Alfred Meakin's Royal Albert Pottery, Tunstall
Alfred Meakin's Victoria Pottery on the right looking up Bank Street. Meakin's took over an existing pottery in 1873 and expanded the factory in 1885. The site is now housing
Wagstaff & Brunt's Pottery, Longton
Wagstaff & Brunt's Richmond Pottery on the corner of March Road and King Street in Longton. March Road was known as Richmond Road until the 1950s. A 1908 advert for the company claimed that this was ...
The Midland Bank building, Market Street, Longton
This is the old Midland Bank building on the corner of Railway Passage and Market Street in Longton. A date tablet over the door states "Established 1836", the year of the founding of the Birmingham ...
St John's Church, Longton
St John the Baptist Church and churchyard in Longton. This was the view across the graveyard from Rutland Road. The old church founded in 1764, rebuilt in 1792 with the east end nearest the camera enlarged ...
St James' Church, Longton
St James The Less Church in Longton photographed from the churchyard entrance on Normacot Road. Funded by the Church Building Act of 1818, this church was built in 1833-34, costing around £10,000, to ...
Market Street, Longton
The shop with the Dutch gable is Haydens, a clothiers and outfitters who had branches in Tunstall and Hanley in addition to this shop on Market Street. Next door, at number 17, is Brough's the Florists. ...
Market Street, Longton
Market Street in Longton in the 1960s. thye photograph was taken from the Sutherland Road/Anchor Road junction looking north west towards Market Square. The shop in the centre is Leeke's grocers, with ...
View over Longton
The Longton skyline with St James' Church tower on the left and, less clear, St John's Church tower near the right edge. This photograph was taken looking westwards from Weston Coyney Road near Park Hall ...
J Leeke's shop, Market Street, Longton.
Leeke's shop in Market Street, Longton. J Leeke was a grocer's shop sitting between Cyples Lane (left) and Noons Court (right) in Market Street. Now demolished, this is one of the entrances to Longton ...
Grafton Pottery Works, Longton
The Grafton Pottery Works was on Marlborough Road, Ashwood in Longton. Built in 1900 for Alfred B Jones who set up his family business around this time. The name came from the neighbouring Grafton Junior ...
Turkeys at Great Eaves Farm, Bucknall
Great Eaves Farm lies on the City boundary in Eaves Lane. The fam dates back to the 1680s. Bert Bentley was very keen top, point out that the farmer, in 1964 a Mrs Hughes, " ...breeds 50 turkeys every ...
Queen Anne China Works, Greendock Street, Longton
The Queen Anne China Works in Greendock Street in Longton. It started as the Edensor Works in the 1870s, operated by Shore & Coggins and later by Thomas Wild who introduced the Bell China name. The Queen ...
Potteries in Greendock Street, Longton
On the left is the Three Tuns Inn, originally on the other side of the street where the Royal Stafford works is, but now demolished. On the opposite side is the Edensor Works or Queen Anne China works ...
Plant's Tuscan Works, Forrister Street, Longton
The front of the Tuscan Works on Forrister Street in Longton. This photograph was taken near the corner with Anchor Road looking east. Operated by brothers Richard Hammersley & Simon Lucas Plant, the ...
Old Abbey Hulton and Bucknall stone signpost, Bucknall
This stone signpost (and at one time, horse trough) stands at the junction of Eaves Lane and Greasley Road in Bucknall. Reputed to have been erected by the Owen family who lived at the rectory in Bucknall. ...
Bottle ovens, Longton
A general view east from Commerce Street in Longton with St James' Church tower visible between the bottle ovens. The ovens are probably from four large works in Longton: Coronation earthenware works ...
Little Eaves Lane, Bucknall
Looking north east along Little Eaves Lane from close to Hob Hill cottages, just off Eaves Lane. The camera is looking towards Norton and the northern part of the city (mistily on the skyline). A coal ...
Leo Samuels Pottery Works, King Street, Longton
The Boundary or California Works was built in 1819 in King Street, Longton and occupied by Jacob Marsh. Latterly operated by Leo Samuels Ltd, manufacturers of china and earthenware teapots and fancies. ...