Potteries

SOURCE: John Aikin. A description of the country from thirty to forty miles round Manchester (London, 1795), before p. 517

NOTES: In the nineteenth century Maws & Company was the biggest manufacturer of decorative tiles in the world. The demand for its products declined dramatically in the twentieth century and the factory closed in 1970. Two thirds of its factory buildings were demolished between 1974 and 1977. The remaining buildings were either renovated and converted into flats or restored to form part of the Maws Craft Centre, established in 1988.

NOTES: In the nineteenth century Maws & Company was the biggest manufacturer of decorative tiles in the world. The demand for its products declined dramatically in the twentieth century and the factory closed in 1970. Two thirds of its factory buildings were demolished between 1974 and 1977. The remaining buildings were either renovated and converted into flats, or restored to form part of the Maws Craft Centre, established in 1988.

NOTES: The Coalport China Works occupied this site by the Shropshire canal from 1796 to 1926, producing fine bone chine. The Works opened as a museum in 1976.

NOTES: The Coalport China Works occupied this site by the Shropshire canal from 1796 to 1926, producing fine bone chine. The Works opened as a museum in 1976.