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Location 18 on the index map
The Church Yard Works & St. John's Church, Burslem
The illustration above shows the
house and works in front of St John's Church.
The church is shown with a thatch roof.
| The illustration above shows the house and works in front of St John's Church. It was a drawing made from memory for Eliza Meteyard's Life of Josiah Wedgwood (1866) (so it should be treated with caution, the relationship between the lane, the house and the church is not quite in line with the 1740 map) |
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The Churchyard House on the south-east side of St John's churchyard was originally the property of the Shaw family.
Thomas Wedgwood of the Overhouse estate acquired the site when he married Margaret, the daughter and heiress of John Shaw.
Shortly before his death in 1679 Thomas Wedgwood built the Churchyard Works as a replacement for a pottery he had been working since at least 1657. Josiah Wedgwood, his great grandson was born in the House in 1730. |
view of St John's Church taken from the
approximate
location of the grounds of The Church Yard Works.
St. John's Passage, Church Yard Works, Burslem
photo: 1930 - Mr S Smith
The Warrillow Collection
Said to be part of Wedgwood's Church Yard Works, Burslem
Alterations in the surrounding buildings around 1930 revealed an old chert stone
(used for grinding) and a brick bearing the date 1760
1851 Ordnance
Survey Map
The bottle kiln in the photo is shown by the arrow in this
map
links to related
information:
- Church
Yard Works, Burslem -
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(1714-1837)
