Burgess
& Leigh |
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Location and period of operation:
Burgess
& Leigh |
Burslem |
1862
|
1999 |
Earthenware manufacturer, early name was Burgess Leigh & Co
Continued from 1999 onwards as Burgess, Dorling and Leigh
Burgess & Leigh occupied the Central
Pottery, Burslem from 1862 to 1867 ( probably as Burgess Leigh & Co)
In 1867 took the earthenware department of the Hill
Pottery and then in 1899 moved to the Middleport Works
which were purpose built for them.
You can go on a
'walk' of the
Middleport Pottery Works
The best in Quality, in
Novelty, in Value
Burleigh Ware
made by Burgess & Leigh
Burslem, England
The Pottery Gazette - January 1913
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1930's mark - "RADFORD" is the pattern
Photograph of the Middleport
Works
pre c.1950
The Trent & Mersey canal runs alongside the works