"Under the name 'Spode Ltd' the same factories and business was continued after 1970. In 2006, the business merged with Royal Worcester. The merged company entered administration on 6 November 2008. The brand names and intellectual property were acquired by Portmeirion Group on 23 April 2009. On 23 April 2009, Portmeirion Pottery purchased their rival Royal Worcester and Spode brands, together with some of the stock, after they had been placed into administration the previous November. The purchase did not include Royal Worcester or Spode manufacturing facilities. Many items in Spode's Blue Italian and Woodland ranges are now made at"
"Portmeirion Portmeirion is a tourist village in Gwynedd, North Wales. It was designed and built by Sir Clough Williams-Ellis between 1925 and 1975 in the style of an Italian village, and is now owned by a charitable trust. The village is located in the community of Penrhyndeudraeth, on the estuary of the River Dwyryd, south east of Porthmadog, and from Minffordd railway station. Portmeirion has served as the location for numerous films and television shows, and was ""The Village"" in the 1960s television show ""The Prisoner"". Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, Portmeirion's designer, denied repeated claims that the design was based on"
"for Charles William Mills, 2nd Baron Hillingdon, The Pleasaunce for Cyril Flower, 1st Baron Battersea and the Methodist Church. The large houses of the gentry have largely passed from private ownership to other uses. Overstrand railway station was on the Norfolk and Suffolk Joint Railway between Cromer and North Walsham. It is now closed. The Overstrand biplane bomber was named after the village, having been made at the Boulton & Paul aircraft factory in Norwich in the early 1930s. Season 1, episode 2 of the BBC TV series ""Screen Two"" was called ""Poppyland"" (1985). Directed by John Madden, it took"
"been released into porous layers beneath an impermeable bed of the North Sea as part of a carbon capture and storage scheme. The colliery and the surrounding area have been used in a number of television series and films, most notably ""Dalziel and Pascoe"" and ""Brassed Off"", and more recently ""Faith"". Stainforth, South Yorkshire Stainforth is a small town and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, England. It is around north-east of Doncaster, close to Hatfield and Thorne. It has a population of 6,342, reducing slightly to 6,282 at the 2011 Census. The place-name means"
"Thatched Barn The Thatched Barn was a two-storey mock-Tudor hotel built in the 1930s on the Barnet by-pass in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England. It was bought by holiday camp founder, Billy Butlin, before being requisitioned as Station XV by the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in World War Two, and used to train spies. In the 1960s, it became a Playboy Club, and later it became associated with Elstree Film Studios, and was used as a location for TV series The Saint, and later The Prisoner. The original building was demolished at the end of the 1980s, and replaced by a modern"
"programme when they visited the barn in the village that has been converted to a tourist information centre. Wycoller also appears in ""The Railway Children"" a 1970 British drama film based on the novel of the same name by E. Nesbit. Wycoller was also featured in Episode 2 of the television series ""Hidden Villages"" with Penelope Keith in 2014. Notable people from the village include Tom Emmott, who founded the Lancastrian Party while living in Wycoller Cottage. Wycoller Wycoller is a village in the civil parish of Trawden Forest in Pendle, Lancashire, England. It is located 3 miles east of"
"nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for a short film in 2001. The company continue to operates in Higher Wheelton. Chorley is twinned with: Chorley Chorley is a market town in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth came principally from the cotton industry. In the 1970s, the skyline was dominated by factory chimneys, but most have now been demolished: remnants of the industrial past include Morrison's chimney and other mill buildings, and the streets of terraced houses for mill workers. Chorley"
"Prose Medals, National Eisteddfod Drama Crown and Medal. Although she is originally from Blaenau Ffestiniog, she has lived in Dolwyddelan for years now. Writer and bookseller Ellis Pierce, also known as Elis o'r Nant, was from Dolwyddelan. In 1980 Walt Disney used Dolwyddelan Castle and surrounding grounds to film all the external castle scenes in the film ""Dragonslayer"". During the making of ""Dragonslayer"" many other scenes were shot in North Wales. Dolwyddelan Dolwyddelan is a village and community in Conwy county borough, north Wales, on the main A470 road between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Betws-y-Coed. The name of the village translates"
"Palissy Palissy was the trade name under which the English firm of A.E. Jones and Sons, of Stoke-on-Trent, marketed their china and pottery. The name was chosen as a tribute to Bernard Palissy, the famous French potter of the 16th century, creator of Palissy ware. They were bought out in 1958 by the Royal Worcester group, and in turn the Carborundum company that already owned Spode china and took over Hammersley china in 1972, and then Royal Worcester in 1974. Later pieces are marked Royal Worcester Group, then Royal Worcester Spode Group, but production was undoubtedly still in Longton. From"
"in Derby features a museum of porcelain items, and offers tours of the factory, a gift shop and a restaurant. Royal Crown Derby The Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company is the oldest or second oldest remaining English porcelain manufacturer, based in Derby, England (disputed by Royal Worcester, who claim 1751 as their year of establishment). The company, particularly known for its high-quality bone china, having produced tableware and ornamental items since approximately 1750. It was known as 'Derby Porcelain' until 1773, when it became 'Crown Derby', the 'Royal' being added in 1890. The factory closed down in the past under"
"It now has a status of permanent ruin, and is open to visitors. The castle is popular among film makers; in 1973, some episodes of the TV series ""Janosik"" were made here, and in 2001, Andrzej Wajda shot ""The Revenge"" here. Furthermore, in 1984 the castle was presented in Iron Maiden’s video ""Behind the Iron Curtain"", in the song ""Hallowed Be Thy Name"". Also, in the Australia television series ""Spellbinder"", the castle was used as the ruins of the castle of the old Spellbinders. Ogrodzieniec Ogrodzieniec is a town in Zawiercie County, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland, with 4,499 inhabitants (2004). It"
"class rugby coach in Lyn Howells. The village was also home to world boxing champion Jimmy Wilde, the ""ghost with a hammer in his hand"". Some scenes for the Sky TV comedy ""Stella"" were filmed in Tylorstown, and an aerial view of the village appears in the title sequence. Tylorstown Tylorstown () is a village and community (and electoral ward) located in the Rhondda valley, in the county borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It is neighboured by the villages of Blaenllechau, Ferndale, Penrhys, Pontygwaith and Stanleytown. Tylorstown was founded by Alfred Tylor who set up an early coal mining"
"who comes back to the modern world and hates what she sees. The play received its premiere at the National Eisteddfod, staged by Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru. The Spooner family contributed a major amount towards the development of railways in the area over a period of more than 70 years in the 19th century. WWE Wrestler Mason Ryan real name Barri Griffiths is from the area. Porthmadog Football Club was founded in 1884, and is one of the oldest in Wales. Matches are played at Y Traeth. The club won the North Wales League in 1902/03 and reached the final of"
"Bulls Head, The Wheatsheaf and The Queens Hotel. In addition, a microbrewery, Howard Town Brewery, is located in Old Glossop. In 2013, Old Glossop was used for filming in the BBC drama series ""The Village"", starring John Simm and Maxine Peake. The Parish Church of All Saints and the former Duke of Norfolk school building appeared in the series. Old Glossop Old Glossop is a parish village and the original part of the town of Glossop in the High Peak area of Derbyshire, England, about 15 miles east of Manchester and 23 miles west of Sheffield. The village is on"
"the Wilkinson Bros. factory was located at Acreswood, on the west side of the village, where clay was drawn from a pit and high quality bricks made. David Steele, international English cricketer, was born in Bradeley in 1941. Bradeley Bradeley is a village in Staffordshire, England, in the city of Stoke-on-Trent. It was mentioned in the Domesday Book but became more established as a mining community for the local coal pits in Norton and Chatterley Whitfield. A hostel existed on the east side of Chell Heath Road until the 1970s, where incoming miners from different parts of Britain and also"
"in the UK was grown and so Dorney has a public house named ""The Pineapple"", Grade II listed for its age, dating half to the 17th century and half to the 18th century. In 1961 a cornfield at Dorney was the scene of a nationally-reported abduction. A lone gunman, James Hanratty, abducted Valerie Storie and Michael Gregsten in a Morris Minor parked in the cornfield. He forced them at gunpoint to drive to a lay-by on the A6 at Maulden in Bedfordshire, where he shot and murdered Gregsten, raped Valerie Storie and shot her. She survived, paralysed. The village is"
"consists of sheep but some other animals inhabit the area. Rhosgadfan Rhosgadfan is a Welsh village in the county of Gwynedd, formerly in the historic county of Caernarfonshire. It is notable as the birthplace of Kate Roberts, the greatest Welsh writer of the 20th century. The Welsh TV programme ""C'mon Midffild"" was filmed in the village hall, prior to its destruction. The hall was destroyed in a blaze believed to have been caused by arson . Nobody has been brought to justice. During March and April 2010 filming of SNOWDONIA 1890, a new television series to be shown on BBC1"
"of Cotswold literature. St Kenelm is the parish church. It was last rebuilt during Queen Anne's reign. It contains a monument to Sir Robert Atkyns and another to Sir Henry and Lady Anne Poole. The village was used for filming most of the outdoor scenes in ""Cider with Rosie"" (1998), set in the 1920s and 1930s, with the main street gravelled to overcome the modern road surface. Sapperton, Gloucestershire Sapperton is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire in England, about west of Cirencester. It is most famous for Sapperton canal tunnel and its connection with"
"Leeds. During the time when the village was used as a location, the name of the village pub was changed from The Commercial Inn to The Woolpack when the landlord tired of the inconvenience caused by the frequent pub sign changes. Scenes were once again filmed in Esholt, 19 years after they were last filmed, as part of the special episode following Ashley Thomas's dementia storyline in December 2016 in an attempt to show a skewed, unfamiliar view of the village as perceived by Ashley. The mill owner Sir Henry Mitchell (1824-1898) was born in Esholt and received a knighthood"
"rugby league player Ike Owens and news reader Huw Edwards. Dr Dan Davies (physician to the king and chief advisor for the establishment of the NHS) Phylip Henry Rees (preacher and evangelist of the Gospel) Numerous locations in Pontycymer feature as the fictional village of Ogw in the film Very Annie Mary. The oldest street in the village is Railway Terrace, originally named ""Milk Row"". Pontycymer Pontycymer is a former mining village in Wales. It is situated in the Garw Valley, in Bridgend County Borough, about 7 miles or 11 km north of the town of Bridgend. The name is"
"character of ""The Prisoner"" (the otherwise-unnamed ""Number Six"") spends the entire series trying to escape from a luxury island prison community called ""The Village"", and to learn the identity of his nemesis, Number One. The Village's administrators try just as hard to force or trick him into revealing why he resigned from his previous job as a spy, which he refuses to divulge. The location used was the Italianate village of Portmeirion in North Wales, which had featured in occasional episodes of ""Danger Man"". During production of ""The Prisoner"", MGM cast McGoohan as a spy in an action film, ""Ice"
"and fast bowler was born in Trebanos. Actress Harriet Lewis who played Maggie Post in the Welsh soap opera Pobl Y Cwm was born and lived in Trebanos all her life. Trebanos Trebanos () is a village in the Swansea Valley, Wales. It forms, together with Craig Trebanos and a part of Pontardawe, the Trebanos electoral ward of Neath Port Talbot county borough. Controversy and opposition concerning the South Wales Gas Pipeline passing through the village led to media attention for the village and a protest camp in 2006 and 2007. The village's name in standard Welsh is 'Trebannws'. But"
"and the brewery were featured as the final destination on a Shropshire edition of Treasure Hunt, with Anneka Rice pulling herself a pint of real ale to complete the game. “The Smithy” is the village’s community shop which was officially opened by the actor Pete Postlethwaite OBE, a local parishioner in April 2000. Once the workplace of a local blacksmith and little more than the size of a shed, the shop stocks all the basics, with as much as possible sourced from local suppliers. Wistanstow Wistanstow is a village and parish in Shropshire, England. Wistanstow is located about south of"
"implication in the Bye Plot. He was arrested in Worcester on 13 August that year and executed in Winchester on 29 November. Huddington Court Huddington Court is a 15th-century moated manor house in the village of Huddington in Worcestershire, England, some six miles east of Worcester. It was described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as 'the most picturesque house in Worcestershire'. It was the home of the Wintour family, of which the Gunpowder plot conspirators Robert, Thomas and John Wintour are the most notorious . The house is a private residence and is not open to the public. It has been"
"advertising the resort that is progressively defaced by vulgar graffiti. Roddy Frame and Jeremy Stacey wrote most of Aztec Camera's 1995 album ""Frestonia"" during a three-week retreat at the Sands Hotel in Prestatyn. Frame later blamed the overcast and grim weather conditions there for the album's melancholy and gloomy tone. The town also appears in ""The Royle Family"" 2009 Christmas special ""The Golden Egg Cup"", in which the family visits Prestatyn to celebrate Jim and Barb's fiftieth wedding anniversary. Local football side Prestatyn Town gained promotion to the Welsh Premiership football league having been crowned champions of the Cymru Alliance"
"a number of pubs and other buildings used there, though the Town Hall used as the courthouse was demolished in 1986. Deddington in Oxfordshire was the filming location for the village of Guildstead Carbonell, where several mock buildings were demolished in the market place for the film. Hook Norton brewery served as the Handyman brewery where Blott obtains copious supplies of strong ale for the motorway workers. It was a drunk, played by Jimmy Nail, who 'demolished' Guilstead Carbonell. The Lodge, where Blott lives, was built on land at Blaise Castle Estate near Bristol. Sir Giles is seen drawing the"
"Buxworth Buxworth is a village in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England. The area, which was once an important centre for the limestone industry, became the terminus of the Peak Forest Canal. Its pub, the Navigation Inn, was once owned by ""Coronation Street"" actress Pat Phoenix. The village lies almost from Whaley Bridge and about southeast of Manchester. The village was originally called Bugsworth, from the Old English ""Bucga's Worth"" (""Bucga's Enclosure""), but in the early 20th century some residents began to dislike the name of their village; their cause was championed by the local vicar, Dr J R Towers,"
"has some of the best preserved remains of stone Lime kilns in Pembrokeshire. The harbour was used for filming for the BBC Prince Caspian/The Voyage of the Dawn Treader which was the second series of ""The Chronicles of Narnia."" There is a car park on the site of what used to be the now defunct St. Davids gasworks, which in turn was built on the site of a spring where it is said St. David himself was baptised. Porthclais Porthclais (also known as Porth Clais) is a small sheltered inlet harbour near St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Porthclais port was built"
"companies on the Estate were established by businesspeople who had arrived as refugees from Nazi-dominated Europe. They had often been able to bring money and equipment with them. By 1944, almost 16,000 people were being employed on the estate. In 1960, the estate came under the control of the 'Welsh Industrial Estates Corporation', and later, the Welsh Development Agency. Companies which have operated factories on the Estate include: BOAC, Aero Zip, Metal Alloys Ltd, Afon Tinplate Ltd, Finetex Ltd, Ford, South Wales Switchgear, Standard Telephones and Cables, Fram Filters. (""Please expand this List"") Treforest is the birthplace of singer Sir"
"During the 1920s, he began work on Portmeirion, later the location for ""The Prisoner"" (1967–68) TV series. A fashionable architect in the inter-war years, Williams-Ellis's other works include buildings at Stowe in Buckinghamshire; groups of cottages at Cornwell, Oxfordshire; Tattenhall in Cheshire; and Cushendun, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Williams-Ellis is also known for his design (in the 1930s) of the former summit building on Snowdon, which — after unsympathetic alteration in the 1960s and a long-term lack of maintenance — was described by Prince Charles as ""the highest slum in Wales"". During this period Williams-Ellis wrote his book ""England and"
"1987. From 2006 to 2012, Upper Boat was known in media circles for being home to BBC Wales' Upper Boat Studios, where the hit revised version of ""Doctor Who"", as well as spin-offs ""Torchwood"" and ""The Sarah Jane Adventures"", were produced, before production moved to BBC Wales new complex at Roath Lock, Cardiff. Upper Boat Upper Boat () is a village on the southern-most outskirts of the town of Pontypridd, within the electoral ward of Hawthorn, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, and comprises part of the Treforest Industrial Estate. Historically part of Glamorgan, it fell within the parish of Eglwysilan. The"
"filming location in one episode, though interior scenes were shot at Hoghton Tower in Lancashire. It was also used as a stand-in for Mont San Pierre in the 1982 film ""The Scarlet Pimpernel"" starring Anthony Andrews. In the British television show ""Wolfblood"", filming was done there for an episode. Some external shots of the castle are used in the fourth season of the period television drama ""Reign"". Lindisfarne Castle Lindisfarne Castle is a 16th-century castle located on Holy Island, near Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, much altered by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1901. The island is accessible from the mainland at low"
"was an Easter programme by Thames Television and also featured a group of school children from Hambleden C of E School. The 2010 film ""Nanny McPhee Returns"" also used parts of the village in some of their scenes. The church was used in ""Agatha Christie's Poirot""'s episode ""Sad Cypress"". Hambleden Hambleden is a small village and civil parish within Wycombe district in the south of Buckinghamshire, England. It is about west of Marlow, and about north east of Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire. The civil parish also includes the villages of Fingest and Frieth, and the hamlets of Colstrope, Mill End, Parmoor,"