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1812 List of the Poor Relieved by the Parish of Burslem - Document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook
In the early 1800s the Parish of Burslem was responsible for organising poor relief for the townspeople.
Local printer John Tregortha regularly produced an account of all out-of-work potters in the ...
1813 Report of the State of the Poor in the Parish of Burslem - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
This document provides an account of benefit payments in Burslem at the end of January 1813.
In 1811, the town's population had been 8,625.
In January 1813, 1,335 of these were receiving relief ...
1813 Report of the State of the Poor in the Parish of Burslem - Enoch Wood Scrapbook
This list, compiled by Burslem's Parish Churchwardens, reveals some of the town's unemployment problems in the period around Christmas 1812 and January of the following year.
The rates
'Rates' collected ...
1813 Report on the State of the Poor in the Parish of Burslem - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
This document provides an account of benefit payments in Burslem at the end of January 1813.
In 1811, the town's population had been 8,625.
In January 1813, 1,335 of these were receiving relief ...
1836 election document from the Enoch Wood scrapbook - "Beware of the Destructives"
This notice calls upon the electors of Stoke-on-Trent not to promise their votes to any aspiring Member of Parliament just yet.
Who should they vote for?
The author urges them to wait until they ...
19 Victoria Street, Wolverhampton
Despite the misleading sign over the first floor window, this timber-framed building dates from the early 17th century, and not from 1300. It stands on the corner of Victoria Street and St. John Street, ...
1913 Millenary Ox-Roast, Corporation Street, Tamworth
This postcard shows the 1913 Millenary Ox Roast at the rear of the Drill Hall, which was built in 1911. Mr Redfern, who was in charge of the Ox Roast, was a butcher of Lower Gungate and is shown wearing ...
2 Sneyd Street, Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of the terraced house at no.2 Sneyd Street in Cobridge. The house backs onto the Market Tavern pub; there was once a door between the two but it has been bricked up.
Diagrams (clockwise ...
25th Wedding Anniversary, Seighford Hall Hotel
Mr Norman and Mrs Flossie Brown are pictured waiting to be served dinner on the occasion of their 25th wedding anniversary party, which was held on 17th February 1968, at Seighford Hall Hotel, Seighford.
Acknowledgement: ...
263 Hartshill Road, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent
This plan is of 263 Hartshill Road. The building is one of the Minton cottages, built in 1857 by the Minton pottery factory for its employees. The houses still stand today overlooking Hartshill Park.
Diagrams ...
29 Lichfield Street, Hanley
This is the Adam's Sewing Machine (sales and repairs) shop at 29 Lichfield Street in Hanley. Bert Bentley thought this must have been the smallest shop in The Potteries. The shop was in the northern part ...
32-36 Carter Street, Uttoxeter
Cottages 32-36 Carter Street, Uttoxeter, later renovated to become Redfern's Cottage and Museum of Uttoxeter Life.
Photographer: Alfred McCann of High Street, Uttoxeter.
459 Watling Street, Tamworth
This house was built by Charles Smith senior, using salvaged doors, windows etc. from Drayton Manor.
48 Broad Street, Hanley
In the 1960s, number 48 Broad Street was occupied by Gestetner, a company that manufactured duplication and reproducing machines in the days before photocopiers. Gestetnering involved making a stencil ...
50000th Reliant Regal
Tom Scott, the Managing Director of Reliant is seen here at a presentation to mark the 50000th Reliant Regal.
The Reliant Motor Company was formed in 1935 when Mr T.L. Williams decided to build his ...
73-77 High Street, Eccleshall
This view was taken on the south side of the High Street in Eccleshall. On the right is I. Stanejko's boot and shoe repair shop and above there is an advertising sign for Cherry Blossom shoe polish. All ...
A Bit Thick for Father Christmas In the Potteries. Photographed by William Blake.
Industrial landscape with the caption "A Bit Thick for Father Christmas In the Potteries". Taken at Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Despite an obvious pride in many of the aspects of the pottery ...
A Caution - Document from the Enoch Wood Scrapbook
In the late 1700s, an Association of Pottery Manufacturers would periodically adopt a standard list of prices to ensure that one business could not undercut its neighbour.
This practice brought occasional ...