Extracts from an Act of Parliament of the Sixth Year of the Reign of George the Third - Pamphlet from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
When a committee of manufacturers in Stoke, Burslem and Wolstanton put their weight behind a scheme to build a new canal, they published a series of legal extracts 'so that all may know the law' and 'that ...
Factory Dining Room. Photographed by William Blake.
Factory interior with a view of the dining area.
The location is unknown.
Factory Dinning Room. Photographed by William Blake.
View of a factory canteen. Unknown location.
Factory Dinning Room. Photographed by William Blake.
View of a factory canteen. Unknown location.
Fairy Glen, Darlaston, near Stone
Outdoor portrait of a woman in formal dress sitting on a stile and holding flowers. The location is referred to as Fairy Glen and the woman's name is Jeannie. It appears to be one of a group of images ...
Fairy Glen, Darlaston, near Stone
Landscape taken at Fairy Glen including a country lane, a woman and a girl. The women in the picture are named Dot and Jeannie. Jeannie is Jane Leach (nee Merriman) who died 2 September 1940.
It appears ...
Fairy Glen, Easter 1907. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including a country lane. Taken at Fairy Glen during the Easter of 1907.
Family Arms Of Pedleys Of Staffs. Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph of an embroidered coat of arms.
Family Tree Hanging, Unknown. Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph of a family tree hanging.
Family Tree Hanging, Unknown. Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph of a family tree hanging.
Farm Buildings, Hilderstone. Photographed by William Blake.
Village scene with a view of farm buildings at Hilderstone, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Female Provident Society - Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
This 'benefit club' claimed to offer women a fighting chance of avoiding hopeless poverty - many years before any worker paid a National Insurance contribution.
This notice details the monthly payments ...
Female Provident Society - Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
This 'benefit club' claimed to offer women a fighting chance of avoiding hopeless poverty - many years before any worker paid a National Insurance contribution.
If a woman fell ill, she could expect ...
Firing Pottery. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide with a view of the smokey industrial landscape as pottery manufacturers fire their products in kilns and ovens.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation ...
First day of polling in Newcastle-under-Lyme - 1831 election notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
After a day of voting in Newcastle-under Lyme's 1831 elections, the standing was as follows:
E. Peel - 309 votes;
W.H. Miller - 204 votes;
J. Wedgwood - 151 votes.
This notice was collected ...
First Page of the Old Register from Caverswall Church with Parts Deciphered. Photographed by William Blake.
First Page, dated 1552, of the Old Register from St. Peter's Church at Caverswall, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Fishing, Longton Park. Photographed by William Blake.
Park scene taken at Longton Park, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The photograph includes anglers fishing the park lake.
The park's official name is Queen's Park and it was officially opened on July ...
Floor Plan of a Potbank - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
This floor plan for a pottery complex may have been drawn up by local manufacturer Enoch Wood - who certainly added notes outlining his intentions.
He noted down plans for a nine-foot perimiter wall, ...