Leopard Inn, number 21 Market Place, Burslem
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Leopard Inn, number 21 Market Place, Burslem
Image: © Steven Birks Taken: 2 Mar 2001
A listed building. Late 18C, refronted in 1830, Stucco with plain tile roof, 3 storeys Burslem's Leopard held in 1765 the first meeting between Josiah Wedgwood and Thomas Bentley, Erasmus Darwin and the engineer James Brindley which culminated in the cutting of the Trent and Mersey Canal. "On Friday last I dined with Mr. Brindley, the Duke of Bridgewater's engineer, after which we had a meeting at the Leopard on the subject of a Navigation from Hull.... to Burslem" – Josiah Wedgwood,11th March 1765.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.045301
Longitude
-2.198342