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One of a pair of Dolphins on  the drinking fountain
in Fountain Square  top of St. John's Square Burslem

 

 

A traditional Victorian drinking fountain in Fountain Square (top of St. John's Square), Burslem

Commissioned by Mayor James Maddock first and installed in 1881-83
 

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FOUNTAIN SQUARE - BURSLEM

  on St. John's Square

The layout of central Burslem today still has the street plan of a medieval market town. The area of St. John's Square can be seen on a 1720 map.

Arnold Bennett in his novels used The Potteries, especially Burslem as a thinly disguised location. He re-named St. John's Square to St. Luke's Square. 

 

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