C1845 - 1851
FOUNDER/LEADER: William Evans
Emigration scheme set up by the Trade Union of Operative Potters in
response to the introduction of new technology. 134 people were settled
on 1600 acre in Wisconsin. The scheme collapsed amid accusations of
mismanagement and almost bankrupted the union.
GRID REF: Stoke on Trent / USA
REF: The Staffordshire Potter. H. Owen
5000 acre estate, proposed site for the first Garden City. Project was
abandoned in favour of Letchwoth.
GRID REF: SE of Stoke on Trent
Womens University Settlement.
GRID REF: Stoke-on-Trent
REF: Listed in Labour Annual 1905
1907 - present
A Co-partnership Garden Village built by Sir Arthur Paget on the Old
Fallings Estate. Work began in 1907, with a model housing exhibition
being held the following year. By 1915 75 houses had been completed.
A 2nd phase of building was carried out in the 1920s with the village
being later engulfed by the expansion of Wolverhampton.
GRID REF: SJ930009.Wolverhampton
REF: Villages of Vision
Village 1910 -
95 houses built by Stoke on Trent Tenant Ltd a Co-partnership housing
society. Was to have been the first of 4 garden suburbs ringing Stoke.
Barry Parker oversaw early designs with the houses being designed by
a local firm of architects. Houses are arranged in clusters around greens.
Some social provision was made through a small institute and tennis
courts and bowling green along with allotments. A further phase of development
was carried out in 1939. In 1964 the scheme was bought by Bradford Properties
Trust who also own property at Hull Garden Village, Saltaire & Brentham.
GRID REF: SJ 869443 Stoke on Trent
REF: The Garden Cities Movement in a Local Context: The development
& decline of Penkhull Garden Village Estate. A.Taylor,. The Local
Historian Feb 1997.
Hostel run by the Friends War Victims Relief Committee for elderly bombed
out evacuees. In 1945 became a home for the elderly with a quarter of
the residents Quakers. Has its own Quakers Meetings - The Penn Meeting.
GRID REF: Penn Rd. Wolverhampton
REF: Wolverhampton Quakers 1704-1988. C.Jones et al. Clark&Howard