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the pottery, but it has done both, and what is more, done 

 them well. 



Mr. Turner has lately explored the site of this old pottery, 

 and when we hear that his companion-in-arms was Mr. Micah 

 Salt, of excavation fame, we may rest assured that the work 

 was thorough. 



In the paper under notice Mr. Turner goes through the 

 gradual development of the present name Crich; in 1085 

 it is "Crice," 1195 " Crech," 1291 "Crouche," 1580 " Cryche," 



Fig. 2. — Posset pot of Crich Ware. 1739. 



1586 " Creach," 1693 " Critch," 1815 Crich (" i " pronounced 

 long as to this day). 



Mr. Turner concludes therefore that " Crouch ware " was 

 Crich pottery, for " in the seventeenth century, when it became 

 ' Cruche,' the pronunciation of it, in the patois of the county, 

 would become 'Crouch.'" 



After reference to the geological formation of the neighbour- 

 ing country Mr. Turner continues :— 



" Water, washing along various deposits, has formed a 



clay, called Wessington clay, and sometimes Crich clay. 



