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Etruria, eccl. dist. and vil., Stoke upon Trent par., N. Staffordshire -- dist., pop. 4785; vil., 1½ mile S. of Burslem; P.O., T.O.; is the seat of the earthenware manufactory erected by Josiah Wedgwood; at Etruria Hall Wedgwood died in 1795; in the neighbourhood are coal and ironworks.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "ecclesiastical district and village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Stoke on Trent CP/AP Staffordshire AncC |
Place: | Etruria |
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