The business was started in 1866 at the Grosvenor Works, Foley Place, King Street. (situated between the pottery towns of Fenton & Longton).    

In 1909 Jackson & Gosling moved to the existing St. Gregory Works in Gregory Street Longton, and renamed the factory to the Grosvenor Works.

In the 1920s the business was acquired by Mr. Arthur Edward Hewitt and Mr. Harold J. Plant. (Arthur E. Hewitt also had in interest in Hewitt Brothers). In 1928 the business was incorporated as a limited company.

Around 1931 Jackson & Gosling was acquired by W. T. Copeland & Sons Ltd. A. E. Hewitt remained as managing director of Jackson & Gosling and also joined Ronald and Gresham Copeland as directors of the enlarged Copeland business. 

In December 1950 W. T. Copeland & Sons Ltd. sold Jackson & Gosling Ltd to Mr. Donald Poole (who was the former production manager of the company and a director of Thomas Poole & Gladstone China Ltd.). The Grosvenor Works were sold to Shelleys in 1953 and the factory demolished the year after. 

The 1956 Pottery Gazette Reference Book records the directors of Jackson & Gosling as D. L. Poole and L. L. Poole. 

In August 1957 the Jackson & Gosling business and Grosvenor trade name was acquired by the New Chelsea China Co. The 1960 Pottery Gazette Reference Book records the directors of Jackson & Gosling as T. H. Spruce and G. H. Webb-Bowen. The entry for the New Chelsea China Co. lists T. H. Spruce as General Manager and G. H. Webb-Bowen as Production Manager. 

The 'Grosvenor China' trade name continued in use. 

On 1961 a newly formed company acquired the Jackson & Gosling business and took over the New Chelsea China Co. Ltd's Chelson Street Works.