William Adams (land owner & pottery master) owned property in Cobridge - "In 1802, William Adams let one of his Potteries in Cobridge to Smith & Billington, together with house, garden and croft. This was the property purchased from the Daniels." - Percy W.L. Adams; 'Notes on some North Staffordshire families' 1930. 

Smith & Billington are listed in J. Allbut and Sons directory and 'Map of the Potteries of 1802'. The works they occupied is numbered 57 on the map, adjacent to Sneyd Street. 

The duration of the partnership of Smith & Billington is uncertain - it is likely that the were suceeded by Richard Billington & Sons