The Leopard Hotel, Burslem The Trent and Mersey Canal In this place on 8 March 1765 Josiah Wedgwood and James Brindley met to discuss the construction of the Trent and Mersey Canal. The project began the following year and spearheaded Britain's Golden Age of canals, revolutionising freight transport and helping fuel the Industrial Revolution
The Leopard Hotel was gutted by a fire in January 2022.
Plaque is now missing
Market Place, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
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by Campaign for Real Ale on 16 February 2006 #3 of the Pubs in Time series
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