NAFFERTON POTTERY. 
Miss Madeleine Longbottom, of Nethergate, Nafferton, tells me 
that the pottery was built in 1835, and bricks were being made 
there in 1844. The pot-kiln business was started in 1848 by one 
of Charles Longbottom's potters named Joseph Lagdon, who died 
in i860. 
Charles Longbottom started the potter) 7 on October 6th, 1848, 
and it was closed down in Samuel Longbottom's time, April 27th, 
1899. 
There were three kilns : one for bricks and tiles, one for garden 
pots (a small one), and one for earthenware and glazed goods. 
ddie Longbottoms bought a lot of glazed domestic ware from 
T. Hulme, Burslem, Staffordshire, and from others, and this being 
sold at the pottery made many people think that it w T as made 
there ; but, with the exception of the white “ biscuit " or un¬ 
glazed pot-pourri vases with covers and handles, impressed 
underneath S. L. for Samuel Longbottom, the large two-handled 
ornamented vases, with covers, and certain flower stands and 
bowls nicely decorated with finely modelled and glazed ivy leaves 
and sprays upon them, mostly coarse rustic ware—garden chairs 
and seats—and garden pots were made here. 
Fig. 79. Pot-pourri Vase. Mr. A. Hurst’s Collection. 
