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Potteries

American

[pot-uh-reez] / ˈpɒt ə riz /

noun

the, a district in central England famous for the manufacture of pottery and china. The towns comprising this district were combined in 1910 to form Stoke-on-Trent.

Potteries British

/ ˈpɒtərɪz /

plural noun

(sometimes functioning as singular) a region of W central England, in Staffordshire, in which the china and earthenware industries are concentrated

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In 1928, May Rindge began building a great family mansion, Laudamus Hill, with lavish appointments like carved mahogany doors and tile from her own Malibu Potteries.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2025

Ms Benson, who has visited the UK but never Staffordshire, added: "People shared a lot of stories about working in The Potteries and about relatives that worked there then moved to Canada."

From BBC • Jan. 16, 2024

Other infrastructure has been scavenged from factories across the country once operated by companies including Hartstone Pottery, Haeger Potteries and Lenox.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2022

Mr Lewis was among those given a preview of a restored Spitfire when it went back on show at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery in September 2021.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2022

During our stay in the Staffordshire Potteries we enlisted three recruits.

From The Young Dragoon Every Day Life of a Soldier by Drayson, A.W.

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