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Jan 31, 2024 · Made from over 6,000 shaped bricks, this long relief depicts images of the history and industries of the Stoke-on-Trent area. The images include a working mine with miners and pithead, and a pottery with kilns and potters at work. Transport is also included with a horse and cart carrying coal, and several canal boats in dock.
The Staffordshire Potteries is the industrial area encompassing the six towns Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Tunstall and Stoke (which is now the city of Stoke-on-Trent) in Staffordshire, England. [1]
Nov 16, 2017 · Photo credit: Andrew Stawarz/Flickr. Staffordshire’s pottery industry was centered around six towns—Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke, Fenton and Longton, that now make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. This region was known as The Potteries.
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Stoke-on-Trent is a city in England. Situated less than 50 miles south of Manchester, and almost the same distance north of Birmingham. 170 miles north-west of London, roughly 3 hours by car or less than 2 if youtake the train. If you want to visit the Potteries in Stoke-on-Trent it is easier to navigate from one factory, museum and outlet to anoth...
The name Stoke-on-Trent is a conurbation. An amalgamation of six nearby towns of with Hanley, Tunstall, Fenton, Longton and Burslem to form the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent in 1910. Hanley is the main City Centre, with a wide variety of cultural attractions including The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery; Regent Theatre & Victoria Hall; AirSpace G...
The production of pottery in Stoke-on-Trent dates back to at least the 17th century. What may have started as a small-scale cottage-based industry in the mid 17th century, the abundance of natural and necessary resources of clay, water, salt, and lead for glazing; and coal, used to fire the bottle kilns, hundreds of which once dotted the skyline. A...
Pottery and ceramics put Stoke-on-Trent on the map. A city and an industry built around a world-renowned reputation which then developed the region in innovation, science, art, and culture. A visit to Stoke-on-Trent is incomplete without learning about bottle kilns, moulds and historic pottery collections that kept this part of England with a boomi...
You can easily spend an entire day discovering the World of Wedgwood. Home to the comprehensive Wedgwood Museum which houses a vast collection of ceramics covering more than two centuries, visitors can tour the factory behind this world-renowned brand, and partake in hands-on activities. While all this sounds fantastic, be sure to leave time to sho...
Quite unassuming from the outside, Gladstone Pottery is actually the last complete Victorian Pottery factoryfrom the era when coal-burning ovens made the world’s finest bone china. Home to four bottle ovens, two biscuit and two glost, which dominated the Stoke-on-Trent skyline in the thousands during the 19th and 20th centuries. Today there’s less ...
In 2019, theMiddleport Pottery factory celebrated 130 years of continuous uninterrupted production of Burleigh Potteryproviding local jobs, craftsmanship and keeping expertise of this trade in the region. However it almost never made it to this milestone anniversary. In 2011 Middleport Pottery was at serious risk of closure because of the dilapidat...
If you love Emma Bridgewaterpottery a visit to the factory is a must in Stoke-on-Trent. Over the last three decades, Emma Bridgewater has combined a range of beautiful and unique yet practical pottery for your home. Known for their quirky collections like Toast and Marmalade and cheery Polka dot design colours with that are a nostalgic nod to 1960s...
Stoke-on-Trent is well connected. Accessible by car, coach and by train, Stoke-on-Trent is less than 60 miles (96 km) from Liverpool on England’s west coast and 158 miles (254 km) from London.
We didn’t know what to expect from a weekend break in Stoke-on-Trent but it surpassed any and all expectations and we will be returning again for another visit soon. We still happily recommend a visit to the Potteries in Stoke-on-Trent to everyone because there is truly something for everyone to enjoy. Let us know how you go when you visit because ...
Mar 18, 2020 · The region of the “Potteries” in North Staffordshire was - and is - composed of the “Six Towns” of Burslem, Hanley, Fenton, Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent, and Tunstall. This industry had a great importance during the second half of the eighteenth century, and the whole of the nineteenth century.
Maps of Stoke-on-Trent and the surrounding area ranging from Yates map of 1775, selections from 1900 O/S maps and some modern day maps. Historic 'walks' around the Potteries. | estates | streets |
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Mar 2, 2013 · An artist is tracing the "forgotten stories" of the tile industry in Stoke-on-Trent after coming across a piece of the area's history while in New York City.
