Copyhold Potworks and Housing in the Staffordshire Potteries, 1700-1832
Details:
- Author(s) Roden, Peter F C
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2008
- Pages 448pp
- Publisher Wood Broughton Publishers
Topics:
- Name Worker / employee housing & communities
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Uses the copyhold records of the Court of the Manor of Newcastle under Lyme - which provide a unique record of the development of the central area of the Staffordshire Potteries - to show how villages of Stoke, Shelton and Hanley evolved into the urban area of Stoke on Trent with pottery making at the centre of its economy. Identifies 50 different potwork sites and here locates the sites and summarises details of their owners, mortgages, occupiers, etc. The second part of the volume deals with housing estate development to provide accommodation for the workers drawn into the area to work in the ceramics industry. The contents of the publication are organised in three parts, viz: 1] 'Copyhold tenure' which defines the ownership arrangements; 2] 'Potworks' [pp29-226] which provides details of the potworks; 3] 'Housing developments' [pp227-372]