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Stoke-on-Trent Districts: Cobridge

 


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Cobridge, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Simpson Potworks

 

The Soho works became the property of John and George Alcock in 1835. 
The Soho works became the property of John and George Alcock in 1835. 

John Alcock rebuilt the front range in 1848, hence the initials “JA” and the date on the original gate posts

 

 

On the left is the Soho works (later the Simpson factory)
The photograph above from the Warrillow Collection in Keele University Library is a view of Cobridge Road from the north c.1870. On the right is the tollgate house. 

On the left is the Soho works (later the Simpson factory)

 
 


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