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Potteries

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Pot·ter·ies  (pt-rz)
A district of west-central England in the Trent River valley. It has been a center of the manufacture of china and earthenware since the 16th century. Josiah Wedgwood and Josiah Spode were among the noted potters who worked in the area.
Potteries [ˈpɒtərɪz]
pl n
(Placename) (sometimes functioning as singular) the. a region of W central England, in Staffordshire, in which the china and earthenware industries are concentrated


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