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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Staffordshire Potteries (redirect from Staffordshire pottery)
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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oven and the Stafford knot, associated with the city of Stoke-on-Trent's pottery industry and the history of the local area. The current crest was introduced...
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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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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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Churchill China (category Staffordshire pottery)
Churchill China PLC (LSE: CHH) is an English pottery manufacturer based in Stoke-on-Trent in England. Churchill China traces its origins back to 1795...
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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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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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conversation. Steve Birks cites increased ease of travel, the decline of the pottery industry leading to people moving out of the area to find work, the prevalence...
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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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Stoke-on-Trent (section Pottery)
the Hanley and Longton area ignited the nationwide 1842 General Strike and its associated Pottery Riots. When coal mining was nationalised in 1947, about...
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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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Tottenham: the Broadwater Farm riots of 1985". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 August 2021. As north London is gripped by riots, we take a look at the events...
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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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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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