Farms (open to visitors) · North East England
Wetheriggs Pottery
Wetheriggs Pottery in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 2 h–4 h
- Family-friendly
About
Wetheriggs Pottery is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Wetheriggs Pottery is a former pottery on the C3047 road, east of the hamlet of Clifton Dykes, in Clifton, Cumbria, 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Penrith in England. It opened in the mid 19th century providing farm and housewares for local consumption, later the business diversified into craft pottery. The property is Grade II listed.
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Background
History
The pottery developed on a site belonging to the Brougham estate. Its beginnings can be traced to 1855 when local clay from Clifton Dykes was used for the production of bricks, tiles and pipes. Production of pottery began in 1860 when John Schofield and Margaret Thorburn moved to the site from Stepney Bank Pottery in Newcastle. John Schofield died in 1917, and Margaret Thorburn in 1937. The pottery remained in the Schofield and Thorburn family's hands until 1973. It was given Ancient Monument status in 1973. The enterprise was provided with fuel (coal) via a siding from the Eden Valley railway line, when the railway closed in 1962 the pottery kiln fell out of use. The beehive kiln remains,…
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- Coordinates
- 54.6297, -2.6908
- District
- Westmorland and Furness
- Parish
- Clifton
- Postcode
- CA10 2FS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale
- Established
- 1855
Sources
- wikidata: Q7990097 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Wetheriggs Pottery (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Wetheriggs Pottery?
- Wetheriggs Pottery is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode CA10 2FS), in the parish of Clifton.
- When was Wetheriggs Pottery built?
- Built or established in 1855.
- How do I get to Wetheriggs Pottery?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode CA10 2FS. It sits within the Westmorland and Lonsdale parliamentary constituency.