IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Market Place, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 3DS
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Market Place, ST6 3DS by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (78 Images Found)
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Details
Distance
1
Burslem - old town hall on Market Place
Now part of the Ceramica Museum.
Image: © Dave Bevis
Taken: 2 May 2011
0.01 miles
2
Atlas Figures (Sculpture ) at Burslem Town Hall
Location: On the clock tower of the Old Town Hall, Market Place, Burslem
Installed: 1854-57
Commissioned by: Burslem Urban District Council
Architect: George Thomas Robinson
The clock tower on the Old Town Hall is supported by eight identical Atlas figures, two on each corner. The figures have naked torsos, their lower body and legs have been replaced by a large scroll-like feature, their arms reach up over their heads to support the bell tower. The town hall has been described has having a, 'Bulgy clock tower [with] lofty caryatids in a forest of muscular elbows.'
The Old Town Hall can be seen on the following picture:- http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/272797
Image: © Steven Birks
Taken: Unknown
0.03 miles
3
City College (Haywood Sixth Form Academy)
Located in the Old Town Hall.
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 5 Jul 2024
0.04 miles
4
The Post Office Vaults Public house, Burslem
Corner of Market Place and Swan Square
Image: © Steven Birks
Taken: 2 Mar 2001
0.05 miles
6
Leopard Inn, number 21 Market Place, Burslem
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.
Image: © Steven Birks
Taken: 2 Mar 2001
0.06 miles
7
The Saggar Maker Public House, Burslem
Market Street Burslem. Only pub in the world with this name.
A SAGGAR is a fireclay container, usually oval or round, used to protect pottery from marking by flames and smoke during firing in a bottle oven.
The SAGGAR MAKER, is a skilled man, producing the finished saggar, using his thumb to make a near join between the side and the base.
Image: © Steven Birks
Taken: 2 Mar 2001
0.06 miles
8
Old Town Hall, Burslem
The Old Town Hall adorned with the golden angel mentioned in Arnold Bennet's books. The building now houses the Ceramica exhibition.
Image: © David Stowell
Taken: 4 Nov 2006
0.06 miles
9
Fountain Square, Burslem
The layout of central Burslem today still has the street plan of a medieval market town. The area of St. John's Square can be seen on a 1720 map. A traditional Victorian drinking fountain in Fountain Square (top of St. John's Square), Burslem. Commissioned by Mayor James Maddock and installed in 1881-83
The building to the left is the National Westminster Bank (was Manchester and Liverpool District Bank). The bank sits on the corner of Fountain Square (was Fountain Place)
Image: © Steven Birks
Taken: 11 Feb 2006
0.07 miles
10
Burslem - Wedgwood Institute
Please see Image for a similar view taken in 2006. Since then, the library has been moved out of the building due to "structural problems".
Image: © Dave Bevis
Taken: 2 May 2011
0.08 miles