Moreton House, Wolstanton
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Moreton House, Wolstanton
Image: © Brian Deegan Taken: 5 Jul 2020
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge FRS discoverer of wireless telegraphy and inventor of the spark plug lived here during the 1870s (Blue Plaque). When Oliver Lodge was 12, the family moved from The Views in Penkhull to a larger residence, Moreton House, Wolstanton, where, in an outbuilding, he was able to undertake his first experiments. The building was built in 1743 in the Georgian style, by Ralph Moreton and is currently flats. No.12 Neville Malkin's "Grand Tour" of the Potteries http://www.thepotteries.org/tour/027.htm Sir Oliver Lodge Wiki >>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Lodge
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Image Location
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53.027924
Longitude
-2.214514