Bank Haye Brook valley, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking south along the Biddulph Valley branch line. This section is between Black Bull (behind the camera) to Ford Green and the photograph was taken from the Whitfield Mill crossing. Off to the left ...
Barlow family at Highcroft, Rough Close
Charles Barlow (left) with two of his children and the coachman.
This is one of a set of photographs of the Barlow family of Highcroft, Windmill Hill, Rough Close. The Barlows were pottery manufacturers ...
Barlow family at Highcroft, Rough Close
Charles Barlow (in bowler hat) with his two eldest children and baby Dorothy held by the housemaid.
This is one of a set of photographs of the Barlow family of Highcroft, Windmill Hill, Rough Close. ...
Beach scene, Lancashire
Lantern slide of a beach scene including a group of people by a lifeboat house. This is probably the beach at Ainsdale near Formby, Lancashire where photographer William Blake grew up. Blake moved to ...
Bear & Billet Hotel, Chester. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide with a view of the Bear & Billet Hotel and the Bridgegate in Chester.
Bedford Street Lock and Mellor's Millers on the Caldon Canal, Hanley
This photograph was taken from the Bedford Street Locks (locks 1 and 2) looking north along the Caldon Canal towards Mellor' Mills wharf and works. The canal bends sharply round to the left towards the ...
Beer Delivery at the Black Lion
Barrels of beer are delivered to the Black Lion in 1957.
The pub, at Consall Forge, Staffordshire, was built to serve workers in the local limestone industry that was carried on in the Churnet Valley ...
Beeston Tor, Leek & Manifold Light Railway
A packed passenger train with two locomotives has halted at Beeston Tor Station on its way north along the Leek and Manifold Light Railway . The line, which opened in 1904, closed in 1934, and the track ...
Beeston Tor. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape taken at Manifold Valley, Staffordshire.
The geological landmark known as Beeston Tor can be seen in the background.
This area is now part of the Peak District National Park.
Belgrave Road, Dresden. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Belgrave Road, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken in the Normacot and Dresden areas near ...
Belgrave Road, Dresden. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene with a group of children and cyclists. Taken at Belgrave Road, Dresden, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is one of many street scenes in the Blake Collection. Most of them were taken ...
Bemersley Road, Ball Green, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera is facing north along Bemersley Road from the end of Knypersley Road. This are is known as Cornhill, a name plate is just visible below the street sign on the wall of the shop to the right. ...
Bethesda Schoolrooms, Hanley
The photograph shows the western end of Alexander House, the former Methodist Sunday School of the neighbouring Bethesda Chapel. The gable end has a tablet in the pediment "Bethesda School, erected MDCCCXIX ...
Bew Street, Ball Green, Stoke-on-Trent
A view along Bew Street in Ball Green. The camera is looking south west from Bemersley Road in the area known as Cornhill. The buildings both side of the road remain much as they are in the photograph. ...
Biddulph Road, Fegg Hayes, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken looking northwards along Biddulph Road (A527) at the northern end of Fegg Hayes. The bridge in the centre carried the Biddulph Valley Branch railway line. The railway bridge ...
Biddulph Valley Branch alongside Norton Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent
A view along the Biddulph Valley branch line where it runs alongside Norton Colliery, which is to the right. The spoil tips just appear on the extreme right. The photograph was taken from the Leek Road ...
Biddulph Valley Branch mineral railway at Milton Road, Stoke-on-Trent
A view north along the ex North Staffordshire Railway's Biddulph Valley Branch near Milton Road. Norton Colliery waste tip and the Ford Green Iron Works are the centre behind the line house. Much of the ...
Birchenwood Road near Packmoor, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking north east along Birchenwood Road. The photograph was taken from close to the site of Goldenhill Station, which was just behind the camera, and Birchenwood Road was originally called Station Road. ...