Trent Walk Pottery, Hanley

During the latter half of the 19thC the Joiner's Square area was under continuous development. Numerous large potworks were being built such as the Joiner Square Works, Eagle Pottery, Trent and Eastwood Works and the Trent Sanitary Works. To accompany this expansion churches and large numbers of terrace housing was built.
Sometime in the early 1880's a small workshop was built at the rear of 4 or 5 houses in Oldham Street at the junction of Trent Walk.
It is likely that pottery decorating took place in this workshop.
Around 1892 Elijah Brookes operated at the Trent Walk Pottery.
At some time a John Boult was potting at this location and ware with diving bird decoration bears his name and 'Trent Walk Pottery, Hanley'
Between 1948 and the early 1960s the Trent Walk Pottery was producing slip cast vases and lidded storage pots with caricature faces.
From a 1951 map it is evident the works had been extended to include two bottle kilns - the last two terrace houses were demolished to accomodate this expansion.
Following the demise of the Trent Walk Pottery the works were occupied by P. E. Bairstow until their liquidation in 1981.
Since that date the surrounding houses have all been demolished. Some of the Trent Walk works remains (as at 2020), incorporated into part of a two story business unit.

The business continued as Bairstow Manor Pottery Ltd which
was registered in February 1982 with a registered address of
Kent Street, Fenton.

1880 map showing the property on the corner of Trent Walk and Oldham Street
by 1900 these had been replaced by a continuation of the terrace housing

1900 map showing the location of the workshop at the rear of the terraced houses
on the corner of Trent Walk and Oldham Street

Trent Walk Pottery, Joiners Square, Hanley
by the time of this 1951 map the works have been
extended to include two bottle kilns - the last two terrace
houses have been demolished to accomodate this expansion

Trent Walk is a short road just north of Leek Road in Joiners Square, Hanley.

The Trent Walk Pottery produced novelty items, especially earthenware jugs, jars vases etc in the shape of vegetables. Production stopped in the early 1960s.

The factory was then used by P. E. Bairstow & Co until 1981.

The surrounding houses have all been demolished. Some of the works remains, incorporated into part of a two story business unit.

From	To	Occupier	Comments
c.1892	after 1900	Elijah Brookes	Elijah Brooks operated at Trent Walk at least until 1900. At sometime he moved to Longton.
?	?	John Boult	No particular details are known about this potter
1948	early 1960s	Trent Walk Pottery	Registered in 1948 to E. & B. Cope - taken over by R. T. Buckley in 1959
1960s	1981	P. E. Bairstow & Co	Bairstow operated from a number of works including the Trent Walk Pottery.