408 A TOPOGRAPHICAL 



About midway between Stoke and Newcastle, is Cliffe ViHc, the 

 seat of John Tomlinson, Esq. ; and at Penkhull, is The Mount, 

 the seat of Josiah Spode, Esq. 



LANE END, 



Is a modern and populous town, which has risen in a few years by 

 the almost magic influence of a prosperous manufacture, to a respec- 

 table degree of opulence. This town is situated four miles to the 

 south-east of Newcastle, and at the southern extremity of the Potte- 

 ries. Large quantities of earthenware are manufactured in the 

 extensive potteries of this town and its vicinity. 



The township of Lane-End and Longton is populous, and contains 

 1,032 houses, 1,079 families; 2,277 males, 2,653 females : total 

 4,930 inhabitants. 



Lane-End is a market town : the market is on Saturday, and well 

 supplied with provisions. 



The Church is similar to that of Hanley, but does not appear to 

 so much advantage, being in a comparatively low situation. We 

 understand it was rebuilt about the year 1795. The original chapel 

 was principally built and endowed at the charge of the late John 

 Bourne, Esq.* and was consecrated in 1764. The following me- 

 morandum may throw some light on the expense of the present 

 building : 



Mr. Bourne was an inhabitant of Newcastle-under-Line, and as our ar- 

 ticle for that place was too copious to copy the monumental inscriptions of 

 public] characters in the Church there, we hope to stand excused by our readers 

 in taking this opportunity of recording a just tribute of respect to a pious, be- 

 nevolent man, and a benefactor to the people of Lane End. Mr. Bourne was 

 buried at Newcastle, and in the church there, on a mural monument, is the fol- 

 lowing inscription : 



" In Memory of JOHN BOURNE, Esq. late a worthy inhabitant of this town, 

 (Newcastle-under-LineJ and one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for 

 the county of Stafford. A man very remarkable for his public spirit, and ex- 

 tensive liberality. His zeal for the advancement of religion appeared from se- 

 veral new chapels erected and endowed in this neighbourhood, chiefly at his ex- 

 pense. His benevolence towards men was shewn by a constant readiness to 

 assist the needy with whatever their wants required ; and by strenuously pro- 

 moting every measure which promised happiness to mankind. As a magistrate 

 he was active and impartial, distributing justice with temper and judgment. 

 II was kind to his relations, sincere to his friends, and forgiving to his ene- 

 mies. He died a bachelor, Sept. 13, 1764, aged 73 years." 



He was maternal uncle to the Rev. John Fernyhough, B. D. who was forty- 

 three years the respected and beloved minister of Newcastle j and not only 



