William Anthony Marsden Tellwright purchased Sneyd Colliery and Brickworks in 1875 in partnership with others.
It was converted into a limited company in 1881
He was married to Ann Jane Tellwright and they had two sons William and Joseph and one daughter Adeline
After living in Wolstanton for many years, he purchased Horton Lodge at Rudyard shortly before he died in 1894
His widow continued to live there until she moved to the Old Vicarage in Hanford
After lying empty for a few years Horton Lodge was purchased by the North Staffordshire Miners' Welfare Association and converted into a miners' convalescent home,
which opened in 1925
William's son William became the Managing Director of Sneyd Colliery and Joseph was a director
Decades later William, his grandson, would become chairman of Sneyd Brickworks
Joseph Tellwright Born 1878 Died 1966 (87 yrs)
Son of William Anthony Marsden Tellwright and
Brother of William Tellwright and Adeline Keith
In 1925 Joseph married Annie Thain at Brompton, London.
Annie came from Aberdeen and was a Doctor
In 1947 she is listed as Anne Tellwright, a Registrar to the Anaesthetic Dept. at North Staffs Royal Infirmary
They had three sons
William Anthony Tellwright 1928-1986
Joseph Michael Tellwright 1929-2019
Peter Thain Tellwright 1930-2020
The boys are seen here meeting the foxhounds with their nanny
They lived in Trent Vale House for most of the 1920s and 30s
In 1936 Joseph purchased New Park from the Bailey family.
The original house was completely demolished and a new house built.
A significant feature was a stained-glass window of 40 panels depicting Staffordshire's industries, buildings, events and personalities
The grounds of the house were often used as the location for fundraising events
Joseph lived there until his death in 1966. In 1950 he placed stone markers around the boundaries of the estate
with his initials and the date
Annie left and Joseph standing with Peter
playing bowls on the lawn
In 1911 Joseph acquired the London Road works of established Stoke pottery manufacturer Bilton's Ltd
and in 1912 it became became known as Biltons (1912) Ltd
Pre WW1 they made tea and coffee pots, jugs and red floor tiles
Post WW1 they added ornamental ware and ware for children
1930s they replaced floor tiles with manufacture of glazed fireplace and wall tiles.
WW2 the factory closed for duration of the war
Post WW2 earthenware goods and tiles made in equal amounts
1966 Joseph died, but his son Peter continued to work in the business. He left £38,791
1978 Production was half a million pieces a week
1986 Bilton's was bought by Coloroll Ceramics
1990 Became part of Staffordshire Tableware
1999 Into voluntary liquidation
William trained as a mining engineer and became Managing Director of the Sneyd Colliery and Sneyd Brickworks.
In addition, he held other directorships including Birchenwood Coal Ltd and James Edge Ltd
A major explosion occurred at the pit on the 1st January 1942 which resulted in the tragic death of 57 men and boys
http://www.thepotteries.org/mining/allmines/sneyd.htm
Following nationalisation of the colliery in 1947, they retained ownership of the Sneyd Brickworks in Nile Street Burslem
and it became a public company in 1949. Manufacture of glazed bricks was a large branch of business for the Sneyd Colliery Brickworks.
They made coloured and white glazed bricks which were used in many buildings all over the world
They were used extensively in London, including many railway and underground stations
William purchased the Old Vicarage in Hanford.
His widowed mother Ann Tellwright also lived there from the early 1920s until her death in 1949.
She was active in local social and charitable circles and provided the swimming pool at Kibblestone camp
William married Margaret Nicoll on 16 December 1939.
The family supported many local causes and particularly the Haywood Hospital before it came under the NHS
In 1944 William was instrumental in securing the land needed for the construction of Port Vale's new ground at Hamil Road
William was a keen horseman and rode regularly with the North Staffs Hunt
William was living at Stanley House, Primrose Hill in Hanford when he died in 1954. He left £199,966
The managing directorship passed to his nephew and namesake William Tellwright
Born 13/02/1928
Died 23/10/1986
He married Dora Jane Glazebrook in 1953
Annie with her son Peter at William's wedding
He rode from the age of four and loved hunting and was an amateur National Hunt jockey and trainer.
He was joint master of the North Staffs Hunt for many years and an official at Uttoxeter racecourse
He died aged 58, in a freak riding accident. A race was name after him, following his death
Brought up at New Park in Trentham, he was living at Park Springs Farm, Market Drayton when he died
He was chairman of Sneyd Brickworks from about 1949. They recorded record profits in 1964. He left £222,497
Born 16/09/1929
Died October 2019
Studied medicine at Clare College, Cambridge
Worked at Westminster Hospital, London (as his mother had done)
In 1956 he married his wife Elizabeth in Harare
By mid 1950s was back in Stoke on Trent working as a General Practitioner, with a practice in Hartshill.
He retired in 1988
Michael and Elizabeth taken at Maer
Born 9/1930 in Trentham
Died 17/11/2020 Shropshire aged 90 yrs
Racehorse breeder at Tyrley Castle Stud, Market Drayton,- bred Rebelline and Rock City
Secretary of North Staffs Hunt for 25 years
Peter on the left and William on the right at the Hunt ball in 1958 from The Tatler
His wife was Sylvia and they had two children
He worked his entire career at Biltons
He retired in 1986
