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Stoke-on-Trent
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Queen Victoria pub, Victoria Road, Fenton
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Queen Victoria pub,
Victoria Road, Fenton
note the shoe scrapers each side of
the door
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The pub sits on on Victoria Road at the corner Edward Street (opposite Albert Street) in Fenton Low. The new queen Victoria, had been crowned in 1838 and it was common throughout the Empire for roads and buildings to be named after Victoria or her consort Albert. Originally the way from Fenton to Hanley was via Stoke and in 1843, the local pottery manufacturers decided that a speedier route to Hanley was needed so the old Roman road was abandoned and the new Victoria Road was built. The new road was set for speed and to save going into Stoke to get to Hanley, it drove across Fenton Low, over the Trent by a farm called Trent Hay, through Joiners Square and up the hill into Eastwoood finishing by the Albion Inn. |
Queen Victoria pub - April
2009
Queen Victoria pub - July
2000
