Wedgwood Pottery Works

From the Churchyard Works where Josiah Wedgwood was apprenticed to the Barlaston Factory

The history of Wedgwood is closely tied to a succession of pottery works spanning more than 250 years. This guide begins at the Churchyard Works in Burslem, where the young Josiah Wedgwood learned his craft in the family pottery, before following the development of the factories he established and those that succeeded them.

Churchyard Ivy House Brick House Etruria Barlaston
Apprentice 1744 1759-1762 1762-1772 1769-1950 1940-present
Wedgwood 
family pottery
Josiah's first 
independent pottery
expansion &
innovation
purpose-built
industrial pottery
twentieth-century
reinvention

 


 

Related Pages

 


History of Josiah Wedgwood & Sons

Wedgwood Index Page 

Josiah Wedgwood Biography

Misuse of the Wedgwood name 

 


 



Page History:

  • Page created: 2 September 2007

  • Last updated: 2 September 2026 - each of the Wedgwood factory pages completely revised and expanded.