Note that originally this was High Street, Shelton (certainly in 1843) by the time of the OS map in 1898 the street had been re-named 'Broad Street' - presumably to prevent confusion with the High Street in the north of Hanley, which led to Sneyd Green.

Broad Street runs from the bottom of Piccadilly in the centre of Hanley and joins Snow Hill near St. Marks Church in Shelton. Halfway down its length Broad Street now has a roundabout which joins it to Hanley's ring road "The Potteries Way". It is the main route to Stoke via Howard Place and Stoke Road - on the 1898 OS map the tramway can be seen.

Pottery Works in Broad Street:

From 1887 Lancaster & Baker operated the Shelton Works in Broad Street.

The Bell and Phoenix Pottery Works of Clementson Bros was located on the junction of Broad Street and Bethesda Street - The Potteries Museum stands on this site now. see 1893 article on Bell & Phoenix Works

The Broad Street works was one of the longest established works which was originally operated in the late 1700's by the Baddeley brothers and known from 1868 onwards as 'Mason's Ironstone China'

Cartlidge & Matthias operated the Chelsea Works, just off Broad Street.

At the Snow Hill end of Broad Street, opposite the Shelton Church St. Marks was the Victoria Pottery Works.