Looking out from from Fenton Park
The view north west from Fenton Park. The greenhouses are partly hidden behind the trees on the left and Berry Hill spoil tip is on the right. St Marks Church tower in Shelton is in the centre of the ...
Looking over Hanley Park towards Mossfield and Berry Hill, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken from the corner of Lawrence Street, looking south east towards the gates into Hanley Park on the corner of College Road and Cleveland Road. In the distance are the two spoil ...
Market Place, Burslem
To the right is the eastern end of the old Town Hall in Burslem and beyond the civic gardens, the shops on Market Place. The photograph was taken from Wedgwood Street. Where the gardens are was the site ...
Memorial Tablet, Hawksmoor, near Cheadle. Photographed by William Blake.
The John Richard Beech Masefield Memorial Stone from the gateway of Hawksmoor Nature Reserve, Nr. Cheadle, Staffordshire.
Blake was a fellow member of the North Staffs Field Club and held the position ...
Middleport Park bowling green, Stoke-on-Trent
Midleport Park dates from around 1908 when the park was laid out in the grounds of the former rectory of St John's Church. It lies alongside the Trent & Mersey Canal, between the potworks in Middleport ...
Middleport Pottery.
Pottery factory exterior, chimney and bottle oven, taken at Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent.
Allotments and greenhouses can be seen in the foreground.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum ...
Miner's strike demonstration, Central Forest Park, Stoke-on-Trent
May Day 1984 saw a large rally in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent in support of the miner's strike. Margaret Thatcher, who the lady in this photograph has dressed up as, was Prime Minister at the time of the strike ...
Miniature Railway, Trentham. Photographed by William Blake.
Passengers on board the miniature railway at Trentham Park.
The Trentham estate was home and pleasure gardens to the Dukes of Sutherland from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century. The family ...
Moreton Old Hall. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Moreton Old Hall, Congleton Road, Cheshire.
Little Moreton Hall, as it is known today, is a fine example of a Tudor period timber framed moated manor house.
The building is a National Trust ...
Moreton Old Hall. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Moreton Old Hall, Congleton Road, Cheshire.
Little Moreton Hall, as it is known today, is a fine example of a Tudor period timber framed moated manor house.
The building is a National Trust ...
Mount Pleasant, Fenton
This was the view northwards from between the allotment gardens that were next to Heron Cross primary schools, just north of Claud Street. Just above the fence is the route of the Stoke to Derby railway ...
Nantwich. Photographed by William Blake.
Garden scene taken at Nantwich in Cheshire.
Nantwich. Photographed by William Blake.
House and garden scene taken at Nantwich in Cheshire.
North Side, Stannier's Garden Allotments. Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the north side of Stannier's Garden Allotments, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Old entrance to Trentham Gardens, Stone Road, Trentham
The original entrance to the leisure gardens at Trentham was between the two large "lodges" just to the right of the three PMT (Potteries Motor Traction) buses. The lodges were originally at the western ...
Oncidium Incurvum - Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala
This plate from The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala by James Bateman describes oncidium incurvum, also known as the Incurved Oncidium.
The author claims that the plant is easy to cultivate in England.
The ...
Oncidium Leucochilum - Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala
This plate from The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala by James Bateman depicts oncidium leucochilum.
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Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala
This plate is taken from The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala by James Bateman.
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