The Dog and Partridge, Hot Lane, Burslem

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The Dog and Partridge, Cobridge, Burslem
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The Dog and Partridge - No 5 Hot Lane, Burslem

The Dog and Partridge, Hot Lane, Cobridge, was here in 1828 (as seen by the Pigot directory entry below) and probably at a much earlier period.

The present building is, however, a later one, erected in the early part of the 20th century.

Pigot & Co's Directory of Staffordshire - 1828/9
Dog & Partridge, Job Stretch, Hot lane, Burslem

Burslem Cemetery:
Frederick BEECH,
Of "The Dog & Partridge Inn",
Hot Lane, Cobridge, 24 March 1939, 58
Florence May, w, 24 May 1965, 83
Charles Frederick BEECH,
30 Jan 1907, 2yrs

Originally this two storey building was built as a public house called The Dog and Partridge. It was then used as a scout hut. The ground floor has two large beaded windows with plain stone sills and moulded brick frames. The main entrance has a rectangular light set in a modern rendered panel.
On the ground floor is a plaque dedicated to the First World War heroes.
On the first floor wall is a sign that reads 'Hanger' and an inset mosaic of a dog and partridge with the words 'Dog & Partridge' is also present

photo: © The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Staffordshire Past Tracks

"In a 1912 Potteries, Newcastle and District Directory, published by the Staffordshire Sentinel Ltd, Hot Lane had two public houses, a Primitive Methodist chapel and 116 dwellings, whose heads of household were engaged as follows: 18 potters, 3 potter's placers, potter's printer, packer, 38 miners, 11 labourers, 3 grocers, baker, shoemaker, cobbler, 2 painters and decorators, 2 plasterers, 2 bricklayers, 3 carters, 2 firemen, 2 cratemakers, 2 publicans, clerk, oil dealer, marine store dealer, banksman, printer, checkweighman, engine tender, platelayer, 11 widows and 3 retired or unemployed.

Many years have passed since pints were last pulled at the Dog & Partridge. Once tied to Parker's Burslem Brewery, this former public house stands in near isolation close to the junction of Hot Lane and Nile Street, following the demolition of most of its old neighbours. It survives today as the headquarters of a local scout troop.

An interesting feature is the plaque at lower right; how many other public houses can claim to have a war memorial mounted upon their facades?

Mosaics, like the one above this front door, were often displayed on Parker's pubs instead of the more customary inn signs. A richly ornate tile-and-terracotta mural below the far gable still proudly bears the inscription 'Parkers Celebrated Ales' for all passers-by to see."

Six of the Best - Richard Weir

photos: Steve Birks - May 2001

The inscription reads:

In the memory and honour of the men from Hot Lane and Elder Road who fell in The Great War 1914 -1919.
R. Rowley
W. Brookes
J. Sutton
J. Hyde
T. Harding
E. Mahon
J. Mahon
P. Roberts
S. Hulson
J. Kerrigan
A. Wardles
J. Artaud
S. Bamford
I. Stevenson
H. Hulme
J. Barker
T. Lewis
F. Lovatt
E. Boulton
P. Boulton
J. Boulton
E. Millward
J. Standeven
T. Hancock
W. Turner
H. Tudor
J. Wellings
D. Lightfoot
J. T. Lightfoot
S. Ford
F. Gavenor
T. Yates
R. Foster
W. Vaughan
J. Plant
W. Donally

Whose self sacrifice has left behind unfading memories.
Subscribed by neighbours and friends. This tablet was unveiled by Dr. Good.