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POTTERIES, THE

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 212 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POTTERIES, THE , a name popularly applied to a See also:district of See also:north See also:Staffordshire, the See also:principal seat of the See also:china and earthen-See also:ware See also:industry in See also:England. It lies in the valley of the See also:Trent a little See also:south of its source, and extends into tributary valleys and up the hills flanking them. For a distance of 9 M. from south-See also:east to north-See also:west, and about 3 M. from north-east to south-west, the district resembles one See also:great See also:town, but the See also:chief centres are See also:Burslem, See also:Hanley, See also:Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, See also:Fenton and See also:Tunstall: Under the " Potteries federation " See also:scheme (1908) these towns were amalgamated in 1910 as one municipal See also:borough under the name of Stoke-on-Trent. See also:Newcastle-under-Lyme, though not sharing in the See also:staple industry, may also be reckoned in the district. Among the lesser manufacturing centres See also:Etruria, ranking as a suburb of Hanley, is well known for its connexion with See also:Josiah See also:Wedgwood, who founded See also:works here in 1769. The Wedgwoods and the Mintons are the two most famous See also:family names connected with the china industry of the district. See also:Coal and coarse See also:clay are the only See also:local natural products necessary to the industry; the finer clay and other ingredients are brought from See also:Cornwall and elsewhere. Ironstone is raised in the district. The North Staffordshire and See also:London & North-Western See also:railways and the See also:Grand See also:Trunk See also:canal are the principal means of communication.

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