Rigby & Stevenson (Ltd)

Hanley

1894

1954

Earthenware manufacturer at Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England

From 1894 to 1907 at the Boston Works and then from 1907 to 1954 at the Pelham Street Works.
In 1937 the partners were Walter Stevenson, Eric Cliff and James Brough. The partnership was dissolved and Walter Stevenson continued on his own.
From 1941 to 1945 the business was concentrated with that of W. H. Grindley & Co Ltd at the Woodland Pottery in Stoke (as part of the government Wartime Concentration Scheme.
In 1944 they re-opened in Pelham Street - by 1951 the works were marked on OS maps as 'disused'
On 26th March 1954 receivers were appointed and the business closed. (London Gazette 2 April 1954)

Rigby & Stevenson
earthenware manufacturers,
jug sets and chamber sets,
Pelham Street Works

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

1924 OS Map
Pelham Street Works alongside the Caldon Canal
in the Eastwood district of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent