Boundary Works, Church Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the Boundary Works in Longton. It was built in 1819 for ceramic manufacture.
Diagrams (top to bottom):
- Front of the building showing the positions of the original chimneys
- Section ...
Boundary Works, Longton
The Boundary Works, on King Street, Longton, near Foley, built in 1819 by Josiah Spode for ceramics manufacture.
Boundary Works, Longton
The Boundary Works, on King Street, Longton, near Foley, built in 1819 by Josiah Spode.
Bowbell Pottery, Pack Horse Lane, Burslem
The original parts of this factory building date back to before 1812, with a rear extension constructed between 1900-1912. The first floor has four windows, as does the ground floor, plus one board door ...
Bridgwood Street, Longton
The view north along Wharf Street towards the Tuscan China Works on Forrister Street. Wharf Street is today Bridgwood Street and the terraced houses have been replaced with modern housing. The photograph ...
Britannia Pottery, North Road, Cobridge
This factory was constructed between 1912 and 1924. It was originally used as a pottery factory but is now industrial units. There is a boundary wall around the site incorporating a number of out-buildings. ...
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 ...
British Anchor Pottery, Longton
British Anchor Pottery Co. on Anchor Road from the corner of Bathurst Street (Bath Street until the 1950s) on the left. The camera is looking south along Anchor Road with the railway bridge, carrying ...
British Pottery Company's Melbourne Works, King Street, Fenton
The camera is looking west along King Street towards Fenton. The Melbourne Works in the foreground, stood at the eastern end of King Street in the Foley district. Beyond are the three works Old Foley ...
Brushing.
Pottery factory interior showing a woman brushing bone china tea cups on a machine.
Brushing the ware ensured the ware was free from dust or grit prior to glazing.
Taken at the Shelley pottery factory, ...
Building the clammins, Sutherland Works, Longton
Pottery factory interior with a view of a loaded kiln stacked with saggars prior to firing. The man is ‘building the clammins’, a temporary seal in the wall of the oven with an access point through which ...
Burgess & Leigh, Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent
Burgess & Leigh built the Middleport Pottery alongside the Trent & Mersey Canal in 1888-89 and it is the only complete working Victorian pottery left in Stoke-on-Trent (2o18). Traditional pottery works ...
Burgess & Leigh, Port Street, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent
A crowded printing room at Burgess & Leigh in the mid 1930’s. Much of the printing was still done by hand. Notice the roller machine in the centre of the picture. This would be used for making patterned ...
Burgess and Leigh Pottery, Port Street, Middleport
This plan shows the front of the Burgess and Leigh Pottery factory in Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent. It was built before 1922 and the gates of the building have 'Middleport Pottery' written above them. The ...
Burnishing in a pottery factory
Pottery factory interior with a view of a woman in the process of burnishing a plate.
Burnishing
Burnishing was the process whereby fired gold applications were rubbed to produce a lustrous finish.
Silver ...
Burnishing ware, Minton's Ltd., Stoke-on-Trent
Pottery factory interior with a view of female workers in the process of burnishing ware. They are positioned facing the window as they needed good light to do the job. Taken at Minton's factory, London ...
Burslem from St Paul's Churchyard
The camera is looking eastwards from St Paul's Churchyard towards the centre of Burslem. Hall Street runs away from the centre of the picture towards the tower of St Joseph's Catholic Church. The cluster ...
Burslem from St Paul's Churchyard.
Looking east from the edge of St Paul's Churchyard. The tower to the right belongs to St Joseph's Catholic Church on Hall Street. The two gate posts on the right led to the original church, now demolished. ...