Top Bridge Works, Longport
Also see the Bottom (or 'New Bridge') Works.
| From | To | Occupier | Comments |
| c.1793 | 1887 | Davenport | Davenports occupied the Longport Pottery, and the Top & Bottom Bridge Works) |
| c1891 | 1903/4 | W & E Corn | W & E Corn located here from a pottery in Navigation Road, Burslem. |
| 1903 | 1961 | Price Bros | |
| 1961 | Price & Kensington | New company formed from Price Bros and Kensington Pottery Ltd |
Frontage of the 'Top Bridge' factory from Newcastle
Lane
looking towards Trubshaw Cross and Burslem / Tunstall.
The rear of the factory showing the remaining bottle
kiln -
the canal at the bottom of the picture is the Trent & Mersey.
The factory is shown on the 1851 Ordnance Survey map.
photos:
Oct 1999
You can go for a 'walk'
around Longport and
the New Bridge Pottery.
Questions/comments? email: Steve Birks
24/1/2003