A photo walk around Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent

Victoria Square

location 33 on the map |tour map|

 


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Victoria Square - these houses were built by William Meath Baker in 1885. [ on William Meath Baker] In 1889 he also paid for the Town Hall to be built as part of the new centre of Fenton.

Houses facing King Street
Houses facing King Street

 

The date plaque reads 1885
Detail of Bonaparte's restaurant on the corner of King Street and Victoria Road.
The date plaque reads 1885 

 

photos: July 2000

Victoria Square c.1915
Victoria Square c.1915
On the left are the houses W.M.B built - the public urinal in front.
In the centre of the picture is a drinking fountain presented by  William Baker
[this in now in Fenton Park]

the pottery works on the right is Masons


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