The Fowlea Brook near Ravensdale, Tunstall
Looking south from beside the Fowlea Brook towards the Talke Chemical Company's sulphuric acid works (left) and the National Benzole petroleum works (right). Behind is the higher land of Bradwell Woods. ...
The Fowlea Brook Valley from Hollywall Lane, Goldenhill
A panoramic view west from Holywall lane in Goldenhill over the Fowlea Brook Valley towards Bradwell Woods. On the left hand edge is Westport Lake and the lines of coal trucks mark the route of the main ...
The Fowlea Brook Valley from Hollywall Lane, Goldenhill
Looking in a southerly direction from Hollywall Lane, Goldenhill, towards Westport Lake. Goldendale ironworks furnaces are in the centre of the photograph with Westport Lake to the right. On the skyline ...
The Green at Baddeley Green, Stoke-on-Trent
The green on the left hand side of Leek New Road (A53) in Baddeley Green. The row of dwellings date from the end of the 19th century and were linked with Baddeley Hall Farm, which lay behind. The open ...
The Green Man, Bottom House, near Ipstones. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Green Man at Bottom House, Staffordshire.
The Green, Norton Green.
This photograph was taken from Ball Lane, looking east across The Green. The houses on the other side of the green are also on Ball Lane. Running across the centre of the photograph, but hidden in a dip, ...
The Grove, Gravelly Bank, Lightwood
Village scene including a large country house and country lane. The location is thought to be Gravelly Bank, Lightwood.
Photographed by William Blake.
The High Shut, Cheadle. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape taken at Highshutt Quarry, Hawksmoor, Nr. Cheadle, Staffordshire.
The area is now recognised as a Regionally Important Geological/Geomorphological Site (RIGS).
The Keeper's Cottage, Hawksmoor. Photographed by William Blake.
The Keeper's Cottage, Hawksmoor, Nr Cheadle, Staffordshire.
The main railway line near Harecastle
Looking north along the track of the old LMS line as it passes through Chatterley, taken from the Ravensdale Lane road bridge. The higher ground of Harecastle is straight ahead. This photograph was taken ...
The Manor House, Ipstones. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Manor House at Ipstones, Nr. Leek, Staffordshire.
The Manor House, Ipstones. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including the Manor House at Ipstones, Staffordshire. A group of women can be seen posing for the photograph.
The Manor House. Ipstones. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of the Manor House at Ipstones, Nr. Leek, Staffordshire.
The Miller's House, Stanley
Looking from Puddy Lane across the mill pond towards the old mill house in Stanley. The village has a long history of flint and corn mills dating back to the 16th and 17th centuries. Some mills ground ...
The Old Mill, Cinderhill, Longton
Flint Mill near Cinderhill Hall, Anchor Brook, Longton. The mill was demolished about 1910.
The Old Smithy, Alton
The Smithy was demolished early in the 20th century. Edward Manifold and Joseph Tundley were the Blacksmiths working here throughout the second half of the 19th century, photographed by William Blake
The Old Smithy, Park Drive, Trentham.
The Old Smithy on Park drive is a triangular shaped building sandwiched between Park Drive (on the left) and an access road on the right. The entrance is appropriately in the shape of a horseshoe and ...
The Petrifactions, near Stone. Photographed by William Blake.
The Petrifactions can be found at Cotwalton Drumble.
Petrifaction occurs when minerals in flowing water build up over time to form features. There is no evidence of petrifaction at Cotwalton Drumble, ...