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Stoke-on-Trent
has been famous for pottery manufacture for many
centuries. The industry established in the area
before 1600 and began to flourish in the 17th
century because of its natural resources: clay and coal to fire kilns. By the late
1720s white ball clay was brought in from Devon
and Dorset and after 1775 white china clay was
imported from Cornwall for use in the production
of a range of wares. Local clay was used to
produce bricks and tiles,
industries which expanded greatly during the
19th and 20th centuries, and to produce a
limited range of products.
In recent years a number of pottery companies
have closed or moved their production overseas
but several important names, including Spode and
Wedgwood, continue to manufacture in this area.
Use the links under pottery in the left hand
navigation bar, or those below, to find out more
about a few of Stoke-on-Trent's pottery
manufacturers.
Aynsley
Alfred Meakin
James
Sadler & Sons
Spode
Thomas
Whieldon
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