and stoke-hole — still largely intact.” Other photos show these sections of the 500-year-old kiln. Overall, the size of the oven suggests a “significant local industry” for pottery making.

Apron on, hands poised, sitting at a potter’s wheel, and I’m ready to make my first creations at the World of Wedgwood on the outskirts of Stoke ... kilns and where the Great British Pottery ...