Furlong Mills, Middleport
The camera is looking southwards along Furlong Lane in Middleport. Furlong Mills in Furlong Lane, Middleport is a mill for the preparation of potting materials. It was built in 1842, marked on maps as ...
George Edwards' Flint Mill, Ruxley Road, Bucknall
George Edwards mill in Ruxley Road, close to the junction with Bucknall road, next to the mill stream that flowed from the River Trent at Finney Gardens. Bucknall Road is off to then left. The two ovens ...
Glaze spraying, Taylor Tunnicliff and Co Ltd, Hanley
Glaze spraying at Taylor, Tunnicliff's Eastwood factory, Hanley.
The firm was founded in 1867 by Thomas Taylor and William Tunnicliff, eventually concentrating on making specialised pottery for the ...
Goodwin's Potters Millers on the Caldon Canal, Hanley
George Goodwin & Sons Westwood Mills site on the banks of the Caldon Canal just off Lichfield Street in the Eastwood area of Hanley. The company was founded in 1848 and had mills at Consall and Cheddleton. ...
Grinding and cementing, Taylor Tunnicliff and Co Ltd, Hanley
Grinding and cementing at Taylor, Tunnicliff's Eastwood factory, Hanley.
The firm was founded in 1867 by Thomas Taylor and William Tunnicliff, eventually concentrating on making specialised pottery ...
Grinding shop, Taylor Tunnicliff and Co Ltd, Stone
The grinding shop at Taylor, Tunnicliff's Stone factory.
The firm was founded in 1867 by Thomas Taylor and William Tunnicliff, eventually concentrating on making specialised pottery for the electrical ...
Hargreaves Mills on Botteslow Street, Hanley
Hargreaves Mill was on Botteslow Street just over the bridge over the Caldon Canal. The canal is just visible on the left hand edge of the photograph. In the 1880s this was the site of Wellington Mill ...
Harrisons's Phoenix Works and offices, Garth Street, Hanley
Harrison & Sons manufactured a wide range of materials for the ceramics industry, mainly for decorating. Their Phoenix Works was at the south end of Garth Street (until the 1950s known Bath Street) in ...
Hercules Mill, Stanley
Hercules Mill was originally called Stanley Mill until rebuilt by Harrison & Sons in 1887. The original mill dates back to the 16th century and in the 1860s was used to grind both corn and flint and was ...
Hitchings Potters' Transfers works, Caledonia Road, Shelton
Hitchings ceramic transfer works were on Caledonia Road, off Cemetery Road in Shelton. The company bceased trading in 1964. The buildings still stand and have been converted into student accommodation ...
Inside Victoria Mill, Stanley Moss Lane, Stanley
Victoria Mill belonged to Harrison & Son, manufacturers of ceramic colours and glazes. A Harrison's 1893 advertisement claimed they were "the largest glaze and colour makers in the world". Ingredients ...
Jesse Shirley's Bone and Flint Mill, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
Looking from the Lower Bedford Street bridge along the Trent & Mersey canal towards Etruscan Bone & Flint Mill. The canal bends left, to the right is a small canal basin for the mill. The mill was built ...
Johnson Matthey & Co colour works, William Clowes Street, Burslem
The camera is looking southwards down William Clowes Street with St John's Church at the bottom, on Woodbank Street. William Clowes Street was formerly called Church Street. The road on the left by the ...
Johnson Matthey's Ceramic Laboratory, Nile Street, Burslem.
Johnson Matthey's ceramic research laboratory was at the top of Nile Street in Burslem. Off to the left is Mayer Bank and to the right of Johnson Matthey's was Holy Trinity Church (demolished in 1959). ...
Jolley Shop, Taylor Tunnicliff and Co Ltd, Stone
The Jolley Shop at Taylor, Tunnicliff's Stone factory. The terms jolleying and jiggering are often used to describe the same thing. Jolleying is the older of the two terms and has regularly been used ...
Mellor's Minerals mill, Etruria Vale, Stoke-on-Trent
Mellor's mill was alongside the Caldon Canal just off Etruria Vale Road. The canal is hidden behind the wall and buildings on the left. This was once the Anderton Canal Company wharf and basin, the bridge ...
Middleport Mills Ltd., Furlong Lane, Middleport
The mill was at the northern end of the Burslem Branch Canal in the basin just off Furlong Lane.
Middleport Mills, Pidduck Street, Middleport
This photograph was taken from Milvale Strteet with Pidduck Street going off to the right down to the Trent & Mersey Canal. This was a calcining mill built largely in the early 19th Century, bordering ...