Master Potters in Georgian  Burslem (1714-1837)

 

Wedgwood Street (now New Street)


The name Wedgwood dominates this area of the town. On the North-East side of the town was the property of the Wedgwood factory either of the Big House or the Over House. John & Thomas Wedgwood were the biggest and wealthiest property owners as well as pottery manufacturers in Burslem in the middle of the 18th C.

Location 5 on the index map

Wedgwood Street (now New Street), built by 
Wedgwood in the Over House Estate.



next stop is Enoch Wood's Fountain Works


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