Crown Staffordshire's Minerva Works, Fenton
The Minerva Works on Park Street in the Lane Delph area of Fenton had a wide range of famous occupiers. There was a potworks on this site from the 1750s. From 1806 to 1815 it was occupied by the Mason ...
Crown Devon Works, Stoke-on-Trent
The last remaining bottle oven at Simon Fielding's Crown Devon Works on Sutherland Street, off Whieldon Road. Dating from the late 19th Century and finally demolished in 1987, the works produced crown ...
Crown Devon Works, Stoke-on-Trent
A calcining kiln at S Fielding's Crown Devon Works off Whieldon Road. Originally part of the Railway Works, this photograph was taken next to the Stoke to Derby railway line. Calcining kilns were used ...
Crown Devon Works, Stoke-on-Trent
This is part of the original 1870s buildings of the Crown Devon Pottery on Sutherland Street off Whieldon Road. Originally known as the Railway works because it lay between the main railway line and ...
Crown Devon Works, Whieldon Road, Stoke-on-Trent
The entrance to S Fielding's Crown Devon Works on Sutherland Street, off Whieldon Road. Until 1912 the pottery was known as the Railway Works, set up in the late 1800s and operated by Hackney & Kirkham. ...
Bucknall Road bridge over the River Trent, Hanley
A view east from the old stone bridge which carries Bucknall Road over the River Trent. Just beyond is the threeway junction of Werrington Road (left), Ruxley Road (centre) and Dividy Lane (right). The ...
Broom Street, Hanley
Broom Street runs east off Old Town Road in Hanley. On the corner is Safin House, occupied in 1963 by S Finney & Sons, Wholesale Warehousemen. H & E Smith's tile factory still stands, although no longer ...
Brookhouse Green, Hanley
The line of houses are on Twigg Street (formerly James Street) which branches off Beverley Drive at Brookhouse Green (houses to the far right). The junction has been much changed but the alignment of ...
British Legion Headquarters, London Road, Stoke-on-Trent
The British Legion headquarters building stood at the corner of Sheppard Street and London Road in Stoke. The building was also the London Road Sports and Social Club. Built in the 1880s, the house predates ...
View east from Abbey Lane, Abbey Hulton
This is a view south eastwards from Abbey Lane over the old Hanley and Bucknall Colliery dirt tips. The line of houses across the centre are on Abbey Road. Townsend is on the higher land in the distance....
Abbey Lane, Bucknall
Looking north along Abbey Lane from close to the junction with Heath House Lane. This lane leads to Abbey Hulton. On the right, the higher ground is part of the site of the old Hanley and Bucknall Colliery, ...
Primitive Methodist Chapel, Lonsdale Street, Stoke upon Trent
Lonsdale Primitive Methodist Chapel was opened in 1878, replacing an earlier and smaller chapel in Queen Street. It was located at the corner of Lonsdale Street and Woodhouse Street. It was to perform ...
St Margaret's Mission Church, Victoria Road, Fenton Low
The mission church of St Margaret and St Anthony in St Anthony's Row off Victoria Road in Fenton. Behind is the spoil tip of Berry Hill Collieries.
A small church was opened around 1896 as a mission ...
Victoria Road, Fenton
Late Victorian houses on the corner of Victoria Road and Hitchman Street (on the left). Originally part of 30 houses with terracotta tiles and ornate brickwork built in 1885 by William Meath Baker. The ...
Blue John Pottery, hanley
The Blue John Pottery was in Union Street in Hanley. Established around 1886, the company produced a variety of beakers, jugs, dishes ,teapots, vases etc. The works has been demolished and Union Street ...
British Anchor Pottery, Longton
The rear of the Anchor Pottery seen from near Longton Police Station, just a little way east of Longton Station. At least one of the two bottle ovens was still in use. The Stoke to Derby railway line ...
Windsor and Elektra Potteries, Longton
The Windsor and Elektra Potteries were on Edensor Road, just before the junction with Clayton Road. This photograph was taken looking south from in front of the old Alhambra Cinema, with Clayton Road ...
Wellington Secondary School, Hanley
Wellington Road County Secondary School. The school started life as Wellington Council School around 1891. Reorganised as a secondary school in 1932. The buildings have become St Luke's Church of England ...