Maddock's Newcastle Street Works, Burslem

The business traded as.....

• 1830's     Maddock & Edwards

• 1839-42   Maddock & Seddon

• 1842-55   J. Maddock

• 1855 - 1981 John Maddock & Son(s) (Ltd)

The firm of John Maddock  was founded in the 1830's in premises in Newcastle Street, Burslem. 

John Maddock was in partnership with Seddon from 1839 to1842. The firm made granite ware for the American market.

In the 1871 census John Maddock (jnr) was recorded as employing 208 people.  

 

 

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London Gazette  21 October 1842

dissolution of partnership between John Maddock & Joshua Seddon 

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Maddock's Newcastle Street Works, near Burslem town centre
the view down Wycliffe Street (originally Bath Street)

on the left horizon is the spire of St. Margaret's Church, Wolstanton  
the bottle kilns to the left of Bath Street are those of Hadderidge Pottery
operated by Edward & Sons 

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Maddock's two pottery works on Newcastle Street, Burslem

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

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1898 map showing both of Maddock's on Newcastle Street, Burslem
in 1907 the Dalehall Works (to the left of the map) was producing stilts & spurs
and the Newcastle Street Works (on the right - near Burslem town cenre)
was producing earthenware

2014 Google map showing the same area of Newcastle Street
the Dalehall Works is now part of Steelite pottery works,
nothing remains of the Newcastle Street Works, a supermarket occupies the location
 

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Bottle Kiln Ovens of Maddock's, Burslem  - early 1950's

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the back of Maddocks on the corner of Bath Street and Hanover Street
(now Wycliffe Street and Woodbank Street)  
by the time of this photograph the bottle kilns had been demolished

photo: Geoff Barnett

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the view down Bath Street towards Furlong Lane
the lampost on the right is on the corner of Maddock's pottery works, 
the chapel is Wycliffe Congregational Hall and opposite is Hadderidge Pottery

photo: Geoff Barnett

The saggar house at Maddock's pot bank, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. The workers in the picture are in the process of placing wares into saggars in preparation for firing. Young members of the team put the ring of clay around the rim of the saggars. This ring of clay provided a seal went the flat lid was put on the saggar. Saggars are containers made from fireclay which protected pottery in the kiln from the intense heat and smoke during bottle oven firing.   Placing the saggars in a bottle kiln taken at Maddock's pot bank in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. The workers are placing saggars in a biscuit kiln prior to firing. Saggars are containers made from fireclay which protected pottery in the kiln from the intense heat and smoke during bottle oven firing. The soft clay ware is made hard by exposing it to very high temperatures, which was commonly achieved by firing it in a bottle oven. The bottle oven consisted of the kiln, which was the inner active firing part, and the hovel, which was the structure around it. The hovel protected the kiln and acted as a chimney. Local ovens were characterised by their bottle shaped hovels, hence the term ‘bottle oven’.   © Gladstone Pottery Museum Photographic Collection Staffordshire Past Track

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John Maddock & Sons Ltd., Newcastle Street Works
Britain from Above

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Blue = Maddock's Newcastle Street Works
Purple rectangle - Edward & Sons, Hadderidge Pottery 
Green rectangle - Wycliffe Congregational Hall
Yellow area - St. John's Square
Light blue line - Newcastle Street
Red line - Bath Street (later Wycliffe Street) 

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Newcastle Street and the town centre, Burslem, 1929

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1871 Census:
dwelling place: Alsager, Cheshire

Name	birth	place born	position in house	Occupation
John Maddock Senr	abt 1808	Burslem, Staffordshire, England	Head	retired earthenware manufacturer
Martha Maddock	abt 1808	Leigh, Lancashire, England	Wife
Margrett Maddock	abt 1847	Burslem, Staffordshire, England	Daughter
Sarah Maddock	abt 1842	Burslem, Staffordshire, England	Daughter
Jane Maddock	abt 1850	Endon, Staffordshire, England	Daughter

 

1871 Census:
dwelling place: Alsager, Cheshire

Name	birth	place born	position in house	Occupation
John Maddock Junr	abt 1832	Burslem, Staffordshire, England	Head	earthenware manufacturer (employing 208 people) and landowner
Julia Maddock	abt 1839	Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England	Wife
Evelyn Maddock	abt 1870	Alsager, Cheshire, England	Daughter
Sarah A Ash	abt 1851	Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, England	Servant	cook, domestic servant
Pamela Heath	abt 1851	Talk 'O the Hill, Staffordshire, England	Servant	housemaid, domestic servant
Julia Johnson	abt 1858	Alsager, Cheshire, England	Servant	nurse, domestic servant
Joseph Machin	abt 1817	Middlewich, Cheshire, England	Servant	gardener, domestic servant
Mary Machin	abt 1818	Malpas, Cheshire, England	Gardener's Wife