Longton is one of six cities in the Stoke-on-Trent or Potteries region in the county of Staffordshire, England.
During the 1840 mission of Wilford Woodruff and others of the Quorum of the Twelve, this region flourished as a producer of china and earthenware. Coal from the northern part of the county and coarse clay found locally were ideal for the production of these products.
Elder Woodruff and several other missionaries preached in Longton on Feb. 10, 1840, the day Queen Victoria married Prince Albert. Elder Woodruff became acquainted with William Benbow while laboring in the Potteries. Benbow would later facilitate Elder Woodruff meeting his brother, John Benbow.
The bottle-shaped chimneys are now part of the Gladstone Pottery Museum in Longton. Museum employees say these chimneys date to the late 1700s. Thus, they would have been in place and in use when Wilford Woodruff and the other missionaries were proselyting in the region.