Booths Ltd

A brief history of Booths pottery

Booths Ltd were manufacturers of earthenwares at Church Bank Pottery, Tunstall, Stoke on Trent, North Staffordshire.

They operated from 1891 through to 1948:

• 1842 The Church Bank Works were built by Robert Beswick

• 1860 The works were then taken over by Beech and Hancock

• 1862 Eardley and Hammersley took over the works

• 1864 Evans and Booth commenced business at the Knowles Works, Burslem

• 1868 Ralph Hammersley alone operated the Church Bank Works

• 1868 Evans and Booth became Thomas Booth and Co.

• 1870 Thomas Booth and Co were at Church Bank Works

• 1872 Thomas Booth and Co became Thomas Booth and Son.

• 1891 The name on the pottery became Booths

• 1898 The company took limited status and continued as such until the 1940s.

Identification of Booths pottery