The Buckley potteries : recent research and excavation / Nigel W. Jones ; with contributions by Peter Davey [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Nigel, 1961- author.

Contributor:

Davey, Peter, contributor.

Series:

Archaeopress archaeology.

Archaeopress archaeology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiquities.

Buckley (Wales)--Antiquities.

Buckley (Wales).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 120 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Summertown, Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, [2019]

Summary:

The small town of Buckley, in Flintshire, has been the focus for a regional pottery industry for at least 600 years, from the medieval period to the mid-20th century. However, despite Buckley's impressive industrial past, a visit to the town today reveals little evidence to suggest the extent and importance of what was once a major industry supplying traditional earthenware. This book is based on the results of recent research and excavation which has enhanced our understanding of the Buckley potteries, identifying over 30 individual production sites from documentary and cartographic sources. It considers the factors that influenced the siting and development of the industry, how it changed through time and the reasons for its eventual demise. Few of the potteries have been the subject of archaeological excavation, and of those none have previously been published in detail. The book presents the results from excavations on the sites of four potteries, and includes a review of the evidence for others, including a gazetteer detailing the evidence for all of the potteries currently known.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Figure 1 The location of Buckley and the distribution of known pottery sites. The date ranges for potteries is based on their earliest known date rather than their period of operation.

Figure 2 The periods of operation for the Buckley potteries.

Figure 3 Examples of Buckley wares: a - medieval pottery from Site 18

b and c - sgraffito dish and slipware dish from Brookhill (Site 1)

d, e and f - press-moulded dish, trailed slipware dish and black glazed cup from Cotterell's Pottery (Site 2)

g -

Figure 4 Buckley Mountain as depicted on the c.1757 map of Ewloe lordship (GW 651). Dark areas represent encroachments and enclosures on the common. Reproduced with the permission of the Gwysaney Estate and the Flintshire Record Office.

Figure 5 Buckley Mountain as depicted on the c.1757 map of Ewloe lordship (GW 651). A detail showing three pottery kilns. Reproduced with the permission of the Gwysaney Estate and the Flintshire Record Office.

Table 1 Potteries and encroachments noted on Gwysaney maps XI and XII (after Messham 1956, Appendix C)

Figure 6 The blunger excavated at Taylor's Pottery in 2005 (Photo courtesy of Earthworks Archaeology).

Figure 7 Plan of Brookhill Pottery based on Bentley's original records, showing the location of the 2016 trenches.

Figure 8 Brookhill 2016, Trench 2 from the east, showing the culvert after excavation with remnants of the probable wall foundation to either side. CPAT 4260-0035.

Table 2 Summary quantification of the pottery from Brookhill 2016, trenches 1 and 2

Figure 10 Part of an inscribed circular object made from fire clay, possibly a saggar lid, from context 55.

Figure 9 A selection of pottery recovered during the 2016 excavations at Brookhill. Scale 1:4.

Figure 11 The layout of Taylor's Pottery, showing the location of the evaluation trenches

Figure 12 The excavated remains of the brick-built blunger at Taylor's Pottery.

Figure 13 Pottery recovered from the 2005 excavations at Taylor's pottery. Scale 1:4.

Figure 14 The layout of Lewis's Pottery, showing the location of the areas investigated in 2000.

Figure 15 Plan of the excavations at Lewis's Pottery in 2000.

Figure 16 The base of the beehive kiln at Lewis's Pottery (Site 5) during excavations in 2000 showing the six fire-boxes and a single doorway behind the scale, together with the foundations for the surrounding hovel (Photo courtesy of Earthworks Archaeolo

Figure 17 The 18th-/19th-century pottery workshop and cottage at Lewis's Pottery (Site 5) during excavations in 2000 (Photo courtesy of Earthworks Archaeology).

Figure 18 A Jardinière (plant stand) from the excavations at Lewis Pottery. Un-glazed, biscuit fired, buff fabric. 220mm rim diameter. 132mm base diameter. 55mm tall. From context 83

cottage floor. Scale 1:2.

Figure 19 A selection of cups from the excavations at Lewis Pottery. Scale 1:4.

Figure 20 Slip-trailed wares from the excavations at Lewis Pottery. Scale 1:4.

Figure 21 Medium vessels from the excavations at Lewis Pottery. Scale 1:4.

Figure 22 Large bowls from the excavations at Lewis Pottery. Scale 1:4.

Figure 23 Large vessels from the excavations at Lewis Pottery. Scale 1:4.

Figure 24 Excavations at Price's Pottery 2014-15.

Table 3: Summary quantification of pottery recovered from Price's Pottery in 2015-16

Figure 25 Blackware drinking vessels from Price's Pottery. Scale 1:4.

Figure 26 Assorted blackware vessels from Price's Pottery. Scale 1:4.

Figure 27 Assorted blackware vessels from Price's Pottery. Scale 1:4.

Figure 28 Larger blackware vessels from Price's Pottery. Scale 1:4.

Figure 29 Examples of the paler mottled ware vessels from Price's Pottery. Scale 1:4.

Figure 30 Examples of the dark mottled ware forms from Price's Pottery. Scale 1:4.

Figure 31 Examples of the slip-trailed wares from Price's Pottery. Scale 1:4.

Figure 32 Examples of the larger slip-trailed wares from Price's Pottery. Scale 1:4.

Figure 33 Examples of the smaller brown ware vessels from Price's Pottery. Scale 1:4.

Figure 34 Examples of the larger brown ware vessels from Price's Pottery. Scale 1:4.

Figure 35 Examples of the pressed wares from Price's Pottery. Scale 1:4.

Figure 36 Example of an agate bodied-bowl found at Price's Pottery. Scale 1:4.

Figure 37 Site 1, Brookhill Pottery. A - excavated evidence and 19th-century buildings, B - present day showing the location of pottery features in grey.

Figure 38 Site 2, Cottrell's Pottery. A - detail from the Ordnance Survey mapping of 1874, showing excavated areas

B - present day and the extent of the scheduled area.

Figure 39 Plan of the 1984 excavations at Cottrell's Pottery (Site 2).

Figure 40 Site 3, Taylor's Pottery. A - detail from the Ordnance Survey mapping of 1874

B - present day showing the location of pottery features in grey and the location of the 2005 excavations.

Figure 41 Site 4, John Lewis Junior's Pottery. A - detail from the Ordnance Survey mapping of 1884

B - present day showing the location of pottery features in grey.

Figure 42 Site 5, Thomas Lewis' Pottery. A - detail from the Ordnance Survey mapping of 1884

B - present day showing the 2000 excavations and the location of pottery features in grey.

Figure 43 Site 6, Benjamin Davies' Pottery. A - detail from the Ordnance Survey mapping of 1884.

B - present day showing the location of pottery features in grey.

Figure 44 Site 7, Prescot's Pottery. A - detail from the Ordnance Survey mapping of 1884, showing the location of the 1954 excavations

Figure 45 Site 8, Catherall's Pottery. A - detail from the Ordnance Survey mapping of 1884, showing the 1989-90 investigations

Figure 46 Site 9, Lamb's Pottery. A - detail from the Ordnance Survey mapping of 1875

Figure 47 Site 10, Hayes' Pottery. A - detail from the Ordnance Survey mapping of 1875

Figure 48 Site 11, Price's Pottery. A - detail from the Ordnance Survey mapping of 1884

Figure 49 Site 12, Whitley's Pottery. A - detail from the Ordnance Survey mapping of 1884, with the approximate location of the kiln taken from a 1780s survey

Figure 50 Site 13, Buckley Common Pottery. A - detail from the Ordnance Survey mapping of 1875

Figure 51 Site 14, Hancock's Pottery. A - detail from the Ordnance Survey mapping of 1875

B - present day showing the location of pottery features in grey and the site of the 1974-5 excavation.

Figure 52 Site 15, Powell's Pottery. A - detail from the Ordnance Survey mapping of 1912

B - present day showing the location of pottery features in grey and the position of the 2004 excavations (1-4).

Figure 53 Site 16, Ledsham's Pottery. A - detail from the Ordnance Survey mapping of 1875.

B - present day showing the location of the 19th-century building and possible extent of the pottery in grey.

Figure 54 Site 17, Ewloe Green Pottery. A - detail from the Ordnance Survey mapping of 1874

Figure 55 Site 18 showing the location of the 1986 geophysical and trial excavations.

Figure 56 Site 19, Pinfold Lane Pottery. A - detail from the Ordnance Survey mapping of 1874

Figure 57 Site 20, Benjamin Catherall's Pottery. A - detail from the 1757 estate map showing the approximate position of structures

Figure 58 Site 24. A - detail from the 1757 estate map showing the approximate position of structures

Figure 59 Site 26. A - detail from the Ordnance Survey mapping of 1870 showing the approximate position of the building (a) depicted in 1815

B - present day showing the approximate location of pottery features in grey.

Figure 60 Site 31, Alltami Pottery. A - detail from the Ordnance Survey mapping of 1912, showing approximate position of pottery (a) and kiln (b)

Introduction

Geology of the Buckley Area

Richard Hankinson

Buckley Potteries and their relationship with Buckley Mountain Common - cartographic evidence

Bob Silvester

Buckley Mountain - the common

Buckley Mountain - encroachments and enclosures

The Potteries

History and Significance of the Buckley Potteries

Peter Davey

Medieval background

Early modern developments (c1500-1750)

The later potteries (c1750-1945)

History of archaeological research

Excavation

Publication

Survey.

Significance.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781789692235

1789692237