Armitage Ware board, Armitage

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Date:1963

Description:The Armitage Ware Board, sitting in the Board Room at the Armitage Pottery (Edward Johns & Co. Ltd.), Armitage, Staffordshire. Left to right: S. Wagg, T. Farrington, Geoff Corn, C.K. Stott, A.E. Stott, K. Campbell, W.G. Wright, A. Dawson.

A small pottery was in existence in Armitage by 1817 and by 1851 this had begun to produce sanitary ware. In 1867, Rev Edward Johns, the Congregational Minister in Armitage, bought the business and founded the Edward Johns and Co Sanitary Pottery, later called Armitage Ware. It was eventually to become Armitage Shanks, an internationally renowned company. Edward Johns is buried locally in the chapel churchyard.


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1850s
Thomas Salt, Armitage Pottery
Thomas Salt, Armitage Pottery

Photograph of Thomas Salt, proprietor of the Armitage Pottery from about 1851 until ...

1860s
Edward Johns, Armitage Pottery
Edward Johns, Armitage Pottery

Photograph of Edward Johns (c.1822-1893), owner of the Armitage Pottery 1867-1893. A ...

1900s
Pottery workers, Armitage
Pottery workers, Armitage

Armitage Pottery (Edward Johns & Co. Ltd.) workers, Armitage, Staffordshire. Note ...

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Donor ref:P96.004.0007 (37/29681)

Source: Staffordshire Museum Service

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