J.H.Ketley & Co Ltd - Knutton Tileries Co

During the later 19th century John Howard Ketley owned, or was the principal partner in, several undertakings, in connection with the manufacture of tiles and bricks, extracting the clay to make them, as well as calcining mine dust to make coal briquettes. He operated from a site at Knutton, alongside the North Staffordshire Railway line from Newcastle to Silverdale. From 1907 the tileries here later operated under the title Knutton Tileries Co Ltd until 1917 and then as Knutton Tileries Limited until the company was wound up in March 1936 after the business was acquired by G H Downing Co Ltd in 1932.