Beeston Tor, Manifold Valley
A view of the Manifold Valley, looking towards the limestone cliffs of Beeston Tor. The building on the lane in the middle distance is Beeston Tor Farm. This area is now part of the Peak District National ...
Beeston Tor. Photographed by William Blake.
Stereoscope slide containing a 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 ...
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.
Bell Heather, or Erica cinerea
You can spot this shrub on the drier parts of heaths and moors, especially in the Churnet Valley and Cannock Chase.
Flowering between May and August, it produces fruit between August and October and ...
Bell's old fireclay pit, Cobridge
The fireclay pit supplied Cobridge Refractories works which was off the photograph to the left. The camera is looking over the pit towards Hillary Street (on the right) and Crystal Street and Blackwell's ...
Bemersley Farm, Brindley Ford
This is a view east from Hugh Bourne's old Primitive Methodist Chapel in Brindley Ford. The chapel has been demolished. At the top of the path is Bemersley Farm, where Hugh Bourne lived for a time. The ...
Beresford Dale
Landscape with a view of the River Dove at Beresford Dale, near Hartington, Derbyshire taken in summer 1906. This stretch of the River Dove marks the border between Staffordshire and Derbyshire.
Photographer: ...
Beresford Dale
Landscape with a view of the River Dove at Beresford Dale, near Hartington, Derbyshire. This stretch of the River Dove marks the border between Staffordshire and Derbyshire.
Photographer: William Blake ...
Berry Hill from Fenton Park
This was the view north from Fenton Park towards Berry Hill Colliery spoil tip. just to the right are the chimneys and buildings of Slater's brickworks alongside Berry Hill marl pit. In the distance ...
Biddulph, Shepherds Cross. Photographed by William Blake.
Stonework landmark known as Shepherd's Cross, Biddulph, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Bidston Windmill, near Birkenhead
This view is of Bidston windmill near Birkenhead on the Wirral penininsula, shortly before its restoration in the 1890s.
A photograph taken by Longton photographer William Blake.
Bilberry, or Vaccinium myrtillus
A common shrub of heath, moors and woods on acid soil.
The bilberry can grow up to 30cm in height.
This example was found growing at Penkridge Bank, Cannock Chase, in Staffordshire, by local naturalist ...
Birches Head Road, Abbey Hulton
The view east along Birches Head Road from Leek Road in Abbey Hulton. The housing to the top right of the photograph is in Sneyd Green. The land to the left of the junction is now housing and Carmountside ...
Birches Head Road, Caldon Canal, Abbey Hulton, Stoke on Trent
A view north east across the River Trent valley from the Birches Head Road bridge over the Caldon Canal. The buildings in the right centre were Abbey Farm in the 1960s, now Trent Country Club, with Redhills ...
Bird Vetch, or Vicia cracca
This perennial grows in hayfields, wet meadows, hedgerows and wood borders.
It boasts a set of tendrils that cling to other vegetation.
Flowering between June and August, its can grow to a length ...
Bittersweet or Solanum dulcamara
Bittersweet, also known as Woody Nightshade is a perennial sprawling plant found in hedges and woods.
Flowering between June and September, its stem can grow up to 1.75m in length.
This example ...
Black Bull Station and Victoria Colliery, Brindley Ford
This is a view looking north from Bull Lane towards Victoria Colliery. Black Bull station buildings can be seen on the right hand side. The station was on the now dismantled Biddulph Valley Branch. On ...
Blue John Mine, Castleton. Photographed by William Blake.
Stereoscope slide with a view of the Blue John Mine at Castleton, Derbyshire.