tarboat's photos with the keyword: longport

Price's National Teapots at Longport (also known as Top Bridge Works) had been occupied by Price Brothers since the 1890s, becoming Price & Kensington after an amalgamation in 1962. The Top Bridge Works was one of the earliest surviving examples of a fire proof pottery works. The building was abandoned and became increasingly derelict until 2019, when despite being listed Grade II it was demolished by the local Council.

This panel proudly declares the Middleport Pottery and when it was opened. B&L is the initials of Burgess & Leigh the owners at that time. In 2009 with the business facing closure it was purchased by the Prince's Regeneration Trust and the buildings underwent restoration and regeneration. Today it continues in business producing Burleigh ware.

This former co-operative shop in Longport now houses a fascinating museum of chimneypots. Pots are also for sale, so if you need to match what's on your roof then this is the place to start. The little lions are a bonus feature.

The Bentley Tileries was a relatively late development, being established close to the main line railway at Longbridge Hayes in the 1930s. In 1937 the OS map shows this as the "New Brick Works".The works produced red floor quarries, pavers, tiles / garden & creasing tiles, air bricks, roof tiles. It was closed and the site cleared by 1968.

The brickworks of William Palmers is listed in the 1912 Kelly's trade directory at Davenport Street, Longport. It does not appear in the 1924 edition.

Bottle ovens are becoming rather scarce around the Potteries although this one by the Trent and Mersey Canal at Longport does appear to have had some conservation work undertaken.

Ghosts of the canal past on the end wall of the warehouses and stables at Longport Wharf. The Shropshire Union Railways and Canal Company was formed in 1846 and leased by the London and North Western Railway from 1847. The railway company finally bought it in 1922. The Trent and Mersey Canal was actually owned by a rival company - the North Staffordshire Railway.