Stoke-on-Trent
This view south along London Road shows the line of the now filled in Newcastle under Lyme Canal which linked Newcastle with the Trent & Mersey Canal in Stoke. To the left is Boothen School and the spire ...
Reclaimed marl pit in Clanway Road, Tunstall
The photograph shows the abandoned and infilled marl hole that lay to the east of Tunstall High Street. The photograph is looking west from Clanway Street. In the centre is Christ Church and to the right ...
Rectory and Church Tower, Draycott-in-the-Moors
Village scene including the Rectory and St. Margaret's Church tower at Draycott-in-the-Moors.
Photographed by William Blake Of Longton.
Reservoir Field, Normacot
The Iron Chapel can be seen on Meir Road, but this photograph pre-dates Christ Church which was built the following year.
The Methodist iron chapel can be seen, far right. This chapel was built in ...
Rodgers Street Church, Goldenhill
The non-conformist church in Rodgers Street (formerly Williamson Street) in Goldenhill. Shannon Drive is off to the left.
Christ Church in Goldenhill was founded in 1873 when there was an evangelical ...
Roman Catholic Church, Caverswall. Photographed by William Blake.
The Roman Catholic Church of St. Filomena at Caverswall was built in 1863-4 to designs by Gilbert Blount.
Roman Catholic Church, Lower Foundry Street, Hanley
The building on the left was originally the church of St Mary and St Patrick, opened in 1860. the present church of the Sacred Heart on Jasper Street was consecrated in 1911. The church in Lower Foundry ...
Ruxley Road Methodist Chapel, Bucknall
Ruxley Road Methodist Chapel at the corner with Corneville Road. The brick built chapel was completed in 1891 with an adjoining Sunday School. The houses in this part of Townsend date from the 1900s. ...