IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Swan Square, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 3EA
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Swan Square, ST6 3EA 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 (81 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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Details
Distance
1
The Post Office Vaults Public house, Burslem
Corner of Market Place and Swan Square
Image: © Steven Birks
Taken: 2 Mar 2001
0.01 miles
2
Burslem - old town hall on Market Place
Now part of the Ceramica Museum.
Image: © Dave Bevis
Taken: 2 May 2011
0.04 miles
5
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
0.05 miles
6
Burslem Snooker Club
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The snooker club was one of a number built nationwide by Willie Holt, from Burnley, a manufacturer of snooker and billiards equipment in 1913. Originally there were fourteen tables though this has now been reduced to provide a bar and TV lounge.
For more history see http://fredhughesblog.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/one-of-my-favourite-heritage-and-historic-places/
Image: © John M
Taken: 16 Apr 2014
0.06 miles
7
Burslem Snooker Club
The snooker club was one of a number built nationwide by Willie Holt, from Burnley, a manufacturer of snooker and billiards equipment in 1913. Originally there were fourteen tables though this has now been reduced to provide a bar and TV lounge.
For more history see http://fredhughesblog.wordpress.com/2013/02/12/one-of-my-favourite-heritage-and-historic-places/
Image: © John M
Taken: 16 Apr 2014
0.06 miles
8
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
0.06 miles
10
Congregational Church (now United reformed Church), Moorland Road, Burslem
This church (built in 1905) carries a bust of William Woodall (1832-1901) with the inscription
"WOODALL MEMORIAL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH"
William Woodall was manager of the Burslem Gas Company, a senior partner in the pottery form of James MacIntyre and chairman of the Sneyd Colliery Co.
Woodall became the secretary of the Wedgwood Memorial Institute Committee. He was Liberal MP for Stoke-upon-Trent in 1880 and for Hanley in 1885,86,92,95.
Image: © Steven Birks
Taken: Unknown
0.07 miles