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St. Gregory's Pottery, Longton 

• In 1909 Jackson & Gosling who was a china manufacturer at the Grosvenor Works, Foley Place, King Street, Fenton 
  moved to the existing St. Gregory Works in Gregory Street Longton, and renamed the factory to the Grosvenor Works.

• By 1960 the Jackson & Gosling business moved from Gregory Street to the New Chelsea China Companies' Chelson Street works. 

NOTE: There was another (unrelated) works called St. Gregory's Pottery - click for information -

 

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Pottery Gazette & Glass Trade Directory - 1947

 

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James Wilson's St. Gregory's Works 
the main entrance to the works on Gregory Street (was originally St. Gregory Street)

photos: © Eileen Hallam

 

 

St. Gregory's Works    A.D. 1883

 

 

gate to the works

 

 

end view of the works from Grosvenor Street
to the left is Gregory Street and to the right is Griffin Street 
(originally Marsh Street - renamed in the 1950's to Griffin Street)

 

view from Gregory Street 
- at the time of these photos the buildings were occupied by CIS - Ceramic Industry Supply Co. Ltd. -

 

 

to the left are the original buildings - those to the right look like later build

   

 

original St. Gregory's church in a 'simple Gothic style' photo: St. Gregorys  The St. Gregory's potworks was named after the nearby Roman Catholic Church of St. Gregory which was built in 1818 in a simple Gothic style between St. Gregory Street and Marsh Street.  The small brick built church was still standing in the 1960's but is now replaced by housing. The church moved to Heathcote Road in 1868-9.               1898 map showing the location of the St. Gregory's Works      larger area on the 1898 map - St. Gregory's Works are to the left of the Gas Works       2009 Google map of the same area - the A50 main road has cut straight through the map  Foley Road, Heathcote Road, Grosvenor Street, Gregory Street and Griffin Street (formerly Marsh Street) can be located on the 1898 and 2009 maps     a block of flats named Gregory Court has been built on the site of the pottery works this picture from Google Street view is from the roundabout over the A50 in front of the flats is Griffin Street (formerly Marsh Street), to the right is Foley Road

contents: 2010 photos