Leopard Inn, number 21 Market Place, Burslem:: OS grid SJ8649 :: Geograph British Isles

SJ8649 : Leopard Inn, number 21 Market Place, Burslem

near to Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Great Britain

Leopard Inn, number 21 Market Place, Burslem

A listed building. Late 18C, refronted in 1830, Stucco with plain tile roof, 3 storeys
Burslem's Leopard held in 1765 the first meeting between Josiah Wedgwood and Thomas Bentley, Erasmus Darwin and the engineer James Brindley which culminated in the cutting of the Trent and Mersey Canal.

"On Friday last I dined with Mr. Brindley, the Duke of Bridgewater's engineer, after which we had a meeting at the Leopard on the subject of a Navigation from Hull.... to Burslem"

– Josiah Wedgwood,11th March 1765.

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2001

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Grid Square: SJ8649, 29 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Steven Birks (find more nearby)
Image classification: Geograph
Date Taken: Friday, 2 March, 2001 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 22 February, 2007
Category: Public house (more nearby)
Subject Location: OSGB36: SJ 868 498 [100m precision]
WGS84: 53:2.7180N 2:11.9005W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SJ 868 499
View Direction: Southeast (about 135 degrees)