Tinsley, Bourne & Co

Location and period of operation:

Earthenware manufacturer at Bournes Bank, and then later Queen Street, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent

• Partners were George Tinsley, Ezra Bourne and John Walker

• Originally at a works on Bournes Bank Burslem and then from c.1873 at the Queen Street Pottery.

• John Walker retired from the business in November 1873 

• The partnership of Tinsley & Bourne was dissolved on the 10th February 1880 and George Tinsley continued on his own account for a short period. 

Subsequently: George Tinsley & Co

London Gazette November 14th 1873

notice of the dissolution of the partnership between
George Tinsley, Ezra Bourne and John Walker

Tinsley & Bourne to carry on the business

London Gazette February 13th 1880

notice of the dissolution of the partnership between
George Tinsley and Ezra Bourne

George Tinsley to carry on the business as George Tinsley & Co

1879 map showing the Queen Street Pottery, Burslem
to the right is Bournes Bank where Tinsley & Bourne first operated 

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