Dresden Works
Dresden Works, Mount Pleasant, Tinkersclough, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

NOTE: There was another 'Dresden Works' in operation at George Street, Hanley

"The works were situated at what was called Tinkersclough - a place whose name is said to be 'derived from the fact of its being frequented in the olden times as a place of rendezvous by gipsies and travelling tinkers'.

Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britain 1800-1900


From To Occupier Comments
1843 c.1856 Edward Raby Raby produced at these works in Tinkersclough china ornaments with raised or 'Dresden' flowers.
1856 1864 John Worthington and William Harrop  
1864 1873 Thomas Worthington and William Harrop under the style "Worthington and Harrop"
1869   Worthington, Ridgway & Harrop This partnership was recorded in a 1869 directory as 'China Manufacturers' 
1873 1880 William Harrop "The productions were the cheaper classes of Parian goods and fancy jugs in stoneware and ordinary earthenware, of good middle-class quality, all of which were supplied both to the home and American markets.
1880 1896 William Harrop & Co The partners were Anna Elizabeth Harrop, John Harrop and Herbert Hall - trading as 'William Harrop & Co.'
1896 1901 Harrop & Burgess The partners were Mary Ellen Harrop and Thomas Burgess.
1901 ??? Thomas Burgess  
c.1896 1899 Lancaster and Barker The partners were Frederick John Lancaster, Emily Lancaster and Edward John Barker.
1900 1944 Lancaster and Sons  
1944 1968 Lancaster and Sandland  

There was some overlap and concurrent companies in operation at the works
Dates are derived from a combination of "Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britain 1800-1900" and the London Gazette.
The dates in The London Gazette have been taken as the definitive dates where there is a conflict.  


Dresden Works

In 1843, Edward Raby produced at these works in Tinkersclough china ornaments with raised or "Dresden" flowers. 

From 1856 until 1864, they were carried on by John Worthington and William Harrop; from that time until 1875 by Thomas Worthington and William Harrop under the style Worthington & Harrop; and from that time by William Harrop alone. 

The productions were Ihe cheaper classes of Parian goods and fancy jugs in stoneware and ordinary earthenware, of good middle-class quality, all of which were supplied both to the home and American markets. From 1880 to 1894, the firm was William Harrop & Co.

The works were situated at what was called Tinkersclough -a place whose name is said to be 'derived from the fact of its being frequented in the olden times as a place of rendezvous by gipsies and travelling tinkers'.

Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britain 1800-1900


 


1898 OS map of the Tinkersclough area of Hanley

Blue oval is the location of the former Dresden Works
Purple line = Mount Pleasant
Red Line = Clough Street 
Light blue line = Sun Street


 


Blue oval is the location of the former Dresden Works
to the right of the works was a greyhound track - the yellow square
indicates the location of one of the gates at the end of Robson Street

Purple line = Mount Pleasant
Red Line = Clough Street 
Light blue line = Sun Street

Bing Maps - 2014


 


At the end of Robson Street - the entrance to the old Hanley Stadium
As can be seen from the signs both Greyhound and Speedway racing was held here.

On the 1898 map the area occupied by the Stadium was a marl hole and a brick and marl works.

photo: 2000 


 

1877 OS map of the Tinkersclough area of Hanley showing the Dresden Works
1877 OS map of the Tinkersclough area of Hanley showing the Dresden Works

The road in front of the works is 'Mount Pleasant'


 


1937 OS map showing the Dresden Works
- the greyhound racing track can be seen to the right (where the marl hole was)

At the top of the map was the Potteries Loop Line 
(the Etruria-Shelton was opened for freight in 1850)
(the Loop Line closed in 1964)  

Top left is Etruria Park (opened in 1904) 



Lancaster and Sandland - Dresden Works, Hanley
1935 picture of the Greyhound Racing Track (Shelton), Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

The Dresden works is marked by the blue oval
in the top right is St. Marks Church

The area marked in green was formerly known as Tinkersclough  


 

Blue oval = Dresden Works
Yellow area = the edge of Shelton Colliery & Iron Works
the buildings here include St. Mark's Mission Church & Sunday School 

Light blue line = Sun Street
Purple line = Mount Pleasant
Red Line = Clough Street 


 

Close up of the Dresden Works of Lancaster & Sandland
Close up of the D
resden Works of Lancaster & Sandland

The road in front of the works is 'Mount Pleasant'


 


William Harrop & Co
Dresden Works, Tinkersclough, Hanley

The Potteries Gazette, January 1885

 


 

Mount Pleasant, Tinkersclough

Lancaster and Sons Ltd.
earth'ware manufacturers,
Dresden Works

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


 


Lancaster & Sandland Ltd 
Late Lancaster & Sons(Hanley) Ltd
Dresden Works, Tinkersclough, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent

The Pottery Gazette Reference Book - 1947 advert

 


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