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Skelson & Plant |
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Location and period of operation:
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Skelson
& Plant |
Longton |
1868 |
1892 |
Operated the Newmarket Works, Market Street, Longton Stoke-on-Trent.
"These works in Market Street were among the oldest in Longton. They were occupied by Martin & Shaw between 1816 & 1824.... the works passed in 1868 to Messrs Skelson & Plant and from them in 1879 to Messrs Radford & Co...."
Jewitt's Ceramic Art of Great Britain 1800-1900.
Skelson &
Plant
Sutherland Pottery, Longton
The Pottery Gazette, April 1st 1880
1881 census:
Dwelling: Meir Green
Census Place: Caverswall, Staffordshire, England
| Name |
Marr | Age | Sex |
Birthplace | Occupation | |
| William H. SKELSON | M 36 M | Head | Penkhull | China Manufacturer (Employing 100) |
| Elizabeth SKELSON | M 32 F | Wife | Fenton | |
| Lizzie SKELSON | 11 F | Daur | Dresden | Scholar |
| Sarah A. SKELSON | 9 F | Daur | Dresden | Scholar |
| William SKELSON | 7 M | Son | Dresden | Scholar |
| Frederick SKELSON | 5 M | Son | Dresden | Scholar |
| John SKELSON | 1 M | Son | Longton | |
| Mary E. BARTLETT | U 19 F | Servant | Longton | Gen Domestic Servant |
Dwelling: 5 Taylor St
Census Place: Trentham, Staffordshire, England
| Name |
Marr | Age | Sex |
Birthplace | Occupation | |
| Richard H. PLANT | M 34 M | Head | Longton | China Manufacturer 30 Men 28 Women 14 Boys 23 Girls |
| Sarah PLANT | M 29 F | Wife | Longton | |
| Harold J. PLANT | 2 M | Son | Dresden | |
| Annie E. WOOD | U 19 F | Serv | Bagnall | General Servant |
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