The Mount, Penkhull
This photograph shows the west front and main entrance to The Mount, a mansion built by Josiah Spode II. The house was built on the site of an old farmhouse between Penkhull and Hartshill around 1803-04 ...
The Mount, Penkhull
This is the original west facing front of the Mount, built by Josiah Spode II, around 1803. The rectangular stone and brick building had the semi-circular entrance way, with a sky light in the dome above. ...
The Old Mill House, Stanley Moss Lane, Stanley
The Old Mill House (Victoria Mill Cottage) on Stanley Moss Lane was once part of the Victoria Mill works belonging to Harrison & Son, colour and glaze manufacturers. The house is built of local gritstone ...
The Old Smithy, Alton
The Smithy was demolished early in the 20th century. Edward Manifold and Joseph Tundley were the Blacksmiths working here throughout the second half of the 19th century, photographed by William Blake
The Post Office, Hilderstone. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the village Post Office, Hilderstone, Staffordshire.
The Potteries Museum from Crown Street, Hanley
This photograph, taken from Crown Street, shows the rear of the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery and, on the left, the buildings at the north end of Broad Street. In the foreground are pre-fab houses ...
The rear of houses on Picton Street, Hanley
This photograph was taken from the corner of Botteslow Street and Commercial Road in Hanley. Commercial Road runs across the bottom of the photograph and becomes Nelson Road. Picton Street was one of ...
The route of the Deep Pit mineral railway, Cobridge
The photograph shows the line of the mineral railway through Cobridge just after it had crossed Waterloo Road. It ran between rows of houses. Those on the left faced onto Portland Street and on the right ...
The site of Springbank recreation ground, Burslem
Looking north across a reclaimed marl hole at the northern edge of Burslem Golf Course that has been infilled and converted to a recreation ground. The houses in the background are on Vickers Road and ...
The Southlands, Longton
The Southlands stood near Longton Park. A Congregational Chapel was later built on this site.
The Square, Caverswall
A view of the Square, caverswall. A photograph taken by William Blake of Longton.
The Talbot public house, Bradeley, Stoke-on-Trent
The Talbot is a public house on the corner of Unwin Street and Moorland View in Bradeley. On the extreme right hand edge of the photograph is the Co-Op grocery store, opened in 1921, now occupied by Harrisons ...
The view from Hanover Street, Hanley
The camera was looking towards the west from Hanover Street in Hanley. In the murk on the left are the two winding towers of Wolstanton Colliery with the spire of St Margaret's Church, Wolstanton on the ...
The view north from Vicarage Road in Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera is looking north from the end of Vicarage Road, at the entrance to Hartshill Park and Nature Reserve. The houses in Basford are in the distance, in the foreground is the Diamond Clay Works. ...
The view over Stoke-on-Trent from Bath Street
The camera is looking eastwards over Stoke from the corner of Boon Avenue and Bath Street. Bath Street leads down to the old Stoke Library building on London Road. In the distance is the spoil tip and ...
The view south east from Boon Avenue, Penkhull
Looking southeast wards from the heights of Boon Avenue over Stoke towards the spoil tip of Fenton Collieries with Parkhall ,and possibly, Mossfield in the far distance. On the right hand side are two ...
The view towards Trentham from Rookery Lane, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken from the Trent Vale Brick and Tile Works on Rookery Lane looking southwards towards the higher ground of Trentham Gardens. In the centre foreground is the estate of prefabricated ...
The view west from Edgefield Lane, Stockton Brook, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking over "Crosswinds" bungalow south west from the higher ground of Stockton Brook. The chimney in the left centre (now demolished) belonged to Stockton Brook water Pumping Station and the waste tip ...