Riley Arms, Bank Top, Tunstall
to.. co-op food shop

originally this pub was the 'Riley Arms'
this public house was built in the 1950's on the site of the original Riley Arms pub - the new pub was still named the Riley Arms - later shortened to just "Rileys" 

now the co-operative food shop

The Riley family & Bank Top

Riley Terrace

Why the name Riley occurs so often in this area?

In the district of Bank Top we have 'Riley Terrace', 'Rileys' public house and Riley Avenue.

John Ward in his 'The Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent' (1843) records the among the chief proprietors of the land and mixed property .... The Misses Riley..' also '"Bank House,' a showy mansion on the summit of the ridge, erected by the late Mr. Richard Riley, just before his decease in, in 1828.'

1842 map showing Bank House in the "Hamlet of Sneyd"

Bank Top is located at the edge of the old Hamlet of Sneyd - Stanfields, Bank House, Hamil and Sneyd Farm can be seen in the centre of the map.

"...the principle messuage in the hamlet in "Bank House," a showy mansion on the summit of the ridge, erected by the Late Mr. Richard Riley, just before his decease in 1828, and is now occupied by Mr. Joseph Twigg."

Ward 'The Borough of Stoke-on-Trent' 1842