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Old Milepost by the B5041, London Road, Stoke on Trent Parish
Cast iron post by the B5041, in parish of STOKE ON TRENT (STOKE ON TRENT District), London Road, Stoke on Trent, in paving in front of domestic hedge, on West side of road. Cobridge iron casting, erected by the Darlaston turnpike trust in the 19th century.
Inscription reads:-
STONE
8
MILES
Maker:-
S.N.
Cobridge
Grade II listed. List Entry Number: 1297962
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1297962
Milestone Society National ID: ST_SNSK08.
Image: © J Higgins
Taken: 1 Jan 2000
0.01 miles
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Church Street, Stoke
Church Street (London Road goes off to the right) -the rise in the road can be clearly seen - the canal tunnel runs under here. The light blue building on the left is the Wheatsheaf public house (an old coaching inn).
See the start of the Newcastle to Stoke canal: http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/344886
Image: © Steven Birks
Taken: 7 Mar 2003
0.03 miles
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Herbert Minton Building, Stoke-upon-Trent
Formerly Stoke School of Art (Murray & Pugin c.1853), this handsome building is now the offices of the NHS Stoke on Trent Clinical Commissioning Group.
Image: © Jonathan Hutchins
Taken: 24 Jan 2009
0.03 miles
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Stoke-upon-Trent - Library - north building
On London Road.
Image: © Dave Bevis
Taken: 13 Apr 2012
0.04 miles
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Stoke-upon-Trent - Library - south building
On London Road.
Image: © Dave Bevis
Taken: 13 Apr 2012
0.05 miles
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Colin Minton Statue, Stoke
Unveiled: 1st Jan 1887 in Campbell Place, but it was moved in 1954 to a site near the modern factory in London Road
Sculptor: Sir Thomas Brock
Restored: 2003 By Sainsbury's
Plaque Reads:-
High Sheriff 1869
Member of Parliament
For North Staffordshire 1874 to 1880
Thrice Mayor of Stoke 1880-1883
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Minton_Campbell
http://www.thepotteries.org/biographies/campbell_colin_minton.htm
Image: © Brian Deegan
Taken: 27 Dec 2017
0.06 miles
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Stoke-upon-Trent - Majestic Court
This building, on South Wolfe Street, is part of the Majestic Cinema, which opened in 1914 and could seat 1,000 on two levels. The front entrance was on Campbell Place. See http://www.thepotteries.org/entertainment/stoke_majestic.htm.
Image: © Dave Bevis
Taken: 13 Apr 2012
0.06 miles
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Sainsbury's Stoke-on-Trent
Image: © Andrew Tatlow
Taken: 14 Sep 2009
0.06 miles
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Stoke upon Trent market
This single storey market building (built 1900) contains several small shops and also acts as a frontage to an open air market.
Over the main entrance to the market is a relief panel referring the produce of the market, the central image is a bull's head, this is surrounded by game birds, fish, fruit and other produce.
On either wing of the building is a relief panel of the same coat of arms, a quartered shield with several charges.
The building frontage has several slim pilasters which act as divisions between shop fronts. These are topped with ceramic capitals depicting a Green Man-type face amongst foliage.
Image: © Steven Birks
Taken: Unknown
0.07 miles
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Sainsbury's, Stoke-upon-Trent
Located on the corner between London Road, (B5041) and Fleming Road (A52),
Stoke-upon-Trent. ST4 7QD
Image: © Carl Farnell
Taken: 18 Jun 2011
0.07 miles