Soho Pottery, Tunstall

Soho Pottery, Tunstall, Stoke-upon-Trent

Founded by George Guest in the High Street, Tunstall.
After the works closed in 1906 it was later demolished and the Ritz Cinema was built on the site,

From	To	Occupier	Comments
1875	1882	George Guest
1883	1897	Rathbone, Smith & Co	The principal partners were Thomas Rathbone and Charles Smith.
??	1895	Rathbone, Smith & Binnall	The partners were Thomas Rathbone, Charles Smith and Rowland Augustus Binnall.
1897	1900	Smith & Binnall	The partners were Charles Smith and Rowland Augustus Binnall
1904	1904	Ernest Farmiloe	Short lived potter - operating for less then one year
1904	1910	Soho Pottery Co	Soho Pottery Co. continued at the Elder Works in Cobridge from August 1910 to 1944

Soho Pottery Ltd
earthenware manufacturers

from: 1907 Staffordshire Sentinel
'Business Reference Guide to The Potteries, Newcastle & District'

1880 map showing the location of the Soho Pottery, Tunstall (blue circle)
The nearby Swan Works is marked in green.

old-maps.co.uk

2015 map showing the former location of the Soho Pottery (blue circle)
- after the works were demolished a cinima was build on the site -
the red rectangle is now Tunstall Town Hall - previously this was the location of the Market Hall
Tower Square was originally called Market Square

Bing Maps

The Swan Pottery, Ritz Cinema and High Street, Tunstall, 1937
- the Soho pottery had closed in 1906 and after demolition was replaced by
the Ritz Cinema -

Britain from Above

Red rectangle = Town Hall
Blue circle = Ritz Cinema (location of the previous Soho Works)
Green rectangle = The Swan Pottery

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