Wedgwood's Manufactory, Etruria
A hand-coloured engraving taken from "The Land We Live In - A Pictorial Historical and Literary Sketch-book of the British Islands", published by William S. Orr & Co, London, 1850.
Etruria Works was ...
Weeping Window Sculpture, Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent
This picture shows the iconic Weeping Window Sculpture, with its handmade ceramic poppy cascade after being recreated on the side of a bottle kiln at Middleport Pottery.
It was part of the Blood ...
Weeping Window Sculpture, Middleport Pottery, Stoke-on-Trent
Visitors are pictured looking and photographing the Weeping Window Sculpture with its handmade ceramic poppy cascade after being recreated on the side of a bottle kiln at Middleport Pottery.
It was ...
Westport Road, Burslem
Looking from the top of Westport Road towards St John's Square, Burslem. The building on the left edge is the front of Hill Pottery, rebuilt in 1839 by Samuel Alcock. With its ornate front, it was described ...
Wharf Street, Longton. Photographed by William Blake.
Street scene taken at Wharf Street, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
This is possibly the best known image from the collection. Blake, in a library entry for the North Staffs Field Club, describes ...
Wheatly & Son brickworks, Springfields, Stoke-on-Trent
Wheatly's Brick & Tile Works (Springfield Tileries) fronted onto Newcastle Road (A34). This photograph shows the rear of the works, taken from Wheatly Avenue, with marl hole in the foreground and the ...
Wheatly's Springfield Tileries, Stoke-on-Trent
Wheatly's Brick and Tile company works was established before the 1820s. The Springfield tilery main entrance was on Newcastle Road in the Springfield area of Stoke. Closed in 1982 and demolished soon ...
Wheatly's Springfields Tileries, Stoke-on-Trent
The stockyard and storage sheds at Wheatly's Springfield tileries. The names "Romulus" and Seville" over the shed are different types of roofing tiles. In the background are two downdraught beehive ovens ...
Wheatly's Springfields Tileries, Stoke-on-Trent
The stockyard, ovens and chimneys at Wheatly's Springfield tilery. In the foreground are a variety of ridge and roof tiles. The painted sign on the gable end on the right hand side advertises "bricks, ...
Wildblood potbank, Normacot
Pottery factory exterior including bottle ovens. Taken at the rear of Wildblood Pot Bank, John Street, Normacot, Stoke-on-Trent.
Wilkinson's Royal Staffordshire Pottery, Middleport
A J Wilkinson's Royal Staffordshire Pottery alongside the Trent & Mersey Canal in Middleport. The works originated as the Mersey Pottery, operated by Anthony Shaw from around 1860, becoming the property ...
William Adams Pottery in Furlong Road, Tunstall.
The Greenfield Pottery in Furlong Road dates originally from around 1818 but was largely rebuilt in the 1920s. It is was built by the William Adams family, a large family of Tunstall potters. The works ...
William Kent Porcelain, Glendale Street, Burslem.
The camera is looking along Glendale Street, off Waterloo Road, in Burslem. At the time of the photograph, Glendale Street was called Stoneley Street. At the bottom is the site of William Kent (Porcelain) ...
Williamson Street, Tunstall
Looking east from Gibson Street towards Scotia Road. Right at the bottom, the bridge carrying the Potteries Loop Line is just visible. The ovens and building on the left belong to Henry Richard's Tiles ...
Williamson Street, Tunstall
Looking east, he photograph shows the south side of Williamson Street. The building in the foreground was occupied by Bradbury Brothers, who supplied paper bags, twine and stationery. The ovens behind ...
Wilton Pottery, Duke Street, Fenton
The building dates from 1905 and has had a wide variety of uses including a teddy bear factory, Quickfit laboratory glassware and the War department from 1939 to 46. At the time of the photograph it was ...
Wiltshaw and Robinson's Pottery, Carlton Works, Copeland Street, Stoke upon Trent
Wiltshaw & Robinson were founded in 1890, renamed as Carlton Ware in 1958 before the factory closed in 1989. The company produced a very wide range of table and ornamental earthenwares. The Carlton ware ...
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 ...