Howard Place, Snow Hill, Shelton - Stoke-on-Trent Districts

Howard Place and Snow Hill, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Where are Howard Place & Snow Hill?

In 1775 the road from Stoke to Hanley followed the present Shelton Old Road down to the Fowlea Valley and up what is now Stoke Road.

At the top of Stoke Road - by the Caldon canal and the junction with Shelton New Road is Howard Place and then Snow Hill.

Extract from William Yates 1775 Map of Staffordshire
- showing the road from Stoke to Hanley via Shelton -
the Trent & Mersey canal is shown in dark blue and the
River Trent in light blue
Winton Fields shown in red
- click for larger map -

- showing the development of Stoke Road -
Extract from Thomas Hargreaves map of 1832
- showing the development of Stoke Road -
the Trent & Mersey canal is shown in blue

Walking along Stoke Road to Snow Hill

The short walk along Stoke Road from the Winton pottery buildings to Snow Hill reveals buildings and features which demonstrate the key history of the area.

The Ridgway family owned a large portion of the land in this area and as a large pottery manufacturer, estate owner and John Ridgway being the first mayor of Hanley Borough they put their mark on Stoke Road, Shelton.

2008 Google map
showing Stoke Road, Howard Place and Snow Hill

The red * locates the Toll Gate house, blue oval is the site of the College (previously Cauldon Place Pottery), blue line across the centre is the Caldon Canal.

next: the Toll Gate and Hanley Cemetery