Stoke-on-Trent
Properties and events in Stoke-on-Trent
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ARNOLD BENNETT - Dudson Museum "Just Across the Road"
The Arnold Bennett Society at the former Dudson Pottery, which is just across the road from Arnold Bennett's birthplace. A day of displays, discussion, presentations and screenings featuring Bennett's writings on Stoke, its folk and its industry.
AudaTours Stoke-on-Trent Audio Tour: Fired Earth
A self-guided audio tour of Stoke-on-Trent, exploring the potters, kilnsmen, decorators and miners who fired the Six Towns.
Bethesda Chapel
An opportunity to visit Bethesda Methodist Chapel, once known as the Cathedral of the Potteries. This beautiful Grade II* listed building seated up to 2500 people in its heyday, making it the largest place of worship in North Staffordshire.
Brilliant Bamboo Parklet – From Pottery to Bamboo
We want to hear your memories of the Trent / Crescent Potteries and George Jones and Sons. Did you work there, know someone who did, or remember the site? Bring along your stories, photos or ceramics and help us uncover its history.
Bronze Age Gold - The Ellastone 'Fastener'
Join us for a free, expert talk on the the 'Ellastone Fastener' and other Bronze Age treasures by Dr Neil Wilkin of the British Museum.
Chatterley Whitfield and Colliery Tours
A Victorian Time Capsule - As seen on the Lloyds TV advert, Hidden Britain by Drone, Abandoned Engineering. A chance to visit Chatterley Whitfield Colliery, which closed in 1977 and became a museum. New Heritage Centre, NO UNDERGROUND TOURS
Discover Moorcroft Pottery - Handcrafted Exclusively in the UK Since 1913
Discover how a heritage art pottery operates – from design and shape creation to surface decoration – and meet the skilled workers who have spent decades mastering their craft.
Everyday Lives of Potteries People
Join Phil Rowley to explore the lives of Potteries folk in the 1930s.
Exploring Fenton’s Monuments and Stories
Join us for a guided walk between Fenton War Memorial and Glebedale Park Memorial, exploring local history, community memories, and the stories behind the two monuments.
Exploring Hanley’s Monuments and Stories
Explore the stories of the people who shaped Hanley on a walk through Hanley Park and Hanley Cemetery, ending at Hanley Cemetery War Memorial.
Exploring William Baker's Fenton
A guided walk around the Potteries town of Fenton focussing on the community buildings created by industrialists William Baker and William Meath Baker, which included everything from factories to houses, the library, church and town hall.
Former Stoke Works Guided Tour
Guided tours of the private site of the former Stoke Locomotive Carriage & Wagon Works, showing the surviving buildings.
From Clay to Community: Discovering Everyday Histories
Step into the everyday histories of the people who made Dudson, from the opening of the factory on Hope Street in 1810 to the thriving community hub we see today. Let's go on a journey of discovery together.
Gladstone Pottery Museum
Visit the only complete Victorian pottery factory from the days when coal burning ovens made the world's finest bone China.
Hanley Park Heritage Event
Join The Friends of Hanley Park, to celebrate 'Everyday Histories' and the working lives of the potteries. 19th September 11:00-2:00 Fun for all the family, as we celebrate the heritage of our city and look at how the park was maintained.
In the Footsteps of Palaeontologist John Ward
Follow in the footsteps of John Ward (1837-1906), an amateur geologist, palaeontologist and ichthyologist, known for collecting fossils from the coal mines of Staffordshire.
Inside Etruria: Past, Present & Future
Come inside a part of Etruria you don't normally get to see and discover the past, present and possible future of this extraordinary industrial landscape.
Inside the Church of Fenton
Christ Church is an Anglican church in Fenton, Staffordshire, England. It is in the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent and Fenton, and in the Diocese of Lichfield. The building is Grade II listed.
Lost and Found: Josiah Clowes and the Norton Colliery Canal
Join Potteries Heritage Society on the trail of a pioneering canal engineer and a forgotten branch canal.
Middleport Pottery - Search our 1940's Employment record cards
In this session you will get to visit Middleport Pottery, where you will find our employment cards from Burgess and Leigh, recorded between 1941-1942. See if you can find a relative, family name or even a complete stranger and learn about their job.