Commerce Works, Stoke on Trent

Photograph taken 20 August 2003 © Mr Donald Pittman. Source Historic England Archive ref: 384382

These 2 bottle kilns were part of the Commerce Works pottery. They were built in the late 19th century. The Commerce Works pottery was run by the Chetham family from 1796 - 1869. It was then taken over by H.J Aynsley in 1873.

Location

Stoke on Trent Longton

Period

Victorian (1837 - 1901)

Themes

This mill was originally known as Jumble Hole Mill. It was first mentioned in 1788. Between 1815 and 1826 it was owned by Christopher Rawden who owned several mills in the locality. On 11th August 1899 the mill was destroyed by fire. This photograph could have been taken after the fire. The mill was altered and extended during the 19th and 20th century. The 1947 Yorkshire textile Industry directory has an entry for Jumble Hole Mill:
'Cocker and Co (1929) Ltd. (bleaching, dyeing and finishing of blacks and colours; rayons; crepes; cashmeres; brocades; muslins)
Cockers closed in the 1950s, but the mill was later used for silk dyeing.

Commerce Works, Stoke on Trent

Location

Period

Themes

Tags