the Warburton family:
In 1766
members of the Warburton family were prominent among the list of trustees of the
Cobridge school.
They were a
Catholic family and originality were tenants of the Biddulph
family on part of the Grange
estate. They bought a large part of the land sold by the Biddulph family on
the east side of the estate. Here in the early 18th century John Warburton built
a Potworks for the manufacture of white stoneware with a considerable export
trade to Holland.
By the time
he died in 1752 he had amassed a considerable property which included an estate
in Cheshire for which he paid £1,000 as well as land in Cobridge.
His two sons
operated two separate potteries. John Warburton, the eldest, ran a works in Hot
Lane until his death at the age of 40 in 1760. The younger son, Joseph Warburton,
had a Potworks in Cobridge which he worked until his death in 1769.
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