Fenton Station
This photograph was taken from Fenton Station looking east towards Longton. Opened in 1864 as part of the North Staffordshire Railway's line between Stoke and Derby. The station was closed in 1961 and ...
Looking south from Fenton Manor Station, Fenton
This was the view from the footbridge south of Fenton Manor Station looking towards Fenton. The station was opened in 1889 as part of the North Staffordshire Railway branch lines to Leek and Biddulph. ...
The Foley, King Street, Longton
A group of four pottery industry firms on King St in the Foley area of Fenton. From the far end: Don Pottery, manufacturers of china, earthenware glass and fancies, Albert Machin, tile manufacturer, W. ...
The Foley, King Street, Longton
Four pottery industry firms at the Foley works in King Street. The Don Pottery Co produced china, earthenware, glass and fancies. Albert Machin produced tiles and W Perry produced china, earthenware, ...
Old Mossfield Colliery tramway wharf, Goldenhill Road, Fenton
This photograph was taken looking east from halfway up Goldenhill Road opposite the entrance to Foley Park. In the distance is the spoil tip of Mossfield Colliery. The tramway lead off to the right of ...
Mount Pleasant Church of England School, Smithpool Road, Fenton
Mount Pleasant Junior and Infants' School was on the corner of Smithpool Road and Whieldon Road. Originally opened as a branch of St peter's Church of England School in 1858, these building date from ...
Minerva China Works, Fenton
The Minerva Works, established in 1801, stood on Park Street in Fenton. One of the earliest occupiers was Mason & Co (producers of patent Ironstone China). From the 1830s until 1889 the works were operated ...
Granville Street, Mount Pleasant, Fenton
The camera is looking east along Clarendon Street from near the corner with Sutherland Road. Clarendon Street was known as Granville Street until the 1950s. At the top is the signal box on the Stoke to ...
California Locomotive Works, Stoke-on-Trent
The California Works was operated by the locomotive manufacturer Kerr Stuart & Co. Kerr Stuart moved into the works in the 1890s when they took over another railway and tram manufacturer, Hartley, Arnoux ...
Brookfield Foundry, Stoke-on-Trent
The photograph shows what was the California Engineering Works of the locomotive builders, Kerr Stuart & Co. Railway locomotives had been produced on this site since 1892. Kerr Stuart closed down in ...
Aerial view of Normacot and Longton
Looking north west across Normacot, with Longton town centre in the top left corner. The road on the left hand edge is the A5005 Lightwood Road. Star and Garter Road is in the centre foreground.
The Royal Cinema, Manor Street, Fenton
The Royal Cinema building stands in Manor Street, just off City Road in Fenton. Opened in 1913, it closed as a cinema in 1960 before becoming a nightclub for a short period. At its peak it could seat ...
Fenton Board School, King Street, Fenton
Details of windows, tiles and brickwork on the front of the Fenton Board School on King Street, near Victoria Square. Originally known as the Market street Board School, the buildings housed both infants ...
The Co-Operative Pottery Depot, Goldenhill Road, Longton
The crockery depot stood on the corner of Goldenhill Road and King Street on the edge of Longton. The Co-Op operated potteries such as the Windsor Pottery and the Crown Clarence Pottery in Longton. The ...
Swedenborgian Church, Foley Street, Fenton
The corrugated iron chapel was in Foley Street, on the corner of Packett Street. The camera is looking north along Foley Street.
The Swedenborgian or New Church movement started in the United Kingdom ...
St Matthew's Church, Fenton
The camera is looking eastwards with King Street off to the right and Park Road (now Fenpark Road) off to the left. St Matthew's Church is in the centre. Beyond the church is the Turner Memorial School.
Sty ...
Old Methodist Chapel, Canning Street, Fenton
This Primitive Methodist Chapel was built in 1873 but by the time the photograph was taken it was in use as a store room for the nearby Sterling Pottery. The buildings to the right belonged to the Victoria ...
Melbourne Works, King Street, Fenton
Close up of the main entrance to Melbourne Works in Foley. The companies listed by the main door are Hales, Hancock & Goodwin Ltd, British Pottery and Healacraft Ltd.