Discover Stoke on Trent Museums
Museum Service Home
Theme Explorer Map Explorer Text Search My Album
Themes  
Select themes and sub-themes to view resources:

open sub-theme Agriculture & Countryside (669)
open sub-theme Archaeology & Ancient Sites (69)
open sub-theme Buildings, Architecture, Monuments (1510)
open sub-theme Business, Trade & Industry (1910)
open sub-theme Celebrations, Events & Disasters (196)
open sub-theme Costume & Textiles (493)
open sub-theme Education (63)
open sub-theme Health & Welfare (55)
open sub-theme Home, Household & Family Affairs (96)
open sub-theme Law, Order & Emergency Services (56)
open sub-theme Organisations, Clubs & Societies (130)
open sub-theme Parks & Gardens (202)
open sub-theme People (1733)
open sub-theme Religion & Beliefs (262)
open sub-theme Sport, Arts & Leisure (238)
open sub-theme Transport & Communication (402)
open sub-theme War & Armed Forces (93)


<cite>Proposed Grand Commercial Canal</cite> - Pamphlet from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In this statement, a group of landowners protest that they have been misrepresented in print. They believe that they have been cast as supporter...
<cite>The Coal Miners' Address to the Public</cite> - A notice from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
So-called 'blackleg' labour has been a controversial feature of industrial tension for generations. Traitors When North Staf...
<cite>The Intended Commercial Canal</cite> - Minutes of a meeting at the White Hart and Star Inn, Uttoxeter. From the Enoch Wood scrapbook
exhibition An ambitious new project has begun in Staffordshire - outlined at a meeting at the White Hart and Star Inn, Uttoxeter. A transport revo...
<cite>The Lancer</cite>  at speed
'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...
<cite>The Miner's Manual</cite> - Handbill from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
This single-sheet Miner's Manual was published in response to attempts by coal masters to crush the activities of organised labour. Th...
<cite>The Proposed Commercial Canal</cite> - Minutes of a Meeting
The management of a proposed new Commercial Canal has held a meeting at the Swan Inn, Hanley, to discuss the findings of Mr. Whitworth, who has bee...
<cite>The Proposed Commercial Canal</cite> - Minutes of a meeting at the Swan Inn, Hanley
The management of the proposed new Commercial Canal has held a meeting at the Swan Inn, Hanley, to discuss the findings of Mr. Whitworth, who has b...
<cite>The Proposed Commercial Canal</cite> - Pamphlet
The management of a proposed new Commercial Canal has held a meeting at the Swan Inn, Hanley, to discuss the findings of Mr. Whitworth, who has bee...
<cite>To the Colliers in the Parishes of Wrexham and Rhuabon</cite> - Pamphlet from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
The colliers of North Staffordshire were not the only mine workers to organise industrial action in 1831. Tensions also arose across England and...
<cite>Twenty Pounds Reward</cite> - A notice from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
Goldenhill colliery owner Robert Williamson, writing from Longport, here finds himself at the centre of an industrial dispute. Combinati...
<i>Barkeria lindleyana</i> - Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala
exhibition This plate from The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala by James Bateman shows Barkeria lindleyana, also known as Lindley's Barkeria....
<i>Barkeria spectabilis</i> - Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala
exhibition This plate from The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala by James Bateman shows barkeria spectabilis, also known as Shewy Barkeria. ...



(c) Stoke on Trent City Council 2005
Terms & Conditions
Renaissance West MidlandsBig Lottery FundMuseums Libraries and Archives Council