Clement Wooldridge

A rarity from a demolition site in the Potteries. Clement Wooldridge is listed in the 1867 and 1869-70 trade directories as operating at Davis Street, Hanley. The brickworks is not mentioned in 1866 or 1873 and was probably a short-lived venture. It does appear on the 1879 Town Plan as being situated behind the Castlefield Pottery which later became the Etruscan Tile Works. The site has a brick shed and two round kilns.

Clement Wooldridge was born in Hanley in 1834 and is listed in the 1861 census as a Joiner. I suspect that his elder brother Levi was also involved in the business. Clement Wooldridge died in 1871 and the business may have been briefly run by Levi Wooldridge although his main occupation was as a victualler and pub keeper.