Heron Cross Infants’ School, Fenton
This school was on Claud Street, just off Grove Road in Heron Cross. The building dates from 1911/12 and was formerly a Wesleyan Methodist School. The lamp standard in the foreground still has the old ...
Uttoxeter Road, Normacot
The vehicle on the extreme left is parked outside The Station Hotel which was on the corner of Uttoxeter Roaf (now the A50) and Station Road (now Recreation Road). The zebra crossing was on Uttoxeter ...
The Vine Inn and Vine Street, Hanley
Vine Street ran between Bethesda Street and Lichfield Street in Hanley. This is a view towards the Lichfield Street end. Vine Street and its buildings were demolished with the building of the Crown Court ...
Port Vale Football Club, Burslem
Looking towards the Lorne Street side of Vale Park from the Hamil Road end. At then far end is the Bycars Stand.
Vale Park was completed in 1950, becoming the club's fifth ground when it moved from ...
Coombes Valley, near Cheddleton
View looking south-east across Coombes Valley, near Cheddleton, looking towards Sharpcliffe. Clough Meadow Cottage can be seen far left. The valley is now a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) ...
Coombes Valley, near Cheddleton
View looking east across Coombes Valley, near Cheddleton, looking towards Sharpcliffe. Clough Meadow Cottage can be seen far left. The valley is now a Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) ...
The Mansion, Cheadle
A view of the Mansion, which stood on Mill Road, Cheadle. It was built in 1869 for colliery owner Robert Plant (1841-1902). It was demolished in 1978 and Mansion Close marks the site of the house. ...
The apiary, Trentham Hall
Pictured is one of the outbuildings linked with nearby Trentham Hall: the apiary, adjacent to the poultry house. The apiary was to the east of Park Drive. Here the estate beehives were kept. The car is ...
Lockett's Lane, Longton
Lockett's Lane runs between Uttoxeter Road and Normacot Road at the east end of Longton. This photograph was taken looking southwards from the corner of Uttoxeter Road. The bottle oven on the right stood ...
The Crossroads, Holloway, Butterton
Postcard with a view of the crossroads at Holloway, Butterton in the Staffordshire Moorlands. This area falls within the Peak District National Park.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Mausoleum for the Dukes of Sutherland, Trentham
Trentham Mausoleum alongside Stone Road (A34) opposite the original main entrance to Trentham Park. Built for the Leveson-Gower family (Marquises of Stafford and later Dukes of Sutherland) in 1807-1808, ...
Memorial Tablet, Hawksmoor, near Cheadle
The John Richard Beech Masefield Memorial Stone from the gateway of Hawksmoor Nature Reserve, near Cheadle.
Blake was a fellow member of the North Staffs Field Club and held the position of club librarian ...
Opening of Hawksmoor Nature Reserve, near Cheadle
Photograph of the crowd gathering to watch the opening of the Masefield Memorial Gateway at Hawksmoor Nature Reserve, near Cheadle.
John Richard Beech Masefield was the founder of the nature reserve. ...
Opening of Hawksmoor Nature Reserve, near Cheadle
Photograph of the crowd gathering to watch the opening of the Masefield Memorial Gateway at Hawksmoor Nature Reserve, near Cheadle.
John Richard Beech Masefield was the founder of the nature reserve. ...
Locomotive, possibly at Meir
A 2-4-0 engine with a train of second and third class carriages on the Stoke to Derby line, possibly at Meir station around 1900.
This image is featured by kind permission of the Churnet Valley Railway....
Whitehough Farm and Ipstones Edge
Landscape overlooking Whitehough Farm and Ipstones Edge, Nr. Leek, Staffordshire.
A photograph by Longton photographer William Blake.
Whitehough, Ipstones
View of a large country house known as Whitehough. Taken at Ipstones, Nr. Leek, Staffordshire.
A photograph by Longton photographer William Blake.
The Manor House, Ipstones
Exterior view of the Manor House at Ipstones, Nr. Leek, Stafforshire. This view includes a motor car from the period.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.