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Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Stoke-on-Trent City Archives
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Potteries Museum and Art Gallery
Bethesda Street
Hanley
Stoke-on-Trent
England
ST1 3DW
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Businesses (58)
- Adams family, potters Staffordshire
- AG Richardson & Co, china manufacturers Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Alfred. B. Jones and Sons, Grafton Works, Longton, Staffordshire Longton, Staffordshire
- Allied Insulators Ltd, electrical ceramic manufacturers Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Arthur J Wilkinson Ltd, earthenware manufacturers Burslem, Staffordshire
- Aynsley China Ltd, ceramic manufacturers, Longton Longton, Staffordshire
- Bernard WE Webber Ltd, pottery and glass making equipment engineers and suppliers Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- Blythe Colour Ltd Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Capper Rataud Ltd, lithographic and screen print transfer manufacturers Burslem, Staffordshire
- Charles Amison & Co Ltd, china manufacturers Longton, Staffordshire
- Collingwood Brothers, Longton Longton, Staffordshire
- Doulton & Co Ltd, Royal Doulton Potteries Lambeth, Surrey
- Florence Colliery
- Ford & Slater, architects and surveyors Burslem, Staffordshire
- Geoffrey Edwards and Son, flint grinders, Bucknall Bucknall, Staffordshire
- George Wooliscroft & Sons Ltd, tilemakers Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- H & R Johnson Tiles Ltd, glazed and enamelled tile manufacturers Tunstall, Staffordshire
- Hammersley & Co. pottery manufacturer
- Harrison & Sons Ltd, dye manufacturers Hanley, Staffordshire
- Hayden & Co, clothiers, Tunstall and Stoke on Trent Tunstall, Staffordshire
- Herbert Minton, tile maker Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Jackson & Gosling Ltd, china manufacturers Longton, Staffordshire
- Jesse Shirley & Sons Ltd, bone manure manufacturers, flint grinders and china clay merchants, Etruria Etruria, Staffordshire
- JH Weatherby & Sons Ltd, earthenware manufacturers Hanley, Staffordshire
- John Davenport, Son & Co, potters Longport, Staffordshire
- John Gallimore and John Wedgwood, Byker and Hamill colliery Burslem, Staffordshire
- Lancaster and Sandland Ltd, ceramics manufacturer, Hanley Hanley, Staffordshire
- Michelin Tyre plc Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- Mike Hopwood Productions Ltd
- Minton Hollins & Co, Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- Mintons Ltd, china manufacturers Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Mitchell Memorial Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- New Chelsea China Co Ltd Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Nicholas Price Wood, Byker flint mill Burslem, Staffordshire
- North Staffordshire Co-operative Society Staffordshire
- North Staffordshire Poster Services Staffordshire;Staffordshire
- North Staffordshire Railway Co Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Parker's Burslem Brewery Ltd Burslem, Staffordshire
- Pooles Engravers, Hope St, Hanley Hanley, Staffordshire
- Potteries Motor Traction (PMT) Co, bus operator
- Pottery manufacturer, Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- Price and Kensington Potteries Ltd Burslem, Staffordshire
- Prince Minerals Ltd, colour merchants, Fenton Fenton, Staffordshire
- Royal Doulton Ltd, manufacturers of tableware and collectables, Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- S Fielding & Co Ltd, earthenware manufacturers Fenton, Staffordshire
- Samuel Alcock, pottery manufacturer, Burslem Burslem, Staffordshire
- Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Co Ltd Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Star Mutual Building Society Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Taylor & Kent Ltd, china manufacturers Longton, Staffordshire
- Theatre Royal, Hanley Hanley, Staffordshire
- Tunstall Building Society Tunstall, Staffordshire
- Twyfords Ltd, manufacturers of ceramic and sanitary ware, Stoke Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire;Alsager, Cheshire
- Unnamed ironmonger, Hanley Hanley, Staffordshire
- W Bennet & Co (Rubber Stamps) Ltd Hanley, Staffordshire
- W T Copeland & Sons, Stoke Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- W. Bennett and Co. (Rubber Stamps) Ltd, Henley
- Warwick Savage, Printer and Book Binder, Burslem Burslem, Staffordshire
- WH Grindley & Co Ltd, earthenware manufacturers, Tunstall Tunstall, Staffordshire
Organisations (117)
- 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers
- Amicus: Stoke on Trent and Burton on Trent Branches Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire;Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Ancient Order of Foresters: Court Biddulph 9475, Staffordshire Biddulph, Staffordshire
- Ancient Order of Foresters: Court Knypersley 1803 Knypersley, Staffordshire
- Audley parish Audley, Staffordshire
- BBC Radio Stoke
- Berry Hill High School Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- Blurton Methodist Church Blurton, Staffordshire
- Boothen (Hanley) Methodist New Connexion / United Methodist / Methodist Church Hanley, Staffordshire
- British Ceramics Confederation
- British Order of Free Gardeners Friendly Society
- British Pottery Manufacturers Association
- British Stoneware Potters Association Staffordshire
- Burslem Bethel Methodist New Connexion / United Methodist / Methodist Church Burslem, Staffordshire
- Burslem Commissioners and Burslem Local Board of Health Burslem, Staffordshire
- Burslem Hot Lane Primitive Methodist/ Methodist Church Burslem, Staffordshire
- Burslem Municipal Borough Council Burslem, Staffordshire
- Burslem Ragged School Burslem, Staffordshire
- Burslem Swan Bank Methodist Mission Burslem, Staffordshire
- Burslem Working Men's Club Burslem, Staffordshire
- Caroline Street Baptist Church, Longton Longton, Staffordshire
- Ceramic City Choir Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Chatterley Dole Charity
- Chatterley Whitfield Museum
- City of Stoke on Trent Choral Society Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- City of Stoke-on-Trent Assessment Committee Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- Dalehall Harper Street (Albion Street) Primitive Methodist / Methodist Church
- Dalehall Zion Methodist New Connexion / United Methodist / Methodist Church
- Dr Hulme's Educational Foundation, Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Eastwood Vale Infants School
- Etruria Old Road Weslyan Methodist Church Etruria, Staffordshire
- Etruscan Choral Society, Stoke on Trent Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire
- Fenton Commissioners and Fenton Local Board of Health Fenton, Staffordshire
- Fenton Temple Street Wesleyan Methodist / Methodist Church Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Fenton Urban District Council Fenton, Staffordshire
- Forsbrook Methodist New Connexion / United Methodist/Methodist Church Forsbrook, Staffordshire
- Grafton County Infants School, Longton Longton, Staffordshire
- Hanley and Shelton Anti-Slavery Society Hanley, Staffordshire
- Hanley and Shelton Commissioners and Hanley Committee for the Incorporation of the Township Hanley, Staffordshire
- Hanley Borough Council Hanley, Staffordshire
- Hanley Presbyterian Church Hanley, Staffordshire
- Harpfield Primary School Harpfield, Staffordshire
- Hollow-ware Pressers Union
- Independent Order of Oddfellows: Knypersley Knypersley, Staffordshire
- Leveson Charity Staffordshire;Staffordshire
- Lichfield News Room Lichfield, Staffordshire
- Longport Clarence Street Wesleyan Methodist / Methodist Church Longport, Staffordshire
- Longport Scott Lidgett Road (Alexandra Road) United Methodist/ Methodist Church Longport, Staffordshire
- Longton Baptist Church Longton, Staffordshire
- Longton High School Longton, Staffordshire
- Longton High Street United Methodist Free / United Methodist Church Longton, Staffordshire
- Longton Municipal Borough Council Longton, Staffordshire
- Longton Swimming Club Longton, Staffordshire
- Meir Methodist Church
- Meir Sandon Road Methodist Church
- Middleport Methodist Church
- Mount School for the Deaf, Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Nantwich Turnpike Trust Nantwich, Cheshire
- National Amalgamated Society of Male and Female Pottery Workers
- National Council of the Pottery Industry
- Normacot Primitive Methodist / Methodist Church
- North Staffordshire and District Cricket League Staffordshire
- North Staffordshire Community Health Council Staffordshire;Staffordshire
- North Staffordshire Cripples Aid Society Staffordshire;Staffordshire
- North Staffordshire Federation of the Townswomen's Guilds
- North Staffordshire Fuel Society Staffordshire
- North Staffordshire Referees Club Staffordshire
- North Staffordshire Royal Infirmary Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- North Staffordshire Symphony Orchestra Staffordshire
- North Staffs Master Plumbers and Painters Association Staffordshire
- Norton Green Silver Jubilee Celebrations Norton Green, Staffordshire
- Norton Zion Primitive Methodist / Methodist Church Norton, Staffordshire
- Norton-in-the-Moors parish Norton-in-the-Moors, Staffordshire
- Old Nortonian Society Norton-in-the-Moors, Staffordshire
- Penkhull Garden Village Stoke-on-Trent Tenants Ltd Stoke upon Trent, Staffordshire
- Penkhull Primitive Methodist / Methodist Church Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Pot Lid Circle Collectors Club, ceramics collectors
- Potteries Association for the Blind
- Potteries Gramophone Society Staffordshire
- Queen Street Primary School, Fenton Fenton, Staffordshire
- Revealing Voices project, oral history, North Staffordshire Staffordshire
- Royal Artillery (Territorial Army), 215 Medium Battery Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Sangster Lane Primitive Methodist / Methodist Church,
- Shelton Bar Action Committee, campaign against works closure, Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- Smallthorne Salem Methodist Church Smallthorne, Staffordshire
- Smallthorne Urban District Council Smallthorne, Staffordshire
- Smallthorne Victoria Wesleyan Methodist / Methodist Church Smallthorne, Staffordshire
- Spode Museum Trust Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- St James Church of England School, Longton
- St Paul's Methodist Chapel, Bentilee
- St Paul's parish, Burslem Burslem, Staffordshire
- St. Lukes Church of England Primary School, Hanley Hanley, Staffordshire
- Stoke (South) Methodist Circuit Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Stoke and Wolstanton Poor Law Union Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire;Wolstanton, Staffordshire
- Stoke Epworth Street (Cross Street) Wesleyan Methodist Church Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Stoke on Trent City Council Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire;Hanley, Staffordshire;Tunstall, Staffordshire;Longton, Staffordshire;Burslem, Staffordshire;Fenton, Staffordshire
- Stoke St. John Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Stoke upon Trent Poor Law Institution Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent Baptist Church
- Stoke-on-Trent City Council Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent City Police Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent Community Partnership Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- Stoke-on-Trent Sports Advisory Council Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- Stoke-upon-Trent City General Hospital Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Stoke-upon-Trent Commissioners Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- Stoke-upon-Trent Municipal Borough Council Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- The Audley (Diglake) Colliery Disaster Fund Audley, Staffordshire
- Tittensor-Talke Turnpike Trust Tittensor, Staffordshire;Talke, Staffordshire
- Trent Vale Methodist Church
- Trinity Presbyterian Church, Hanley Hanley, Staffordshire
- Tunstall Local Board of Health Tunstall, Staffordshire
- Tunstall Urban District Council Tunstall, Staffordshire
- Westcliffe Hospital, Chell Chell, Staffordshire
- Weston Coyney and Caverswall Film Society Weston Coyney, Staffordshire
- Wholesale Meat Salesman’s Association: Stoke Branch Stoke-upon-Trent, Staffordshire
- Wolstanton and Burslem Poor Law Union Wolstanton, Staffordshire;Burslem, Staffordshire
- Workers Educational Association: North Staffordshire branch Staffordshire
Persons (19)
- Abberley, John, (1932-2010), journalist and broadcaster
- Challinor, William E, (fl 1876-1904)
- Cooper, James, (1912-1998), ceramic designer
- Cooper, Thomas, (1805-1892), Chartist
- Dewsberry, George Henry, (1857-1939), ceramic designer
- Godden, Geoffrey Arthur, (1929-2016), ceramics specialist
- Hand, Frederick H, (1877-1972), Pottery Council Secretary
- Jeuda, Basil, (fl2000), historian of industry Staffordshire
- Joseph, Sir Francis L'Estrange, (1870-1951), Knight Businessman
- Miller, Muriel, (fl 1989-1999), author
- Milner, W E, (fl1909-1930)
- Moorcroft, William, (1872-1945), potter and designer
- Moran, Arthur, (1902-1987), Councillor and Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent
- Stubbs, Benjamin, (1817- 1909)
- Templeman, J., (fl 1941-1945), photographer Hanley, Staffordshire
- Tompkinson, Frank, (fl 1915-1918), bombardier, Royal Artillery
- Wedgwood, John, (1760-1839), potter and colliery owner
- Whalley, boxer, of Hanley, 1913-2004, John Thomas, (1913-2004), boxer
- Wood, Enoch, (1759-1840), potter, factory owner, historian, philanthropist
Diaries (7)
- Bateman, Joseph, (fl 1901-1907), mining engineer and surveyor Longton, Staffordshire
- Brear, Peter, (fl 1968-1974), author
- Millward, William, (fl 1878-1892), pottery turner Burslem, Staffordshire
- Moreton, Claude, (fl c1950), North Staffordshire Railway historian
- Penson, Frederick Thomas, (fl c1860-1905), artist
- Ray, Ken, (fl c1990-2010), historian
- Richardson, K David, (fl c1970-1999), pottery researcher
Families (8)
- Adams family of Dale Hall Dale Hall, Staffordshire
- Adams family of Hanley, Codbridge and Newcastle Under Lyme Hanley, Staffordshire;Codbridge, Staffordshire;Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire
- Broade family of Fenton Vivian Fenton, Staffordshire
- Heathcote family of Longton Longton, Staffordshire
- Marsh Family of Golden Hill, Lane End, Weston Coyney and Bank Hall, Burslem Burslem, Staffordshire
- Swinnerton family of Butterton Hall Butterton Hall, Staffordshire
- Wedgwood family of Burslem and Bignall End Burslem, Staffordshire;Bignall End, Staffordshire
- Wood family of Burslem Burslem, Staffordshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (11)
- NRA 21449 Adams family, potters, North Staffordshire link to online catalogue
- NRA 22519 Ancient Order of Foresters: Biddulph and Knypersley courts
- NRA 21447 Ellis Moxon, solicitors, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs: deeds and misc papers
- NRA 18539 FH Hand, industrialist :papers
- NRA 26633 Stephen Hobson, trade unionist: papers rel to pottery industry link to online catalogue
- NRA 21448 Dr Hulme's Educational Foundation
- NRA 19223 Minton family, china mfrs, Stoke-on-Trent: personal and business papers
- NRA 36839 Potteries Museum: MS Collection link to online catalogue
- NRA 4352 Stoke-on-Trent Central Library: misc accessions
- NRA 22520 Stoke-on-Trent Central Library: school log books
- NRA 24170 AJ Wilkinson Ltd, earthware mfrs, Burslem link to online catalogue
Accessions
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