Alfred Meakin (Tunstall) Ltd, Stoke-on-Trent, England

Alfred Meakin set up the pottery manufacturing company in 1875 - he died in 1904 and was succeeded by his son Alfred James who died only four years later.

Alfred John's uncle Robert Johnson bought the company for his son Stuart Johnson and it stayed in the Johnson family's hands until 1976 when it became Myott-Meakin before becoming part of the Churchill Group.

These 1909 and 1910 adverts showing the Alfred Meakin factories was supplied by Bob Johnson - his Great Grandfather was the Robert Johnson who set up Johnson Bros for the three eldest of his nine sons.

Then he bought Alfred Meakin which he divided into Alfred Meakin (Tunstall) Ltd and H & R Johnson tile company.

Alfred Meakin (Tunstall) Ltd., England

advert c.1910

Alfred Meakin - Victoria Pottery
from a 1910 advert

Alfred Meakin - Royal Albert Pottery
from a 1910 advert

Alfred Meakin - Royal Albert Decorating Works
from a 1910 advert

Alfred Meakin - Victoria and Royal Albert Pottery
from a 1909 advert

Alfred Meakin - Royal Albert and Victoria Potteries on Parsonage Street, Tunstall
1898 map

Royal Albert Pottery - marked in blue
Royal Albert Decorating Works - marked in purple
Victoria Pottery - marked in red

Parsonage Street

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

Alfred Meakin - Highgate Tile Works
from a 1910 advert

Alfred Meakin - Highgate Tile Works
from a 1909 advert

the Highgate works became the H & R Johnson tile company

Alfred Meakin - Highgate Pottery on Wilkinson Street, Tunstall

1898 map

Wilkinson Street

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

Alfred Meakin - Eastwood Tile Works

Alfred Meakin - Cobridge Tile Works

Alfred Meakin Ltd., Tunstall, Staffordshire
Royal Albert and Victoria Potteries
Manufacturers of General Earthenware, White Granite and Fine Semi-Porcelain

Also Manufacturers of every description of tiles
Highgate Pottery

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

Alfred Meakin Ltd.
Manufacturers of Semi-Porcelain and Ironstone China
at Royal Albert and Victoria Potteries, Tunstall, Staffs

and Highgate Tile Works
of White Glazed,
Printed, Plain and Embossed Art Enamelled Tiles

from: 1st June 1909, The Pottery Gazette

related pages

	The first part of the Royal Albert Pottery was built on the south side of Parsonage Street, Tunsall by Turner, Goddard & Co. in 1866. In 1873 Alfred Meakin started business in the Royal Albert Pottery.
	Alfred Meakin Ltd was set up in 1875 and operated from the Royal Albert, Victoria and Highgate Potteries in Tunstall. Alfred Meakin was the brother of James and George Meakin who ran a large pottery company in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.
	1910 brochure for Alfred Meakin (Tunstall) Ltd