Crown Pottery, Longton (Lane End), Stoke-on-Trent

  • The Crown Pottery, on the corner of Flint Street, Stafford Street (re-named in the 1950's to The Strand) and Commerce Street. 

  • NOTE: Nearby there was another, unrelated, pottery factory known as the Crown Works (established by Thomas Bettany) on the corner of Clayton Street and Stafford Street. Unfortunatly this factory was sometimes called the Crown Pottery (see the 1857 map below) and so in c.1919 this other pottery was renamed the St. Georges Works. 

 


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From To Occupier Comments
- 1829 Goodwin & Orton / Goodwin & Co  
c.1827 1829 Goodwin, Bridgwood & Orton  
c.1829 1831 Goodwin, Bridgwood & Harris  
c.1831 1838 Goodwin & Harris  
c.1839 1840 Goodwin & Ellis The partners were John Goodwin and George Ellis
1841 1851 John Goodwin  
c.1855 1872 Broadhurst & Sons in 1872 Broadhurst moved to the Portland pottery, Victoria Road, Fenton.
1875 2006 John Tams (John Tams Group) Company continued until 2006 in same location - 57 Stafford Street, Crown Pottery

 

 

 


1857 map showing the earthenware Crown Pottery factory - marked in Blue

NOTE: on this map the works on the opposite side of the road (marked in green) is called the Crown Pottery - this is a mistake - usually this was called the Crown Works. 
This mistake is corrected on the 1879 map below.


 

 


1878 map showing the earthenware Crown Pottery factory - marked in Blue
 NOTE: on the opposite side of the road is the Crown Works (producing china)

 


1907 map showing the location of Crown Pottery
on the corner of Commerce Street and Stafford Street 


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

 


The potteries and the town, Longton, from the south-west, 1948
in the bottom of the picture can be seen the Daisy Bank marl hole 

 

 


The yellow square shows the corner of Commerce Street and Stafford Street
where the Crown Pottery was located
 The blue square was where the Crown Works (later St. Georges Works) was located.

in the bottom of the picture can be seen the Daisy Bank marl hole 

 

 


Commerce Street runs top to bottom at the right hand side of the picture
and Stafford Street (now The Strand) joins it at the bottom - running left to right

 

Blue = Crown Pottery (John Tams)

Red = Wellington Works (Warrilow & Cope)
 Purple = Chetham Pottery (Aynsley)
Green = Palissy Works
Light Blue = Coronation Place
Yellow = St. Georges Works (previously known as the Crown Works)


 

 


Advert for John Tams at the Crown Pottery, Stafford Street, Longton

Reproduced from the Pottery Gazette, 1886

 


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