Burslem area Ordnance Survey Maps- Public Sewer in St. John's Square and Market Place Plan
Map showing details of Burslem's drainage plan.
Why were the maps made?
This series of maps was surveyed by the Ordnance Survey Department in 1851 in accordance with the provisions of the Public ...
Chell Workhouse, Turnhurst Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan shows some of the doors, windows and fireplaces of Chell workhouse. Workhouses date back to the 17th century and were set up as places that provided work, often in return for food and lodging, ...
Cheshire Cottage and Egyptian Court, Biddulph Grange Gardens
This is a plan of the Egyptian Court and Cheshire Cottage at Biddulph Grange Gardens. These buildings were created as an integral part of the gardens by James Bateman who set up the gardens in the mid ...
Church of the Holy Trinity, Hartshill Road, Hartshill
This plan is of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Hartshill Road, Stoke. It was dedicated in 1842 and is another example of gothic architecture (like St.Peter's Church in Stoke). The building is now Grade ...
Crown Works, Steventon Place, Burslem
This building plan is of the Crown Pottery Works in Burslem. The plan has cross sections of the bottle kiln which show its structure in great detail.
Diagrams (clockwise from top left):
- Front of bottle ...
Falcon Pottery Works, Sturgess Street, Stoke
This building plan shows the Falcon Pottery works in Sturgess Street which, like the Goss works, was owned by William Henry Goss. The building are now grade II listed.
The plan shows the front, back ...
Female imbecile ward, Stoke workhouse, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the female imbecile ward (so called at the time) built in 1894 at Stoke workhouse on Newcastle Road. Workhouses were originally meant to be places where the poor could work in return for ...
Goss Pottery Works, Sturgess Street, Stoke
This plan is of Goss Pottery works in Stoke. The works were set up by William Henry Goss and the bottle kilns are now grade II listed buildings. The site is occupied by Portmerion.
Diagrams (clockwise ...
Hartshill Church of England School, Vicarage Road, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of Hartshill Church of England School in Vicerage Road.
Diagrams (from top):
- Front of the school
- Section through the building
This diagram was created in 1982 during the Stoke-on-Trent ...
Hilltop Methodist Church, Westport Road, Burslem
This plan is of Hilltop Methodist Church in Burslem. As you can see from the diagrams it is a rather grand building and inside has seating for a large congregation. A plaque on the front of the building ...
Intermittent downdraught tile kilns at Wheatley's Springfield Tileries, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of Wheatley's Springfield Tileries in Stoke-on-Trent. Tile factories existed throughout Stoke-on-Trent in the 19th and 20th centuries and formed an important local industry.
Diagrams (from ...
Jolly Potters Public House, Hartshill Road, Hartshill
This is a plan of the Jolly Potters pub in Hartshill, Stoke. the plans show the pub as it was in 1910. The Jolly Potters is still trading in Hartshill today.
Diagrams (clockwise from top left):
- Front ...
Longton Town Hall and general market, Time Square, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of Longton town hall and general market. The building is still standing and is used for meetings, weddings and parties, examinations and offices. In the 1940s and 1950s it was used as a dance ...
Minton Cottages, 267 - 281 Hartshill Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent
This building plan is of the Minton Cottages on Hartshill Road in Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent. These houses were built in 1857 by Herbert Minton for the employees of the Minton pottery factory. When they ...
Minton Cottages, 267 Hartshill Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent
This building plan is of 267 Hartshill Road in Hartshill. This row of cottages was built in 1857 by Herbert Minton, of the Minton ceramic factory, for his work force. The cottages still stand today and ...
Minton Memorial Building, London Road, Stoke
This plan is of the Minton Memorial Building which was formerly a school of art. It was built in 1835 and lies next to the former swimming baths (now a library). The building has Grade II listed status.
Diagrams ...
Moorcroft Pottery, Sandbach Road, Cobridge
This plan is of the Moorcroft Pottery Factory in Cobridge. Moorcroft continue to produce high quality ceramics on the site today.
Diagrams (clockwise from top left):
- Section through building
- South ...
No.14 The Villas, Stoke
This plan is of no.14 The Villas in Stoke. The Villas were built in the 1850s and were bought by middle class, professional people. The architect, Charles Lynham, designed three grades of property which ...