The apiary, Trentham Hall
Pictured is one of the outbuildings linked with nearby Trentham Hall: the apiary, adjacent to the poultry house. The apiary was to the east of Park Drive. Here the estate beehives were kept. The car is ...
Lockett's Lane, Longton
Lockett's Lane runs between Uttoxeter Road and Normacot Road at the east end of Longton. This photograph was taken looking southwards from the corner of Uttoxeter Road. The bottle oven on the right stood ...
The Crossroads, Holloway, Butterton
Postcard with a view of the crossroads at Holloway, Butterton in the Staffordshire Moorlands. This area falls within the Peak District National Park.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
Mausoleum for the Dukes of Sutherland, Trentham
Trentham Mausoleum alongside Stone Road (A34) opposite the original main entrance to Trentham Park. Built for the Leveson-Gower family (Marquises of Stafford and later Dukes of Sutherland) in 1807-1808, ...
Memorial Tablet, Hawksmoor, near Cheadle
The John Richard Beech Masefield Memorial Stone from the gateway of Hawksmoor Nature Reserve, near Cheadle.
Blake was a fellow member of the North Staffs Field Club and held the position of club librarian ...
Opening of Hawksmoor Nature Reserve, near Cheadle
Photograph of the crowd gathering to watch the opening of the Masefield Memorial Gateway at Hawksmoor Nature Reserve, near Cheadle.
John Richard Beech Masefield was the founder of the nature reserve. ...
Opening of Hawksmoor Nature Reserve, near Cheadle
Photograph of the crowd gathering to watch the opening of the Masefield Memorial Gateway at Hawksmoor Nature Reserve, near Cheadle.
John Richard Beech Masefield was the founder of the nature reserve. ...
Locomotive, possibly at Meir
A 2-4-0 engine with a train of second and third class carriages on the Stoke to Derby line, possibly at Meir station around 1900.
This image is featured by kind permission of the Churnet Valley Railway....
Whitehough Farm and Ipstones Edge
Landscape overlooking Whitehough Farm and Ipstones Edge, Nr. Leek, Staffordshire.
A photograph by Longton photographer William Blake.
Whitehough, Ipstones
View of a large country house known as Whitehough. Taken at Ipstones, Nr. Leek, Staffordshire.
A photograph by Longton photographer William Blake.
The Manor House, Ipstones
Exterior view of the Manor House at Ipstones, Nr. Leek, Stafforshire. This view includes a motor car from the period.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton.
The Lancer at speed, Whitmore
'Royal Scot' 4-6-0 locomotive number 6155, named The Lancer, pictured at speed on a summer's day in 1947.
The locomotive is passing Whitmore water troughs, at the summit of a gradient between Stafford ...
Royal Scot, Whitmore
'Royal Scot' 4-6-0 locomotive number 6166, The London Rifle Brigade, pulls out of Whitmore after taking on an unexpected royal visitor in summer 1932.
A note on the back of the photograph tells us ...
Talbot Hotel, 117 Church Street, Stoke
The Talbot Hotel is situated on the corner where Trade Street meets Church Street. The street sign for Trade Street can be seen on the side of the building. It is uncertain exactly when this building ...
Making food parcels, Florence Colliery, Longton
During the miners’ strike of 1984-1985 striking workers received no pay or benefits and many families fell on hard times. People donated food to local collection points like this one at Florence colliery ...
Colliery bus, Hem Heath Colliery, Stoke-on-Trent
The colliery buses contracted from PMT dropped working miners outside the picket lines during the 1984/1985 miner's strike as bus drivers refused to cross the picket lines.
This photograph is reproduced ...
London Road, Boothen, Stoke-on-Trent
This is a view south west along London Road from Sheppard Street. The woman on the right is passing the front entrance of the London Road Bakehouse. It closed in 2021 after 140 years of trading and was ...
St. Mary & All Saints Church, Checkley
St. Mary & All Saints Church, Church Lane, Checkley, viewed from the Rectory garden.
Photographer: William Blake of Longton