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the fishing towns on the rugged coast of North Corn- 

 wall."" Fremington ovens also were shipped to 

 Wales,** and, according to Jewitt, those made in the 

 Crocker pottery in Bideford "are, and for generations 



" H. W. Strong, "The Potteries of North Devon," Report and 

 Transactions of the Devonshire Association jor the Advancement of 

 Science, Literature, and Art, Devon, 1891, vol. 23, p. 393. 



" Cliai bonnier, op. cit. (footnote 31), p. 257. 



have been, in much repute in Devonshire and Corn- 

 wall, and in the Welsh districts, and the bread baked 

 in them is said to have a sweeter and more wholesome 

 flavour than when baked in ordinary ovens." ''^ 



Of ovens made at Barnstaple there is much the 

 same kind of evidence. In 1851, Thomas Brannatn 



32 



"Jewitt, op. cit. (footnote 34), vol. 1, pp. 205-206. 

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