Kidney Vetch, or Anthyllis vulneraria
This perennial commonly grows in soils rich in lime (known as "calcareous" soils).
Flowering between May and September, it can grow up to 50cm in height, and its flowers can be red, yellow, or purple.
This ...
Landscape, Cotton Dell. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape including a stream. Taken at Cotton Dell, Staffordshire.
Landscape, Unknown. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide containing a landscape of a valley and stream. The location is unknown.
Landscape. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape. Unknown location.
Landscape. Unknown Location. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape. Unknown Location.
Landscape. Unknown Location. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape. Unknown Location.
Landscape. Unknown Location. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape. Unknown Location.
Landscape. Unknown Location. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape and river. Unknown location.
Leek New Road at Daisy Bank Bridge, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking south west from close to the Daisy Bank Bridge along the A53 (Leek New Road) with Sneyd Green to the left and Holden Bridge in the centre distance. The photograph was taken from near Bellerton ...
Leek New Road, Milton, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking north east towards Baddeley Green from the Leek New Road (A53) bridge over the Caldon Canal near Milton. The area to the immediate left of the road is the old shraff (waste) tip belonging to Buller's ...
Lesser Spearwort, or Ranunculus flammula
This perennial plant often grows in wet peat by moorland streams.
Flowering between May and September, it can creep up to 70cm in height.
This example was found growing at Warwickshire Moor near ...
Lion Rock, Dovedale
Stereoscope slide showing Lion Rock and the River Dove taken at Dovedale. Lion Rock is on the Derbyshire bank of the River Dove, the opposite bank is Staffordshire. This area is now part of the Peak District ...
Lion Rock, Dovedale. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Lion Rock at Pickering Tor, one of the geological landmarks at Dovedale, Derbyshire.
This area is now part of the Peak District National Park.
Lydford Gorge, Devonshire. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape taken at Lydford Gorge, Devonshire.
Lyme Brook valley and Buckmaster Avenue, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken from the old Clayton bridle track, looking west towards the back of the houses on Buckmaster Avenue. The Lyme Brook runs across the photograph, marked by the line of bushed beyond ...
Manifold Valley
Landscape taken at Manifold Valley during the summer of 1906.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Manifold Valley at Grindon. Photographed by William Blake.
Stereoscope slide containing a landscape with a view taken at Grindon, Staffordshire.
This area is now part of the Peak District National Park.
Marsh Thistle or Cirsium palustre
Marsh Thistle is a biennial found in wet places such as marshes, damp hedgerows, woods and grasslands.
Flowering between July and August it can grow to a height of 1.5m
This example was found growing ...