Staffordshire Potteries

Staffordshire Potteries

The Staffordshire Potteries is a generic term for the industrial area encompassing the six towns (Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke, Fenton and Longton) that now make up Stoke on Trent in Staffordshire, England.

The Staffordshire Potteries became a centre of ceramic production in the 17th century due to the local availability of clay, salt, lead and coal. Hundreds of companies produced decorative or industrial ceramic items.

External links

* [http://www.thepotteries.org/ The Potteries website]
* [http://www.greatorme.org.uk/potteries.html Photographs — Bottle Oven — Stacking and Firing]
* [http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/leisure/museums/collections/ceramics/ Collection of Staffordshire ceramics] at [http://www.stoke.gov.uk/museums Stoke-on-Trent Museums]
* [http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/museums/museum/2006/gladstone-pottery-museum/information-sheets/why-we-started-making-pots-in-north-staffordshire.en 10 reasons why we started making pots in North Staffordshire]


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