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The Development of Street Name in Longton, 1828 to 1969
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This page traces the changing names and development of streets in the Longton area between 1828 and 1969. Over more than 140 years, streets were renamed, altered, extended or completely removed as Longton expanded through industrial growth, pottery manufacture, railway development and later urban redevelopment schemes. The information below provides a historical guide to these changes and may assist local history and family history research.
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| 1828 | 1832 -41 | 1851 -61 | 1881/91 | 1940's / 50's | 1969 | Location |
| Adderley Green | ||||||
| Adderley Ter | Adderley Ter | Adderley Terr | off Bold St, off Anchor Rd | |||
| Albert Place | Albert Place | Albert Place | ||||
| Albert St | Albert St | off Anchor Rd | ||||
| Albion St | Albion St | Albion St | Morpeth St | High St to Normacot Rd | ||
| Anchor Lane | Anchor Rd | Anchor Rd | Anchor Rd | Anchor Rd | ||
| Argyle Terrace | Argyle Terrace | off Rectory St, off Wood St | ||||
| Arthur St | Ashton St | off Heathcote Rd | ||||
| Ash Ground | Ashwood area | |||||
| Ashwood Terrace | Ashwood | off Wood St | ||||
| Ayshford St | Ayshford St | |||||
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| Bagnall St | Chelson St | |||||
| Bank Place | off High St, near Bagnall St | |||||
| Bank St | Barclay St | off George St/Anchor Rd | ||||
| Barkers Court | near / off Barker St | |||||
| Barkers Passage | Barkers Passage | off Sutherland Rd | ||||
| Bath Court | off Bath St | |||||
| Baths Passage | Baths Passage | off the Strand | ||||
| Baths Rd | Baths Rd | off the Strand | ||||
| Bath St | Bath St | Bathurst St | Anchor Rd to Wharf St | |||
| Belcher St | near John St | |||||
| Berry Bank | off Commerce St | |||||
| Berry Lane | Berry Lane | off Commerce St | ||||
| Berry St | Berry St | Chancery Lane | Chancery Lane | |||
| Bold St | Shenton St | off Anchor Rd | ||||
| Bridge St | Heathcote Rd | |||||
| Bridle Path | Dresden | |||||
| Bright St | Speakman St | off Locketts Lane | ||||
| Bright St | Bright Green St | Adderley Green | ||||
| Bright St | Bright St | Meir | ||||
| Brook St | Brook St | Murdoch St | off Marsh St / Griffin St, Edensor | |||
| Broughs Court | off Vauxhall St | |||||
| Burtons Buildings | ||||||
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| California St | California St | off Foley Rd | ||||
| Careys Court | off Drury St | |||||
| Caroline St | Caroline St | Caroline St | Caroline St | |||
| Castle St | Beeston St | George St to Heathcote St | ||||
| Caverswall Rd | Anchor Rd to Park Hall Rd | |||||
| Chadwick's Lane | Stone Rd | Chadwick's Lane | Chadwick St | |||
| Chancery Lane | Chancery Lane | Transport Lane | ||||
| Chapel St | Chapel St | Chapel St | Bennett Precinct | off Flint St | ||
| Charles St | Charles St | Cornwall St | Ashwood to Wood St | |||
| Chatfield Place | Mount Pleasant area | |||||
| China Row | off Wheat Sheaf St | |||||
| Church St | Church St | Church St | Church St | King St | ||
| City Rd | Edensor | |||||
| Cobden St | Cobden St | Cobden St | Trentham Rd to Redbank, Dresden | |||
| Cockpit Lane | Gold St | Gold St | ||||
| Commercial St | Commercial St | Commerce St | Commerce St | |||
| Copes Avenue | Churchfield Ave | off Chaplin Rd | ||||
| Corn Hill | Martin's Lane | Chancery Lane | Bennett Precinct | |||
| Cornhill Passage | Bennett Precinct | off Chancery Lane | ||||
| Crescent, the | Battisson Crescent | |||||
| Cumberland Row | Cumberland Row | off Normacot Rd | ||||
| Cumberland St | ||||||
| Cyples Lane | Cyples Lane | Bennett Precinct | ||||
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| Daisy Bank | Spring Garden Rd | |||||
| Dawsons Lane | Normacot | |||||
| Dippers Chapel St | Market Lane | Market Lane | Transport Lane | |||
| Dividy Lane | Dividy Lane | Dividy Rd | ||||
| Dobson's Lane | School Lane | Webberley Lane | ||||
| Dragon Square | - | Junction of Cyples L & Kingcross St | ||||
| Dresden | ||||||
| Drury Court | off Normacot Rd | |||||
| Drury St | off Normacot Rd | |||||
| Duke St | Duke St | Rothbury St | Near Gower St | |||
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| Earl St | Radnor St | off Heathcote Rd | ||||
| East Side | off Gate St = High St to Sutherland Rd | |||||
| East Side Pass. | off Sutherland Rd | |||||
| Edensor Place | ||||||
| Edward St | King Edward St | Edensor | ||||
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| Field Place | Field Place | near Heathcote St, Sandford Hill | ||||
| Fir Trees | Normacot, probably off Star & Garter Rd | |||||
| Flint St | Flint St | The Strand | ||||
| Foley Culvert | ||||||
| Ford St | Paragon Rd | off Sutherland Rd | ||||
| Francis St | Francis St | Francis St | Tatton St | Florence | ||
| Frederick St | Capewell St | off Anchor Rd | ||||
| Friths Row | behind Gower St / Sheaf Pass | |||||
| Furnace | Florence | |||||
| Furnace Row | off Normacot Rd? | |||||
| Furnace Rd | Wheatsheaf St | Normacott Rd | ||||
| Furnace Rd | Furnace Rd | Normacott Rd | ||||
| Furnace Rd | Furnace Rd | Belgrave Rd to Chaplin Rd | ||||
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| Gallimore's Bank | Bennett Precinct | off Chancery Lane | ||||
| Gallimore's Row | Bennett Precinct | |||||
| Garden Place | Garden Place | Hackett Place | off Goddard St | |||
| Garner St | gone | off Sutherland Rd | ||||
| Gate St | Gate St | Sandgate St | ||||
| Georges Court | off Heathcote Rd | |||||
| George St | George St | George St | Heathcote Rd | Heathcote Rd | Heathcote Rd | Edensor |
| George St (1900) | George St | Edgefield Rd | off Anchor Rd | |||
| Gerrard's Lane | Vauxhall St | Vauxhall St | ||||
| Gladstone St (1900) | Gladstone St | Banbury St | off Anchor Rd, Adderley Green | |||
| Gold St | ||||||
| Gower St | Gower St | Gower St | Gower St | |||
| Grafton Rd | Grafton Rd | Grafton Rd | ||||
| Granville Place | Granville Place | Healey Place | Strand to Trentham Rd | |||
| Great Charles St | Stafford St | Stafford St | Stafford St | The Strand/Lightwood Rd | ||
| Green Dock Lane | Mill St | Mill St | Edensor Rd (1900) | Edensor Rd | Edensor Rd | |
| Gregory St | Gregory St | Heathcote Rd to Foley Rd | ||||
| Grosvenor Rd | Stone Rd | Lightwood Rd | ||||
| Grosvenor St | Grosvenor St | off Heathcote Rd | ||||
| Grove, the | Ebury Grove | |||||
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| Hawkins Yard | off Normacot Rd | |||||
| Heath's Passage | Heath's Passage | |||||
| Heathcote Rd | Edensor | |||||
| Heathcote Place | Heathcote Place | off Heathcote Rd | ||||
| Heathcote St (1900) | Heathcote St | Heathcote St | Sandford Hill | |||
| High St | High St | High St | High St | High St | Uttoxeter Rd | |
| Hillside | Normacot - is this Hillside estate? | |||||
| Hog's Lane | Weston Rd | Sutherland Rd | Sutherland Rd | |||
| Hope St | Kendrick St | off Ford St, off Anchor Rd | ||||
| Howard St | Hope St East | Kendrick St | East Vale | |||
| Hulme Banks | c Adderley Green | |||||
| Hulme Rd | Pitsford St | Newhall St to Station Rd, Normacot | ||||
| Hulmes Buildings | Normacot | |||||
| Hulton Rd | Atholl Rd | off Lightwood Rd, Normacot | ||||
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| James St | James St | Tuscan St | off Anchor Rd | |||
| Jaquiss' Square | off High St, near Bank Place | |||||
| Jervis St (1900) | Jervison St | |||||
| John St | John St | Calvin St | ||||
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| King St | King St | King St | King St | Kingcross St | ||
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| Leaks Alley | Leakes Alley | off Edensor Rd | ||||
| Leggs Buildings | off Edensor Rd | |||||
| Lewis's Lane | Sandon Rd | Meir | ||||
| Little Lane | Dock Lane | Clayton St | Clayton St | |||
| Little Lane | off Edensor Rd | |||||
| Locketts Court | off Locketts Lane | |||||
| Locketts Square | Locketts Square | off Chancery Lane | ||||
| Longton Rd | cont Bucknall Rd, to Dividy Rd, A Green | |||||
| Lord St | Bartlem St | off Bold St, off Anchor Rd | ||||
| Lovatt St | Lovatt St | Calverley St | ||||
| Lower Cross St | off Wood St | |||||
| Lower Hill St | Lower Hill St | Landon St | off Sutherland Rd | |||
| Lower John St | gone | off John St | ||||
| Lower Market Place | Market Place | Market Place | Times Square | |||
| Lowes Lane | Normacot | |||||
| Lowes Passage | Lowes Passage | Lowes Passage | off Normacot Rd | |||
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| Malt Lane | Malt Lane | Lovatt St to Locketts Lane | ||||
| Market Lane | Market Lane | Transport Lane | off Stafford St | |||
| Market Place | Times Square | |||||
| Market Sq | ||||||
| Market St | High St | Market St | Market St | |||
| Marl Bank | near Barker St | |||||
| Marlborough Rd | Marlborough Rd | |||||
| Marsh St | Marsh St | Griffin St | ||||
| Martins Lane | St Martin-le-Grand | St Martin's Lane | off Kingcross St | |||
| Mayers Court | off George St (Edensor Rd) | |||||
| Mear Green | Uttoxeter Rd | Normacot | ||||
| Mear Lane | Uttoxeter Rd | Uttoxeter Rd | Uttoxeter Rd | |||
| Melbourne St | Goddard St East | Goddard St | Goddard St, East Vale | |||
| Melbourne St | Melbourne St | off Heathcote St, Sandford Hill | ||||
| Middle Hill St | Middle Hill St | Harber St | ||||
| Middle John St | Haig St | off John St | ||||
| Mifford Gate | ||||||
| Millfield Gate | Sutherland Rd | Weston Coyney Rd | ||||
| Millfield Rd | Gate St | Sandgate St | ||||
| Mill St | Edensor Rd | |||||
| Moores Lane | Normacot | |||||
| Mossfield Rd | ||||||
| Mossfields | ||||||
| Moss St | Engine St | Wharf St | Wharf St | Bridgwood St | off High St | |
| Mount Pleasant | Mount Pleasant | Lawley St | ||||
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| Nelson St | York St | York St | Ebor St | |||
| Newbold Square | Bennett Precinct | |||||
| New Church Row | off Normacot Rd | |||||
| New Church St | Bagnall St | Bagnall St | Chelson St | |||
| Newhall St | off Uttoxeter Rd Normacot | |||||
| New St | New St | New St | Greendock St | Edensor Rd to Heathcote Rd | ||
| Normacott | ||||||
| North St (1868) | ||||||
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| Orchard Place | Orchard Place | off Edensor Rd | ||||
| Oxford St | Merton St | off Anchor Ed | ||||
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| Paradise Place | ||||||
| Paradise St | Paradise St | Paradise St | Langton St | off Edensor Rd | ||
| Park Hall St | off Anchor Rd | |||||
| Park Place | off High St / Albion St | |||||
| Park Passage | Park Passage | Park Leigh St | High St to Normacot Rd | |||
| Percy St | Heber St | Anchor Rd to Wood St | ||||
| Pitt St | Walpole St | off Bold St, off Anchor Rd | ||||
| Potters Row | Barker St | Barker St | Barker St | Barker St | off High St | |
| Princess St | Princess St | Mercer St | Dresden | |||
| Priorsfield | ||||||
| Prospect Place | Prospect Place | Prospect Place | off Locketts Lane (gone) | |||
| Railway Terrace | Railway Terrace | off Ford St, off Anchor Rd | ||||
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| Queen St | Queen St | Bennion St | off Vauxhall St | |||
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| Rectory Cl | Manse Close | |||||
| Rectory St | Manse St | off Wood St | ||||
| Reservoir Rd | Reservoir Rd | off Melville Rd | ||||
| Ricardo St | Ricardo St | Ricardo St | Carlisle St to Chaplin Rd | |||
| Richmond Ave | Roxburghe Ave | |||||
| Richmond Rd | March Rd | off King St | ||||
| Rock St | ||||||
| Rock St | Mill St | City Rd | Edensor Rd | Edensor Rd | ||
| Rock St | Edensor | |||||
| Rope Walk | ||||||
| Roundabout | Vauxhall Rd | Union St | Millbank St | |||
| Russell St | Lloyd & Warren St | Lloyd & Warren St | High St to Normacot Rd | |||
| Russell St | Russell St | Russell St | Dresden | |||
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| St Ann St | Craven St | off Heathcote Rd | ||||
| St Chads Close | Marlow Close | |||||
| St Chads Rd | Marlow Rd | |||||
| St Gregorys Road | Edensor | |||||
| St Gregory's St | St Gregory's St | St Gregory St | Gregory St | Edensor | ||
| Sale St | ||||||
| School Lane | off Trentham Rd, Blurton | |||||
| School Lane | School Lane | Webberley Lane | Lightwood Rd to Normacot Rd | |||
| Secret Alley | Short St | |||||
| Shaw's Building | ||||||
| Sheaf Passage | Sheaf Passage | High St to Normacot Rd | ||||
| Shelley St | Park Place | |||||
| Short St | Short St | High St to Normacot Rd | ||||
| Smith St | Ashwood to Hill St | |||||
| Smithy Lane | Smithy Lane | |||||
| Spratslade Drive | Spratslade Drive | off Trentham Rd | ||||
| Spring Bank Court | Normacot | |||||
| Spring Hill | Spring Hill | off Lower Spring Rd | ||||
| Warrin St | Spring Rd | Lower Spring Rd | off Normacot Rd | |||
| Stanley St | off Anchor Rd | |||||
| Stafford St | Stafford St | The Strand | ||||
| Station Rd | Station Rd | Recreation Rd | Normacot | |||
| Stone Rd | Stone Rd | Lightwood Rd | ||||
| Summer Row | Summer Row | Summer Row | off Trentham Rd | |||
| Sutherland Place | Sutherland Place | off Normacot Rd | ||||
| Sutherland Terr. | off Sutherland Place | |||||
| Swift's Court | Normacot Rd area | |||||
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| Taylor St | Rowland St | Dresden | ||||
| Trentham Rd | Trentham Rd | Trentham Rd | Trentham Rd | Trentham Rd | ||
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| Uncle Tom's Row | off Normacot Rd | |||||
| Union Market Place | Market Place | Union Square | Commerce St | Commerce St | ||
| Union St | Millbank St | Commerce St to Normacot Ed | ||||
| Upper Cross St | off Wood St | |||||
| Upper Hill St | Upper Hill St | Upper Hill St | Barlow St | High St to Sutherland Rd | ||
| Upper John St | Upper John St | Ruskin St | off John St | |||
| Vale St | Farmer St | Stone Rd to Trentham Rd | ||||
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| Vauxhall Rd | Drury St | Normacott Rd | ||||
| Vauxhall St | Vauxhall St | off Lightwood Rd | ||||
| Victor(ia?) St? | Albert St to Heathcote St | |||||
| Victoria Place | Garnham Pl | off The Strand | ||||
| Victoria Rd | Bengry Rd | Uttoxeter Rd to Spring Rd | ||||
| Victoria St | Speedwall St | Heathcote St to Edgefield Rd | ||||
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| Warren Terrace | off Warren St | |||||
| Waterloo Passage | off Heathcote Rd | |||||
| Waterloo St | Barford St | off The Strand | ||||
| Wedgwood St | Wedgwood St | Amison St | off Anchor Rd | |||
| Wellington Court | Wellington Court | off New St, Edensor | ||||
| Wesley Place | Springvale Place | |||||
| Weston Place | Weston Place | off Heathcote Rd, Edensor | ||||
| Wharf St | Bridgwood St | |||||
| Wheat Sheaf St | next to Gower St | |||||
| White Row | off Park Place | |||||
| Whittaker St | off High St, near John St | |||||
| Willow Cot | Willow Row | off Willow St | ||||
| Willow Row | Willow St | Cartwright St | Stafford St to Spring Garden Rd | |||
| Wood St | Wood St | Wood St | Wood St | |||
| Woodland St | Woodland St | Plant St | off Anchor Rd | |||
| Wood View (1891) | Adderley Green | |||||
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| York St | Lovatt St | Calverly St | High St to Normacot Rd | |||
| York St | York St | York St | Ebor St | off Normacot Rd; gone | ||
| York View | Ebor View | off York St | ||||
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