Archaeology - Borderware after 1700

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Borderware has become a major topic.  The index for the subject has been split between two pages: before and after 1700. This page dealing with the period from 1700 until the demise of the last potteries in the 20th century results from a major new documentary research project set up by NEHHAS.

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Introduction and Overview

Surrey Heath & the Borderware Industry By Richard Shegog

Extract from the Diary of John Yeoman, 1777

Pottery Parishes

Potter Families

Potters' Biographies

William Smith, 1789-1858 Potter and Farmer, Farnborough

James Cranham, died 1808, Potter, Cove

Borderware Pottery Sites

The reference numbers are National Monument Record Centre (NMR) Monument Report Unique Indentifiers which can be accessed on line through the search page on English Heritage's PastScapes  website    http://www.pastscape.org/textpage.aspx

  247669  Cove: Outsheet Pottery (Sandy Lane)

1263912  Cove: Cove Green Pottery

1263813  Cove: Tower Hill Pottery

1263913  Cove: West Heath Pottery

1262870  Cove: Pottery (Romayne Close)

1262850  Cove: Alma Public House

1263676  Cove: Cove Common Brickworks (Arrow Road, Farnborough Airport)

  247641  Farnborough: Farnborough Hill Pottery

1263915  Farnborough: William Smith's Pottery

  247643  Farnborough: Oriel Cottage, Ship Lane

  247644  Farnborough: Empress Cottage, Highgate Lane

  247642  Hawley: Old Malthouse, Chapel Lane

Sites of known potteries in Aldershot and in Surrey have not yet been added. NMR Monument Reports are available.

Other Primary Sources