Alton Castle. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Alton Castle, showing part of the wall and towers from the medieval castle built in about 1175, with the 19th century convent buildings behind.
Alton Castle. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Alton Castle, showing part of the wall and towers from the medieval castle built in about 1175.
Alton Woods. Photographed by William Blake.
Forest scene taken at Alton Woods, Staffordshire.
Alton. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide containing a view of the formal gardens and buildings at Alton, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Originally home to the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers has been developed ...
Alton. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide with a view of the formal gardens and buildings at Alton, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Originally home to the Talbot family, Earls of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers has been developed ...
An Address to the Coal Miners - Pamphlet from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
An apparently neutral observer introduces himself in this pamphlet, claiming to weigh up the respective cases of the coal masters and miners' union during industrial unrest in 1831.
Claiming to wish ...
An Address to the Public in Answer to the Case of the Trent and Mersey Canal Company - Pamphlet from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Controversial Proposals
The Trent and Mersey Canal Company has recently issued controversial proposals to build a reservoir and extend a branch canal to Leek.
This pamphlet, sent to Enoch Wood's ...
AN IMITATION Of one of "Moore's Melodies" - Broadside ballad sheet from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
A call to the INDEPENDENT FREEHOLDERS OF STAFFORDSHIRE
This song urges local freeholders to vote for a candidate named Dent. The 'Dent' mentioned, who used the tune from Moore for his song, was John ...
An Old Footpath, Moddershall. Photographed by William Blake.
Woodland scene taken at Moddershall, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
An Oven Opened. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide looking into a hot oven. The stacked saggars can be seen inside.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire ...
An Oven Opened. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide looking into a hot oven. The stacked saggars can be seen inside.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire ...
Anchor Road, Adderley Green. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene with a view of Anchor road, Adderley Green, Nr. Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
The left hand turning is Gladstone Street, which is now called Bambury Street.
The Railway Hotel ...
Ancient Corn Pot. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of an ancient corn pot.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder containing ...
Ancient Corn Pot. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of an ancient corn pot.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder containing ...
Anderton Carrying Company - document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
In the spring of 1838, James Macintyre, Agent for the Anderton Carrying Company, wrote this confident letter to Staffordshire's pottery manufacturers to celebrate his canal company's success.
He announced ...
Annscroft Cottage, Hilderstone. Photographed by William Blake.
Village scene with a view of Annscroft Cottage, Hilderstone, Nr. Stone, Staffordshire.
Annual General Meeting of the Manufacturers of China and Earthenware - from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
During the career of Burslem pottery manufacturer Enoch Wood (1759 - 1840), industry bosses frequently gathered to discuss pressing issues and find common solutions to particular problems that they faced.
1812: ...
Anti-Slavery petition to be organised in Stoke-on-Trent - A notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Once Britain had outlawed the slave trade in 1804-5, a new organisation known as the African Institution tried to maintain the momentum of the anti-slavery movement.
Now they called for other countries ...