Port Street, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent

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Port Street, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent


more photos of Port Street

 


Port Street run parallel with the Trent and Mersey canal in Middleport. Between Port Street and the canal is the Victorian potworks of Burgess and Leigh.


Messrs. Burgess and Leigh, Pottery Manufacturers,
Middleport Pottery, Burslem - 1893 picture

From "A descriptive account of The Potteries (illustrated)
1893 advertising and trade journal. Page 57"

on the journal entry for Burgess & Leigh


 The works of Burgess & Leigh dominate this street and they are an important legacy of the Victorian pottery era - you can see much more about this area on the following links:


'walk' around Longport & Middleport


'walk' around Burgess & Leigh works

 

 more photos on Burgess & Leigh
index page for Burgess & Leigh - with photos of ware and backstamps.
history of Burgess & Leigh


more photos of Port Street

 


 

  


Listed Buildings


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questions/comments/contributions? email: Steve Birks