St. John's Passage, Church Yard Works, Burslem

St. John's Passage, Church Yard Works, Burslem

photo: 1930 - Mr S Smith
The Warrillow Collection

Said to be part of Wedgwood's Church Yard Works, Burslem
Alterations in the surrounding buildings around 1930 revealed an old chert stone
(used for grinding) and a brick bearing the date 1760

The Churchyard Works
where Josiah Wedgwood served his apprenticeship

The small pottery site occupied and worked by the Wedgwood family from 1656, when Josiah Wedgwood I's great-grandfather first took possession of it.

Josiah served his apprenticeship there. The site derives its name from the nearby Church of St John's, where Wedgwood himself was baptised on 12th July 1730.

1851 Ordnance Survey Map
The bottle kiln in the photo is shown by the arrow in this map
it can also be located in the 1832 map below

1832 Hargreaves Map

1740 William Heaton Map

contents: 2009 photos