Old Pubs of the Potteries



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Riley Arms, Bank Top, Tunstall
to.. co-op food shop


originally this pub was the 'Riley Arms'
this public house was built in the 1950's on the site of the original Riley Arms pub - the new pub was still named the Riley Arms - later shortened to just "Rileys" 

 


 

now the co-operative food shop

now the co-operative food shop


this photo taken in April 2009 show the art deco styling of the building
this photo taken in April 2009 show the art deco styling of the building

 


detail over the entrance

 


the dramatic curved class of the stairway
- a touch of "Grand Designs"

 

The Riley family & Bank Top


Riley Terrace
Riley Terrace

Why the name Riley occurs so often in this area?

In the district of Bank Top we have 'Riley Terrace', 'Rileys' public house and Riley Avenue.

John Ward in his 'The Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent' (1843) records the among the chief proprietors of the land and mixed property .... The Misses Riley..' also '"Bank House,' a showy mansion on the summit of the ridge, erected by the late Mr. Richard Riley, just before his decease in, in 1828.'

 

Riley Terrace
 

1842 map showing Bank House in the "Hamlet of Sneyd"
1842 map showing Bank House in the "Hamlet of Sneyd"

Bank Top is located at the edge of the old Hamlet of Sneyd - Stanfields, Bank House, Hamil and Sneyd Farm can be seen in the centre of the map.

"...the principle messuage in the hamlet in "Bank House," a showy mansion on the summit of the ridge, erected by the Late Mr. Richard Riley, just before his decease in 1828, and is now occupied by Mr. Joseph Twigg."

Ward 'The Borough of Stoke-on-Trent' 1842



this 1960's view of Tunstall from Reeves Avenue shows why the area was called "Bank Top"
this 1960's view of Tunstall from Reeves Avenue shows why the area was called "Bank Top"
 
P. J. Ryan's Sacred Heart Church on Queens Avenue can clearly be seen
in the centre of the picture

 

 

a similar view in 2009 from Greenbank
a similar view in 2009 from Greenbank

 

 


the Sacred Heart Church, Tunstall Town Hall and the old Methodist Church
at the top of Tower Square can be seen in this photo from Bank Top


 




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