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Etruria es un suburbio de Stoke-on-Trent, en el Staffordshire inglés. Esta localidad, que nació y ha pasado a la historia como una de las sedes de las industrias cerámicas de los hermanos Wedgwood, recibió el evocador nombre de la civilización etrusca en honor a su riqueza artesana.
Current status. References. Etruria, Staffordshire. Coordinates: 53.0189°N 2.1994°W. Etruria is a suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. History. Home of Wedgwood. Etruria Hall, the Wedgwood family home. Canal scene at Etruria. Etruria was the fourth and penultimate site for the Wedgwood pottery business.
Etruria es un suburbio de Stoke-on-Trent, en el Staffordshire inglés. Esta localidad, que nació y ha pasado a la historia como una de las sedes de las industrias cerámicas de los hermanos Wedgwood, recibió el evocador nombre de la civilización etrusca en honor a su riqueza artesana.
- History
- Restoration
- Current Status
- Immediate Setting
The bone and flint mill was built in 1857 to grind materials for the local pottery industry. It was operated as a family business until 1975. The location of such a facility next to a canal is not unusual; the Cheddleton Flint Mill on the Caldon Canalis another example.
The site was given an official heritage listing in the 1970s (initially as an ancient monument). After a period of restoration, started in 1978, the museum was opened by Fred Dibnah in 1991. Inside the restored site visitors see displays on the history of the mill and its site, and its machinery. There is a working steam engine called "Princess" da...
At 2015 the museum is operated by volunteers through Shirley's Bone and Flint Mill Volunteer group, although it is part of Stoke-on-Trent City Council’s Museum Service, and as such it is open to the public only occasionally throughout the year. The museum website advertises the days when the 1903 coal-fired boiler provides steam to operate "Princes...
The Trent and Mersey Canal´s course through the city is a linear Conservation Area. Along with the Middleportsection of the canal, the Etruria section is particularly important in terms of urban heritage, and the Mill site is immediately abutted by several other important historic sites: 1. the staircase locks of the Caldon Canal (up which thousand...
- 1991; 32 years ago
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- Industry
Etruria Hall in Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England is a Grade II listed house and former home of the potter Josiah Wedgwood. It was built between 1768–1771 by Joseph Pickford. The hall was sold by the Wedgwoods in the 19th century and is now part of a hotel.
- Neo-classical
- United Kingdom
- 1768
Etruria is a suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. Contents. History. Home of Wedgwood. After Wedgwood. Current status. References. History. Home of Wedgwood. Etruria Hall, the Wedgwood family home. Canal scene at Etruria. Etruria was the fourth and penultimate site for the Wedgwood pottery business.
HISTORY. The Etruria Industrial Museum Site. The Etruria Industrial Museum is the home of Jesse Shirley’s Bone and Flint Mill (Etruscan Mills) which was an important supplier to the pottery and agricultural industries from the early 1800s to 2011.
