Waterside Scene. Photographed by William Blake.
River or lakeside scene including a man, boats and a house.
Unknown location.
Webberley's shop, Percy Street, Hanley
This imposing building on the corner of Percy Street and Tontine Street is the Free Trade Building. From 1924 it was the home to Webberley's (printers, stationers and booksellers). Previous occupants ...
Wedgwood factory, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph of Wedgwood's original factory next to the Trent and Mersey canal in Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent was taken in 1929. The factory was a site of real innovation and invention but was disused ...
Wedgwood's Etruria Factory, Stoke-on-Trent
Josiah Wedgwood's Etruria Works opened in 1769. Importantly, the factory was built on land that Wedgwood knew lay on the route of the proposed Trent & Mersey Canal which was opened in 1777. The factory ...
Wenger's Colour Works, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
Wenger's Ceramic Colour and Chemical works offices seen from outside the entrance to Etruria Station. The old Etruria Road runs across the bottom of the photograph with the railway bridge in the centre. ...
Wetton Bridge. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of Wetton Bridge, Manifold valley, Staffordshire.
This area is now part of the Peak District National Park.
Wetton Bridge. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of Wetton Bridge, Manifold valley, Staffordshire.
This area is now part of the Peak District National Park.
Wetton Bridge. Photographed by William Blake.
Stereoscope slide with a view of Wetton Bridge, Manifold valley, Staffordshire.
This area is now part of the Peak District National Park.
Wharf Street, Longton. Photographed by William Blake
Children wait patiently to pick up small lumps of coal dropped by the coal merchants. Once bought by a merchant then dropped in transit the coal became fair game. Children would hurry the coal home for ...
Wharf Street, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Wharf Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is possibly the best known image from the collection. Blake, in a library entry for the North Staffs Field Club, describes ...
What now for the Grand Commercial Canal? A document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
During 1796, supporters of a scheme to build a new super canal in Staffordshire locked horns with the established businessmen of the Trent and Mersey Canal Company.
The new canal
The new canal was ...
White Swan Inn, Newport Lane, Middleport
The photograph shows the White Swan Inn at 107 Newport Lane, Middleport where there has been an inn or beerhouse since the 1830s. This building was originally two modest semi-detached houses, which had ...
Whitemore Farm, Congleton. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape overlooking Whitemore Farm, Congleton, Cheshire.
Whitfield Colliery. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide with a view of Chatterly Whitfield Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire ...
Whitmore troughs. Circa 1930.
A fine view of the water troughs at Whitmore level on the Stafford-Crewe section of the former London & North Western Railway Co metals.
A mixed goods train speeds through, but not taking on water. ...
Who should pay for repairs to the Leek Road? A document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Burslem pottery manufacturer Enoch Wood acted as a Church Warden in Cobridge.
In 1790, Parliament passed a new act that required a survey of Wood's parish to be undertaken.
This was to find out ...
Wilkinson's Royal Staffordshire Pottery, Middleport
A J Wilkinson's Royal Staffordshire Pottery alongside the Trent & Mersey Canal in Middleport. The works originated as the Mersey Pottery, operated by Anthony Shaw from around 1860, becoming the property ...
Williamson Street, Tunstall
Looking east from Gibson Street towards Scotia Road. Right at the bottom, the bridge carrying the Potteries Loop Line is just visible. The ovens and building on the left belong to Henry Richard's Tiles ...