IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Riley Street North, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST6 4BJ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Riley Street North, ST6 4BJ 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 (50 Images Found)
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image
Details
Distance
1
War Memorial at Burslem
Location: War Memorial, World War I in Swan Square, outside Burslem Methodist Mission
Installed: designed 1920-21 and Unveiled 11 November 1921
Commissioned by: erected by public subscription
Architect: C G Cowlishaw
Stonemason: W.A.R.Mellor Ltd
Sculptor: C Wallett
There are two steps up to the monument. The figure of a soldier dressed in World War I uniform appears on the front face of the square-sectioned memorial. He stands within a shallow niche, holding his gun end downwards. His head is bare, and his hat lies next to his right foot. The Burslem coat of arms appears on the rear face of the monument, above the inscription. Both the right and left sides of the monument are decorated with a Latin cross and, below that, a wreath festooned with drapes.
The memorial was unveiled by the Earl of Dartmouth, 11 November 1921
Image: © Steven Birks
Taken: Unknown
0.05 miles
2
Swan Square, Burslem
Swan Square, Burslem - in the Arnold Bennett novels this area was called 'Duck Square'
The Lloyds TSB building (now -2006 - a betting shop) originally Taylors and Lloyds, the founding partners of Lloyds Bank
To the left is The Swan - public house.
Image: © Steven Birks
Taken: Unknown
0.05 miles
3
Burslem Central Mission
Otherwise known as Swan Bank Methodist Church, the Mission was built in 1901 and demolished in the 1960s.
See a 1920s photograph: http://www.thepotteries.org/photos/burslem_centre/methodist_swan.htm
Image: © Gerald England
Taken: Unknown
0.10 miles
4
Stoke-on-Trent Gymnastics Centre
Former Drill Hall dating from 1902. Imposing front block with a large drill hall to rear.
Image: © John M
Taken: 16 Apr 2014
0.12 miles
5
Burslem - Sunday School
This is all that remains of Burslem's Hill Top Methodist Sunday School. The rest was demolished in 1987, following a fire in 1983.
Image: © Dave Bevis
Taken: 2 May 2011
0.13 miles
6
Burslem - NatWest Bank and Fountain Court
Image: © Dave Bevis
Taken: 2 May 2011
0.13 miles
7
Sir Henry Doulton (1820-1897) at Burslem
Location: Market Place, Burslem
Date of design: 1986
Installed: 11 June 1991
Commissioned by: Burslem Urban District Council
Sculpture: Colin Melbourne
Statue is near to the old Burslem Town Hall:- http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/272797
(On rear of pedestal, on plaque):
This statue was unveiled
by Mr. Stuart Lyon
Chairman, Royal Doulton Limited
11th June 1991
Sir Henry Doulton was the first potter to receive the
Albert Medal and to be knighted for his services
to the ceramic industry. The great potter of his age, he
acquired the Nile Street factory in Burslem in 1877 and
gave the company that bears his name the foundations
of international success.
Image: © Steven Birks
Taken: Unknown
0.13 miles
8
Burslem - Westport Street
These are the buildings on the south-west side Of Westport Street, close to Burslem town centre.
Image: © Dave Bevis
Taken: 2 May 2011
0.13 miles
9
Burslem - Wade Heath Pottery Works
On Westport Road.
Image: © Dave Bevis
Taken: 2 May 2011
0.14 miles
