Longton Cemetery
The tomb of Matthew Wardhough is pictured. The cemetery was opened in 1878 on land formerly occupied by Spring Gardens allotments.
Longton Cemetery
The south side of the mortuary chapels. The chapel to the west was Nonconformist and to the east was Church of England. The cemetery was opened in 1878 on land formerly occupied by Spring Gardens allotments....
Longton Cemetery
The inscription on the grave of Matthew Wardhough is pictured.
Longton Cemetery. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Longton Cemetery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Longton Cemetery. Photographed by William Blake.
View of Longton Cemetery, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Longton Central Hall. Photographed by William Blake.
Longton Central Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Longton Station and the Phoenix Works, Longton
Longton Station in the foreground with the old Phoenix Pottery building behind and the tower of St John The Baptist Church (demolished in 1979) beyond that.
The station, opened in 1848, is on an embankment. ...
Longton, looking north towards St. John's Church
St. John the Baptist Church was built in 1792-95, replacing an earlier building of 1761. The transepts and chancel were built in 1827-28. The church was demolished in 1979 due to mining subsidence.
Lonsdale Street Methodist Chapel, Stoke-on-Trent
Lonsdale Primitive Methodist Chapel stood on the corner of Lonsdale Street and Woodhouse Street in Stoke. The building has been demolished and the site used as offices. The chapel dates from 1878.
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, ...
Mausoleum for the Dukes of Sutherland, Trentham
Trentham Park Mausoleum stands opposite the site of the original main gates to Trentham Park. This is the view from Stone Road (A34). The grade 1 listed building was finished in 1808 and built for George ...
Meir Road, Normacot
Photograph taken from 181 Meir Road. Construction on Christ Church has just commenced - note the scaffolding poles. The occasion is possibily the laying of the foundation stone. the banner across the ...
Meir Road, Normacot
The Methodist iron chapel can be seen, far right. This chapel was built in 1880. It was known locally as the 'tin chapel'. It later formed part of the Sunday school until 1960, when it was destroyed ...
Meir Road, Normacot
Photograph taken from 181 Meir Road. Christ Church is pictured. Note the road surfacing in progress.
Methodist Central Hall, Longton
This is the main entrance to Methodist Central Hall on the Strand (previously Stafford Street) in Longton. Methodism dates back to the 1780s in Longton, by 1842 a large chapel had been built in Stafford ...
Methodist Church, Barlaston Old Road, Trentham.
This church is roughly rectangular in plan, consisting of two, one-storey buildings with a central connection. The front of the building has a mock Tudor gable on the left side and a foundation stone ...
Methodist Sunday School, Hot Lane, Burslem
This single storey building is three room wide by three rooms deep. The front of the building has a row of stone plaques above the skirting. Two decorated iron figures extend from the external buttress.
The ...
Methodist Sunday School, Swan Bank, Burslem
This Sunday School building has two sections. The first is two storeys high, six rooms wide by two rooms deep. The second building also has two storeys but is five rooms wide by two rooms deep. They were ...