Union Inn, Measham, March 31st 1796 - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Post in the Potteries - 1796
In 1796 a national postal system using a fleet of coaches was growing in coverage but still did not directly serve the Potteries.
Many towns and cities not served by ...
Up platform, Stoke-on-Trent Railway Station
The view from the south end of the up (southbound) platform of Stoke Station. The photograph was taken before electrification in 1967, and before the four tracks were reduced to two. On the right of the ...
Uttoxeter Carnival
A carnival character in fancy dress exchanges a model train with a member of the station staff, watched by children, parents and colleagues.
This image is featured by kind permission of the Churnet ...
Uttoxeter fruit market
This image captures the bustle of business at Uttoxeter fruit market in around 1920.
Motor and horse-drawn vehicles laden with produce vie for the attention of busy shoppers in bowler hats and flat ...
Uttoxeter Road, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Postcard with a street scene, including a tram and horse & cart.
Taken at Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Information on the back of this postcard places the date for this ...
Uttoxeter Road, Meir
The junction of Uttoxeter Road and Meir Road, looking north-west, showing tram.
Uttoxeter Road, Meir
Photograph taken from outside 639 Uttoxeter Road, looking west.
Uttoxeter station
Pictured here in around 1960, Uttoxeter remained an important junction on the route of the old North Staffordshire Railway.
To the south - behind the camera - the line still runs around the edge of ...
Uttoxeter Station
A local train pulls into Uttoxeter station on a bright spring day in 1915.
This train, pulled by a small tank engine, could be terminating here, or it could be travelling on to Ashbourne and Buxton. ...
Uttoxeter station
Two North Staffordshire Railway staff pose for a photograph at Uttoxeter station in around 1900.
This station was an important junction for trains to Stoke, Derby, Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford, Ashbourne, ...
Uttoxeter station football team
Twelve members of the Uttoxeter station football team pose for a photograph during the 1960s.
This image is included by kind permission of the Churnet Valley Railway.
Victoria Falls, Africa Map. Photographed by William Blake.
Book illustrations and statistics containing information about Africa.
The top page is entitled "A Bird's-Eye View of The Zambeze River and Victoria Falls."
The bottom left page is a sketched map ...
Victoria Pottery, Fenton
This photograph is of the old Victoria earthenware works in what was known as Lane Delph, now Fenton. This is the south side of the works, looking from China Street and Meakins Row, on a snowy, overcast ...
Victoria Street (now Lockwood Street), Baddeley Green.
Looking west along Lockwood Street (formerly Victoria Street) from close to its junction with Baddeley Green Lane. In the distance, the square tower of Norton Church is the highest point visible. At ...
Victoria Theatre, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent
This is the "old" Victoria Theatre on the corner of Hartshill Road and Victoria Street in Hartshill. The theatre moved to a purpose built site on Etruria Road, becoming the New Vic Theatre, in 1986. The ...
Village store and coffee house, Oakamoor
During the 1890s, this building doubled as both a village store and coffee house, serving the village of Oakamoor.
It must have been quite a novelty for such a small village to have a coffee house; ...
W.Podmore & Sons, Potters' Millers, Shelton
W Podmore & Sons were a family firm of potters' millers with several mills around North Staffordshire. This is their Caledonian Mill on Caledonia Road in Shelton, just off Cemetery Road. The buildings ...
W.S. Leach, Wife & Dog at Knutton
Outdoor portrait of a man, a woman and a Staffordshire Bull Terrier taken at Knutton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Chimney stacks, railway signals and a church can be seen in the background.
The ...