Manifold Valley
Landscape taken at Manifold Valley during the summer of 1906.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Marsh Violet, or Viola palustris
This perennial plant is a regular sight on the acid soils of the moorlands.
Flowering between April and July, it can grow up to 10cm in height.
This example was found growing at Tittesworth in Staffordshire, ...
Marsh-marigold, or Caltha palustris
This perennial plant can often be found in wet woods and marshy fields.
Flowering between March and July, it can grow up to 45cm in height.
This example was found at Oakamoor in Staffordshire over ...
Meadow Saxifrage, or Saxifraga granulata
You can find this perennial plant in "calcareous" pastures that are rich in lime.
Flowering between April and June, it can grow to a height of 45cm.
This example was collected at Ellis Hill in Staffordshire ...
Moddershall Oaks. Photographed by William Blake.
Woodland scene taken at Moddershall Oaks, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Moddershall Pool
Entitled "A Moddershall Mirror", this photograph was taken at Wayside Pool, Moddershall, near Stone, Staffordshire. Photographed by William Blake.
Moddershall Pool. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Moddershall Pool, Moddershall, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Oakamoor from Star Bank. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Oakamoor, Staffordshire, taken from Star Bank.
Opposite-leaved Golden Saxifrage, or Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
You can find this perennial plant growing beside streams, in wet shady places and in the woods.
Flowering between April and July, it can grow to a height of 10cm.
This example was collected at Madeley ...
Ragged Robin, or Lychnis flos-cuculi
A marshy place, upland stream or lowland meadow is where you must go to find this pink-flowering perennial plant.
In bloom in between May and June, it can reach a height of 70cm.
This example was ...
Red Campion, or Silene dioica
You will find this biennial or perennial plant growing in Staffordshire's woods and hedgerows.
Flowering between May and November, it can reach a height of 80cm.
This example was found growing in ...
Reflections, Stanley Pool. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape taken at Stanley, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Reflections, Stanley Pool. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape taken at Stanley, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Road at Sandon. Photographed by William Blake.
Woodland scene and country lane taken at Sandon, Staffordshire.
Sharpcliff, Coombs Valley, near Cheddleton. Photographed by William Blake.
View of south part of Sharpcliff, Coombes Valley, near Cheddleton, Staffordshire.
Spring Valley, Trentham
Landscape with a view of Spring Valley at Trentham. Spring Valley, on the Trentham Estate, separates Jervis Wood form King's Wood.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton
Spring Valley, Trentham
Landscape with a view of Spring Valley at Trentham. Spring Valley, on the Trentham Estate, separates Jervis Wood form King's Wood.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
The Downs Banks, Barlaston. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of The Downs Banks, also known as Barlaston Downs, near Stone, Staffordshire.