Take the Linthorpe Art Pottery Heritage Trail! Albert Park HotelThe hotel was built by William Oliver in 1868, the same year as Albert Park, and was the second public house to be built in Linthorpe, the first being the Cleveland Hotel, situated a couple of hundred yards further towards the village.

A gymnasium and a concert hall were added in 1872, the gymnasium was surprisingly used for the first Church of England services held in the area.

St Barnabas ChurchThe church we see today was built in 1892 opposite the site of the original church, the original church having rooms decorated with works by Henry Tooth one of the managers from the Linthorpe Art Pottery.

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The small park known locally as the RecIn the past Linthorpe and the local area was a thriving industrious area, the Rec is evidence of this period. The small park marks the spot where local clay was excavated to use in what originally would have been the brick works and then in the Linthorpe Art Pottery. At one time there were more than 30 brickworks in the Linthorpe area.

The pit was filled in many years ago, but due to movement and possible subsidence it was never used to build on.

Visit the museum

to see the vast collection of Linthorpe Art Pottery and other

beautiful designs by Christopher

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This trail takes us on a short journey from the Dorman Museum to the site of Linthorpe Art Pottery, created by the pioneering Victorian designer Christopher Dresser in 1879. His contemporary and cutting edge designs were sold worldwide and are still highly collectable today.

All of the buildings pictured, excludingthe museum and church, would havebeen standing during the life of thepottery, 1879 - 1889.

The trail is just over a mile long.

Start Here

Dorman MuseumThe Dorman Museum was given to the town in 1904 by Sir Arthur Dorman in memory of his son George Lockwood Dorman, who died in the Boer War. Arthur Dorman was one of the founders of the iron industry in Middlesbrough along with Albert de lande Long. Together they created the Dorman Long iron works.

The museum has the largest public collection of Dresser designs in the world.

A fun trail around Linthorpefor children and their parents.

Take a left onto Roman Rd

Linthorpe CemeteryLinthorpe Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Middlesbrough that is still in use today. The who’s who of Victorian Middlesbrough now reside here, familiar names such as Newbould, Hinton, Brentall and Forbes, are buried within its grounds. They rest alongside Moses Carpenter, a Mohawk Indian who died in the North Riding Infirmary in 1889.

The cemetery has been declared a local nature reserve since 2003.

Take a right onto Burlam Rd

Industrial SchoolOriginally the place where the Royal George public house was situated, the school was built in 1875 to help children whose families were destitute, they were given training and discipline to encourage them to become well adjusted members of the community. It closed its doors in 1925. In recent years the building has been converted into apartments and a vintage tearoom.

Rose CottageThis quaint little cottage was built in 1863 by Joseph Hodgson owner of one of the local brickworks; he livedhere with his family until his death in 1893.

The cottage was built on Old Highway, which became Acklam Road North and then Burlam Road, and was situated next to Blue Hall (demolished in 1970), which was the house of local landowner William Smith Graham.

Burlam RoadThe original hamlet of Linthorpe straddled what is known today as Burlam Road, part of which would have reached beyond the cemetery walls. Where the lodge stands today would have been the village green.

In the late 19th Century and early 20th Century developers bought up much of the surrounding farmland and began to create a suburb of wide tree-lined avenues that we now recognise as Linthorpe. Trail continues overleaf...

“A thing of beauty is a joy for ever”The Dorman Museum’s collection of Linthorpe

Art Pottery is the largest in public ownership.

Discover more about its fascinating story

on our website www.dormanmuseum.co.uk.

Turn right onto Kings Rd leading to Patey Close

Patey CloseIf you look down Kings Road towards Patey Court (named after one of the managers of the pottery), you can clearly see the road dip in the middle, where a tidal stream formed part of the natural landscape. This was a small beck that came from the original route of the River Tees that was re-routed for shorter passage in the early 1900s.

Take a right after Patey Close

Commemorative WallThe wall marks the spot where the Linthorpe Art Pottery stood. It produced over 2000 pottery designs in its short life, 1879 - 1889, these designs being in high demand at the time.

After its closure the land was used for numerous different purposes including a laundry, zoo and dairy.

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