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THE WEDGWOODS. 



adjoining county of Salop a considerable pottery existed, and 

 that the clays of Staffordshire must have been well known 

 to the Romans. Chesterton, by Newcastle-under-Lyme, 

 was a Roman station, and a Roman road traversed the 

 district of the present potteries. On this line of road frag- 

 ments of the different wares of that people have frequently 

 been found ; and, as I have just stated, there can be but 

 little doubt that many of them were made on the spot. I 

 am inclined to believe that at least some of the finer kind 

 of red ware, commonly known as " English Samian," were 

 made in Staffordshire. At all events, the clay would pro- 

 duce that ware, and many remains of 

 it have from time to time been found 

 in the district. 



At Cauldon, at Wetton, and in 

 many other parts of Staffordshire, 

 Romano - British pottery has from 

 time to time been found, some at 

 least of which there is reason to be- 

 lieve was made in the district. The 

 accompanying engraving shows an urn from the neigh- 

 bourhood of Uttoxeter. 



Some of the more usual forms of Romano-British pottery, 



though not examples made or found in Staffordshire, are 

 shown on the accompanying engravings, which may, perhaps, 



