• what became the federation of Stoke-on-Trent, the 1842 Pottery Riots took place in the midst of the 1842 General Strike, and both are credited with helping...
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    Wedgwood. The Chartist 1842 General Strike was ignited by striking miners at collieries in the Potteries, and led to the 1842 Pottery Riots. William Hines and...
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    The 1842 general strike, also known as the Plug Plot Riots, started among the miners in Staffordshire, England, and soon spread through Britain affecting...
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    of Stoke City F.C. Staffordshire Potteries Wedgwood Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent 1842 Pottery Riots Parliamentary constituencies Religion Stoke Minster Bethesda...
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    founded and fronted the rock band Motörhead, was born in Burslem. 1842 Pottery riots Burslem (UK Parliament constituency), abolished Parliamentary constituency...
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    The Riot Act 1714 was introduced during a time of civil disturbance in Great Britain, including the Sacheverell riots of 1710, the Coronation riots of...
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  • one-year prison sentence for bringing workers out on strike during the 1842 Pottery Riots in England. Jeremiah Yates, was born in 1810 at Fenton, Staffordshire...
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    miners in the Hanley and Longton area ignited the 1842 General Strike and associated Pottery Riots. The College Road drill hall was completed in 1903...
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    1817, by Thomas Bond in Armitage, Staffordshire. The Armitage "sanitary pottery manufacture" became a successful toilet manufacturer in the United Kingdom...
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    imprisoned for one year for bringing workers out on strike during the 1842 Pottery Riots James Wright (1819–1887) a notable New Zealand potter, born in Fenton...
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    Cornwall cheaply to the Potteries (and pottery safely away). Many of the promoters of the canal were pottery magnates. In the 19th century, the railways...
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  • British pottery company based in Stoke-on-Trent, England. They specialise in earthenware tableware. Portmeirion Pottery began in 1960 when pottery designer...
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    affected by the 1842 Pottery Riots. However, Tunstall still has a rich industrial heritage. At the start of the 19th century there were 3 pottery works in the...
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  • home ground since 1878. The club's nickname is The Potters, after the pottery industry in Stoke-on-Trent, and their traditional home kit is a red-and-white...
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    FRS, a noted potter and founder of the eponymous Josiah Wedgwood & Sons pottery company. The Darwin and Wedgwood families were on friendly terms for much...
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    J. & G. Meakin (category Staffordshire pottery)
    J. & G. Meakin was an English pottery manufacturing company founded in 1851 and based in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. In the 19th century, J...
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    Hanley and Longton area ignited the 1842 general strike and associated Pottery Riots. The summer of 1842 was a time of riot across the north and midlands of...
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    The Midwinter Pottery was founded as W.R. Midwinter by William Robinson Midwinter in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent in 1910 and had become one of England's largest...
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    Greater Manchester and the West Midlands. However, the area's traditional pottery industry has shed many jobs. Workless claimants, registered jobseekers...
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    of Stoke City F.C. Staffordshire Potteries Wedgwood Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent 1842 Pottery Riots Parliamentary constituencies Religion Stoke Minster Bethesda...
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    of Stoke City F.C. Staffordshire Potteries Wedgwood Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent 1842 Pottery Riots Parliamentary constituencies Religion Stoke Minster Bethesda...
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    of Stoke City F.C. Staffordshire Potteries Wedgwood Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent 1842 Pottery Riots Parliamentary constituencies Religion Stoke Minster Bethesda...
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    [citation needed] The country house, of which parts remain dating from 1833 to 1842, was designed by Charles Barry, while he was working on the rebuild of the...
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    of Stoke City F.C. Staffordshire Potteries Wedgwood Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent 1842 Pottery Riots Parliamentary constituencies Religion Stoke Minster Bethesda...
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  • what is now College Road and in 1906 mining classes began there. In 1907, pottery classes followed, being transferred from Tunstall into temporary buildings...
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    first hospital on the site, known as the Parish Hospital, was completed in 1842. This facility evolved to become the London Road Hospital and Institution...
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    Emma Bridgewater (category Staffordshire pottery)
    Stoke-on-Trent, England. The pottery is produced using traditional techniques. The company is one of the largest pottery manufacturers based entirely...
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    Spode (redirect from Copeland (pottery))
    Spode is an English brand of pottery and homewares produced in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Spode was founded by Josiah Spode (1733–1797) in 1770, and was...
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  • England. Etruria was the fourth and penultimate site for the Wedgwood pottery business. Josiah Wedgwood, who was previously based in Burslem, opened...
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    The Gladstone Pottery Museum is a working museum of a medium-sized coal-fired pottery, typical of those once common in the North Staffordshire area of...
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