Notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook - "Our cause is gained!"
A big decision
In 1812, the people of the Potteries were struggling for their livelihoods. One government decision could make all the difference, but would it all come too late?
Ruin
Years of ...
Notice on weights and measures - from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
During the early 1800s, people in the Potteries grew very wary about the use by dishonest traders of false weights and measures on market day.
Rip-off
It was the big 'rip-off' scandal of its time, ...
Notice regarding anti-social behaviour - from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
This notice warns locals that "riotous and disorderly" behaviour will not be tolerated in Burslem - especially on Sundays.
Bathing in the canal is another offence mentioned.
At a time when the church ...
Notice to the Burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme - 1831 election notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Francis Wedgwood addresses the burgesses of Newcastle-under-Lyme, confirming that his father has accepted their invitation to stand for Parliament in 1831.
Josiah Wedgwood II will arrive the following ...
Oak staircase, Mosslee Hall, Cheddleton
The mid-17th century staircase at Mosslee Hall.
The house is located in Cheddleton Parish, and stands on the site of a medieval house, lived in by the Hollins family during the Middle Ages (13th-14th ...
Oakamoor from Star Bank. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Oakamoor, Staffordshire, taken from Star Bank.
Office Scene.
Pottery factory offices and office workers.
Taken at The Co-op Wholesale Society Factory, Stoke-on-Trent.
Taken from the Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection.
This photograph is ...
Old Accounting Document. Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph of an old document containing accounts charges.
Old Cottages, Ipstones. Photographed by William Blake.
Village scene taken at Ipstones, Nr. Leek, Staffordshire.
Old Document. Photographed by William Blake.
Photograph of an old document.
Old Potter's Wheel.
Postcard captioned 'Old Potter's Wheel'.
Containing a pottery factory interior with a view of a girl turning an old hand powered wheel.
This action powered a throwing wheel.
Taken from the Gladstone ...
Old Quern, Pillaton Hall, Penkridge. Photographed by William Blake.
An old quern at Pillaton Hall, Penkridge, Staffordshire.
Querns were hand milling tools used to grind corn.
Old Staffordshire. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of a vase decorated in an old style associated with Staffordshire. This is one of the few colour slides in the collection.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a ...
Old Wedgwood Jasper Vase. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of a Jasper Vase by Wedgwood.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled “Staffordshire Pottery.”
A small folder containing ...
On Congleton Edge. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of Congleton Edge, Cloud End and the Cheshire Plain.
On Longstone Edge, Derbyshire. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape taken at Longstone Edge, Derbyshire.
On the campaign trail at the 1812 elections - a letter from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In this letter, Thomas Sparrow recommends to Enoch Wood that 21-year old Parliamentary candidate Edward John Walhouse should "go as quickly thro' the County as possible - to do otherwise cannot answer ...
Open letter from E.J. Walhouse to the electors of Staffordshire - 1812 election notice from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
The 1812 election shows that government affairs have not not always been dominated by today's party politics - but they were far from democratic.
"Strictly pure and independent..."
Local issues ...