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Empire Works,
Hanley
Stoke Road, Shelton, Hanley,
Stoke-on-Trent
The Empire Porcelain Company was in business by 1895
The works opened about 1896
There
were three pottery factories built side by side straddling Elgin and
Newlands Street.
Grimwades operated the Winton Pottery and they also had an 'Elgin Pottery'
- this may
have been the centre works, which was later operated by the Empire
Porcelain Company.
Certainly
by 1935 the centre works is associated with the Empire Works - there is a
footbridge joining them.
- click for more information on the Empire Porcelain Company -
Empire
Porcelain Company,
semi-porcelain manufacturers
and fancy goods manufacturers
Grimwades
Ltd.
earthenware and toilet manufacturers
Winton Pottery
from..... 1907
Staffordshire Sentinel
'Business Reference Guide to The Potteries, Newcastle & District'
1953 map showing Grimwade's Winton
Pottery and the Empire Works
The Empire Works was two buildings on either side of Elgin Street -
joined
by a high level footbridge.
To the left is the Winton
Pottery and to the right is the remaining building of the Empire Works
in the centre there is a petrol station which is situated on the site of the
second
building of the Empire Works
Stoke Road runs along the bottom of the photo
view from the rear of the works - Stoke Road runs at the top of the photo
Bing Maps 2014
1935 photo - view from the
rear of the works
The Winton Works to the right, next to the railway lines
the Empire Works to the left
the high level footbridge which connnected the two buildings either side
of Elgin Street can clearly be seen
red rectangle - site of the
Winton and Empire works
Purple oval - North Stafford Hotel
Blue area - Stoke Railway Station
Light blue oval - St. Peter's Church
Yellow rectangle - Minton Hollins' Tile Works
the Trent & Mersey Canal runs vertically from bottom centre
The railway station and environs, Stoke-on-Trent, 1935
Britain from Above
Empire Works in Stoke Road
this is the part of
the works between Elgin and Haywood Streets
the impressive facade remains - now
converted into shops
at the top left of the photo can be seen the bricked up area
which was once part of the high level footbridge between
the two parts of the factory
Empire Works in Stoke
Road
these works were in operation as the
Empire Porcelain Company from 1896 to 1967
Detail on the building
photos: Feb 2010
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1890 map showing
that this area is not yet developed
at the top left is the edge of Hanley Cemetery which was opened in 1860
1900 map showing the
developement of the area
at the top right is the edge of Hanley Park which was opened in 1897
1937 map of the area