This is the famed Tea Party recorded by UK Census takers in March or April 1901. The place is the residence of Francis Arthur Leath residing at Ashton Hall on Church Road in Ashton upon Mersey, County Cheshire, England. From left to right people are;
Florence M. Moore "Aunt Flo", Ernest A. "Ernie" Leath, Annie Osborne (nee Aston), Francis Arthur Leath, little Annie, Emma "Auntie Em" (visiting from Australia?), and Alice Sybil Osborne.
The 1901 UK census lists "Florence M. Moore, Alice S. Osborne, and Annie Osborne as visitors" in relation to the "Head of the house, Francis Arthur Leath, whose occupation was Newspaper Author."