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Brownhills:
"Brownhills is situate upon the main Turnpike Road (from Burslem to
Lawton,) at the junction of the Branch which comes from Newcastle
through Longport; and is at nearly equal distances from the
market-places of Tunstall and Burslem; which are rather more than a
mile apart. It is within the township of Burslem, which extends,
north-westward, as far as an inn called High gate, close up
to the town of Tunstall."
"BROWNHILLS
is a pleasant village, situate on the Liverpool and Manchester road
through the Potteries, about half a mile from Newcastle-under-Lyme,
has several good houses, and two extensive earthenware
manufactories.
At a short distance from the road there is also a manufactory of
considerable magnitude, noted for its excellent blue tiles, quarries
and conduit pipes, &c. which are quite vitrified, and of a beautiful
dark colour. The many various strata of clay got here, which are of
excellent quality, and in great abundance, seem particularly adapted
for these articles. These works are now occupied by Messrs. Haywood,
and contiguous to the Trent and Mersey canal, by which considerable
quantities of this manufacture are exported to different parts of
the kingdom."
Pigot & Co's 1828/9 Directory of Staffordshire
Extract from William
Yates 1775 Map of Staffordshire
Showing the area of Brown hill and it's relationship
with Newcastle, Burslem and Tunstall
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