Churches and Chapels of Stoke-on-Trent

St. Paul's Parish Church - Burslem

Postcard of St. Paul's Church c.1920

Built in 1828 and demolished in 1974.

"St Paul's church stands in a cemetery of three acres, between Burslem, Longport, and Dalehall. It is a large and handsome Gothic edifice, with a lofty tower. The first stone was laid 24th June 1828 and the fabric was completed by the close of 1830.
The perpetual curacy is in the patronage of the rector of Burslem, and incumbency of the Rev PB Ellis, BA."

The church is a large building in Hollington stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of a shallow chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles and an embattled western tower 115 feet high, with pinnacles, containing a clock and one bell.

St Paul's originally formed a district chapelry to St John, Burslem, comprising Longport and Dale Hall. It was created an ecclesiastical parish on 24th January 1845.

1832 Map of Burslem 
showing the location of St. Paul's Church 

from The Potteries Museum

St. Paul's Church 

St. Paul's Church was built in 1828. As it was being constructed, Enoch Wood had chambers built into the walls that he filled with pottery made by his family. The pottery included printed and painted earthenware, and figures In 1974 the church was subsiding and had become dangerous. On the demolition of St. Paul's Church, Enoch Wood's pottery was discovered and a portion of it was given to this museum.
 

photos of the replacement St. Paul's Church