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 ...
Lockett's Lane, Longton.
Lockett's Lane runs between Uttoxter 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 ...
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
St. Mary & All Saints Church, Checkley
Church exterior of St. Mary & All Saints Church, Church Lane, Checkley. St. Mary's Church has Norman, Early English and Perpendicular features and was remodeled in the 17th century. The building on the ...
St. Mary & All Saints Church, Checkley
Church exterior of St. Mary & All Saints Church, Church Lane, Checkley. St. Mary's Church has Norman, Early English and Perpendicular features and was remodeled in the 17th century. The building on ...
Mosslee Hall, Cheddleton
Mosslee Hall and Farm viewed from Belmont Lane, Cheddleton.
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 ...
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 ...
Mosslee Hall, Cheddleton
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 century). Much of the present building dates from ...
Mosslee Hall, Cheddleton
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 century). Much of the present building dates from ...
Moddershall Pool
Entitled "A Moddershall Mirror", this photograph was taken at Wayside Pool, Moddershall, near Stone, Staffordshire. Photographed by William Blake.