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Stoke-on-Trent - Potworks of the week
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Advert of the Week
Photo of the Week
Hines Brothers, Heron Cross Pottery
built in 1886 by the Hines Bros
Heron Cross Pottery from
Chilton Street
photo: © James Nisbeck www.jamesnisbeck.com
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Heron Cross Pottery The Hines Brothers (Thomas and William) built this pottery in 1886 on the edge of the Glebe colliery in Gordon street which in the 1950's would be changed to Hines Street. Good Quality 'Opaque Porcelain' and 'Ivory' ware was produced into the twentieth century. Around 1907 the company was purchased by Grimwades. Pottery continued to be produced until just before the war, when it was requisitioned by the government and used for the storage of bully beef and land mines. In 1961, the business was acquired by Frank William Ridge Snr, and it has stayed within the Ridge family ever since. The current owner [2010] is Christopher Ridge, who took control in 1995.
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Hines Bros advert - from a 1907 Potteries directory
see: Hines Bros
Hines Bros plate in the Asiatic Pheasants pattern
photo: blueandwhite.com
Heron Cross Pottery - looking from Hertford Street into Chilton Street
photo: © Chris Oldham - 2007
an earlier photo of the Heron Cross Pottery with three stories
the top storey was removed after a fire
photo: © Staffordshire Past Track
entrance to Heron Cross Pottery from Hines Street (originaly Gordon Street)
Google Street Maprenamed in the 1950's from Gordon Street to Hines Street,
in acknowledgment of the Hine Brothers.see: Hines Bros
1922 map showing the Heron Pottery on the edge of the Glebe Collieries and Brick Works
Thomas Hines' home, Clyde Villa, is shown in blue at the bottom of the map
in the 1950's Clyde Street was renamed Tweed Street - it was later demolished to make way for a new major road
Heron Cross Pottery - the railway and the edge of the reclaimed
spoil tip of the former colliery can be seen at the top right
Bing Maps
from..... 1907 Staffordshire Sentinel 'Business Reference Guide to The Potteries,
Newcastle & District'
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(36, Heron Street) 1 Edwards, George, labourer 3 Finney, Thos. Lewis, miner 5 Edwards, George Stephen, flatpresser 7 Hall. Edward, miner 9 Woolley, Eliza, domestic 11 Green. Fanny, domestic 15 Salt, Jos., furnace man 17 Dimmock, Edward, potter's printer
19 Hines Bros., decorated toilet manufacturers, Heron Cross Pottery
2 Wrench, Julia 4 Prestwood, John, bricklayer . 6 Cotton, Colin, fitter 8 Stephenson, John George, miner 10 Chell, John, miner 12 Johnson, Peter, miner 14 Bryan, Arthur, miner 16 Edwards, Clement James. timekeeper 18 Jones, Fredk., miner 20 Emberton, Harry, miner 22 Dodd, George, carter 24 Millington, Wm., potter 26 Corbishley, Alfred, potter's placer 28 Toft, Charles, engraver 30 Lovatt, Joseph, miner
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Thomas Hines, the owner of
Hines Bros. Pottery, and his wife and
ten children outside their home Clyde Villa on Clyde St.
Thomas Hines is the old gentleman in
the centre with the beard.
Thomas Hines of Clyde Villa was one of the trustees of Fenton Wesleyan Church in nearby Temple Street
His brother Willaim Hines lived in Blurton Road, Fenton
1881 census
Dwelling: 106 Pool Dole
Census Place: Stoke Upon Trent, Staffordshire, England
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Name |
Marr | Age | Sex |
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Birthplace |
Occupation |
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Thomas HINES |
M 43 M |
Head |
St Martins, Shropshire |
Potters Placer |
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Mary HINES |
M 35 F |
Wife |
Fenton |
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Richard C. HINES |
14 M |
Son |
Hanley |
Scholar |
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Annie E. HINES |
12 F |
Daur |
Longton |
Scholar |
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Mary C. HINES |
10 F |
Daur |
Fenton |
Scholar |
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Thomas W. HINES |
8 M |
Son |
Fenton |
Scholar |
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Caroline E. HINES |
5 F |
Daur |
Fenton |
Scholar |
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Arthur J. HINES |
4 M |
Son |
Fenton |
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Fred. Leonard HINES |
6 m M |
Son |
Fenton |
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Gertrude M. HINES |
3 F |
Daur |
Fenton |
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contents: 2011 photos
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Related pages Grove Road, Heron Cross - Grove Road and the roads centring on Heron Cross crossroads are ancient pathways- it is not at all fanciful to speculate that a number of famous and early potters journeyed along the track which is today known as Whieldons Road, Grove Road and Duke Street. also see.. Advert
of the Week external links.. Today [2011], Heron Cross Pottery continues to make fine English earthenware at the Hines Street site and also houses other innovative ceramic companies. As a grade II listed building it boasts one of the few remaining bottle kilns in the city of Stoke on Trent.
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