America Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent

Streets of Stoke-on-Trent | America Street


 

 

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America Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent


 

from..... 1907 Staffordshire Sentinel 'Business Reference Guide to The Potteries, Newcastle & District'


America Street

(1, King Street)

 

3 Millington, Henry, ridge-maker

5 Haydon, Henry, blacksmith 

7 Espley, Fredk. John, decorator, plumber, sign-writer, and paperhanger

 

 

9 Caterham, Arthur, potter's manager

9 Caterham, Mrs. M., grocer, draper, and general hard-ware dealer

11 Ellerton, Saml., hairdresser 

13 Bourne, Enoch, grocer and

provision dealer 

 

—Here is Cooper Street—

 

15 Tilstone, Alfred, fireman

17 Birch, George, forgeman

19 Edwards, Ann, chip potato saloon 

21 Barrow, Joseph, labourer 

23 Edwards, James potter 

25 Shaw, Joseph, tailor 

27 Baker, Wm., miner

29 Bailey, Wm., oven man

31 Eardley, Alfred, joiner and coffin maker

33 Baskeyfield, Mrs. J., widow

35 Johnson, James, miner 

37 Atkins, George, labourer

 

—Here is Temple Street—

 

39 Littler, Miss M., grocer 

41 Hopkins, James, miner 

43 Stanway, John, miner 

45 Cope, Samuel, miner 

47 Massey, Edward, groom 

49 Bennett, Mary A ., dress-maker 

51 Goodwin, John

 

 

-Here is Charles Street-

 

53 Webb, Henry, greengrocer 

55 Wright, Albert, potter 

57 Baker, Peter, confectioner 

59 Whittaker, Mrs. Emily, widow

61 Ball, Amelia, smallware dealer 

65 Bourne, Fredk., newsagent 

67 Dodd, Harry, bricklayer 

73 Broad, Jonathan, clogger 

75 Smith, Charles, joiner and builder

 

-Here is Well Street-

 

2 Copeland, G ., grocer 

4 Bowers, Ephraim, boot and shoe maker and repairer 

6 Taton, Charles, miner 

8 Barker, Edward G ., lamp-lighter 

10 Boulton, Wm., general hardware dealer

 

 

-Here is Hancock's Yard-

 

14 Keegan, Christopher, miner 

16 Clarke, John, miner 

18 Buckley, Joseph, puddler 

20 Stanyer, John

22 Stringer, John, labourer

 

 

-Here is Marsh Street-

 

24 Loftus, Thos., labourer

28 Pye, J., potter 

30 Jones, Jno., assurance agent 

32 Chadwick, Mrs. M ., transferrer

34 May, Richard, labourer 

34A Loftus, John, miner

 

 

-Here is Chapel Street-

 

36 Littler, Miss Margaret, grocer

38 Norcott, Samuel, carter

40 Beddoes, Mary, brickmaker 

42 McNicholas, Mrs. Catherine, caretaker 

44 Dawson, Eliza, widow 

46 Keegan, Lydia, jollier 

54 Mountford, William, fish hawker 

56 Lester, Albert, tilemaker 

58 Alcock, John, oddman 

60 Hulme, Thos., dyer 

62 Fox, John, potter 

64 Webb, H., greengrocer (warehouse) 

66 Jones, Uriah, china and earthenware dealer 

76 Broad, Jonathan, clogger 

84 Eardley and Sons, undertakers

 

-Here is Well Street-






America Street on a 1898 map
America Street on a 1898 map

 

America Street - Google Maps 20009
America Street - Google Maps 20009

many of the nearby street names have changed. e.g....

King Street - now Madison Street
Chapel Street - now Hoover Street
Temple Street - now Holland Street
Peel Street - now Robert Street
Cooper Street - now Jefferson Street
Charles Street - now Pierce Street
Well Street - now Roundwell Street

some streets have disappeared altergether such as... Marsh Street, Hancock's Yard


Number 37 America Street just prior to demolition
Number 37 America Street just prior to demolition
photo: 1987  (Shaun Simms)

 


This is taken from half way up America Street 
looking towards  Oldcourt St. [formerly Cross St.]
photo: c.1992  (John Reilly)


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