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Farnham Pottery

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The pottery is now no longer owned by the Harris family. Farnham Buildings Preservation Trust (FBPT) bought the site in 1998 and they have their own group of potters (West Street Potters) producing pottery there. The pottery still contains many examples of the original moulds and a number of local
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and surrounding villages, where it was potted; collectively this is known as "Surrey whiteware". A letter in 1594 mentions that white clay was dug in Farnham Park to make drinking vessels used by lawyers at the
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designed for Farnham Pottery from the turn of the century until 1943. The pots were sold at Heals and Liberty. The company was widely known for its 'owl jugs' which were produced up to the 1950s.
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times and in the 16th century supplied London with a substantial part of its pottery requirements. In the Middle Ages, Farnham clay was shipped by river to
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The Farnham Pottery, including the pottery workshops, kiln, water cistern, entrance block, toilet block, former forge, messroom and garage
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featured more prominently in the company's agenda, and Farnham Greenware, as it was known, established itself. A strong connection with
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A 14th-century pottery site in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey: excavations at 70-76 Eden Street
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In 1872 it was owned by Absalom Harris. The early work was utility wares including
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Examples of typical Farnham Pottery wares from the early 20th century
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houses were built using architectural fittings made on this site.
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Back entrance, showing "A. Harris & Son, Pottery Works, 1873"
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in London. At its height, the pottery operated its own
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Bottle kiln
Pottery
51°11′42″N 0°49′14″W / 51.19500°N 0.82056°W / 51.19500; -0.82056
OS grid reference
SU 82520 44636
Victorian
Listed Building
1387288
Farnham Pottery is located in Surrey
Wrecclesham
Farnham
Surrey
listed building
Farnham
Roman
Kingston upon Thames
Inner Temple
clay
kilns
tramway
tubs
drainpipes
tiles
lead
glaze
copper oxide
art pottery
Farnham School of Art
W. H. Allen

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