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 ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
The Battle of Leipzig
Document describing the emotional scenes between victorious leaders in the aftermath of Napoleon's most decisive defeat at Leipzig, Germany.
Nearing the end of the Napoleonic ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
A Collection for the Heroes of the Battle of Trafalgar
Hand-written subscription notice for a collection to assist the wounded soldiers, widows and orphans in the wake of the Battle of Trafalgar.
The ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
War is Over
Hand-written document giving notice of a dinner for manufacturers in the Burslem area of the Potteries.
The dinner was arranged to celebrate the end of Britain's war with the US in ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
War is Over
Hand-written document giving notice of a dinner for manufacturers in the Burslem area of the Potteries.
The dinner was arranged to celebrate the end of Britain's war with the US in ...
War and Peace - Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
MILITIA
Fear of invasion by Napoleon's French army was growing in Great Britain in 1803.
In times like these men could be called upon by law to serve with the local militia or the general army.
Various ...
War and Peace - Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
Military Association in Hanley Shelton and Stoke
Revolutionary France had declared war with Great Britain in 1793.
Fears of a French invasion had been growing.
Resolved Unanimously
This notice ...
War and Peace - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
War is Over
Hand-written document giving notice of a dinner for manufacturers in the Burslem area of the Potteries.
The dinner was arranged to celebrate the end of Britain's war with the US in ...
War, Peace, Politics and Reform - document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
To the Inhabitants of the Staffordshire Potteries
This probing document contains anti-war, pro-Reform propoganda in the form of a series of questions posed to the reader.
War
The Potteries were ...
Warder's Tower, Knypersley. Photographed by William Blake.
View of the Warder's Tower at Knypersley Reservoir, Nr. Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Warehouse. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide of a pottery factory warehouse housing lots of ware including mugs plates and jugs.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled ...
Warehouse. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide image taken in a pottery manufacturing warehouse with pottery workers packing ware.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled ...
Warehouse. Photographed by William Blake.
Lantern slide image taken in a pottery manufacturing warehouse with pottery workers packing ware.
This lantern slide appears to be one of a group used for a presentation or slide show by Blake entitled ...
Warning about Sunday misbehaviour - from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In the early 1800s, faith and church played a forceful role in governing the everyday life Stoke-on-Trent's people - although not everybody fell into line!
Misbehaviour
Parish officials known as ...
Water Mill, Unknown. Photographed by William Blake.
View of a water mill.
The location is unknown.
Watercolour Painting
A quayside scene, painted by Potteries-born novelist Arnold Bennett.
Bennett was a keen sailor, and spent much time cruising aboard his yachts, the Valsa and Marie Marguerite.
Waterfall, Lydford Gorge. Photographed by William Blake.
Landscape with a view of a waterfall at Lydford Gorge, Devonshire.
Waterside Scene. Photographed by William Blake.
River or lakeside scene including a man, boats and a house.
Unknown location.