Bottle kiln T light Black Large 22cm Pottery buyers Stoke on Trent the area around the castle

the area around the castle had been used since the iron age to quarry mill stones for use in watermills

The houses have a neat appearance and some are spacious and elegant

Later coal mining and brick manufacture

probably at its peak in the 1820s

Newcastle-under-Lyme early economy was based around the hatting trade

Bottle kiln T light Black Large 22cm Pottery buyers Stoke on Trent the area around the castleNothing depicts the potteries better than a bottle kiln, bottle kilns were typical of the landscape of Stoke on Trent, there were hundreds around Stoke on Trent. their association with Stoke on Trent reflects the fact the British ceramic industry was mainly based in the city. Its estimated approximately 50 remain as listed buildings. Height 22 cm.