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YORKSHIRE POTTERIES, ETC. 
A new pottery on a smaller scale was started by Samuel Shaw, 
a potter Irom Staffordshire, in 1774, but how long he continued to 
trade is not known, nor is the date of the first establishment of 
the Rothwell Pottery known. 
The field where the pottery formerly stood is now built over, 
and is known as “ Pottery Fold.’' 
SMALL CLUES POTTERY, 
situated at Bradshaw, near Halifax, was commenced between 
1800 and 1810 by James Robinson, a dissolving partner from the 
Catheralls of Soil Hill. It was afterwards worked by a Mr. Wade, 
and was closed down about 1870. Black ware and the usual 
“ slip ” decorated wares of these South Yorkshire potteries were 
made here. 
SOIL HILL or SWILL HILL POTTERY 
is in the township of Ovenden and parish of Halifax, a short 
distance from the Causeway Foot terminus of the Halifax tram¬ 
way on the Halifax and Keighley road, under the hill known by 
the same name, Soil or Swill Hill. 
The pottery was started about the year 1770 by one Catherall, 
and was worked by him and his descendants or connections down 
to the year 1897, when it passed to Mr. Isaac Button, whose sons 
still carry it on. 
The commencement of Catherall with these local potteries was 
at Keelham, near Thornton, between 1760 to 1770, by a Jonathan 
Catherall, then he removed and established the Soil Hill Potter) 7 
in 1770. The above Mr. Catherall came from Wales, he was born 
in 1740 and died in August, 1807. The pottery is also sometimes 
known as the Swilling End Pottery. 
The present buildings were erected in 1898, the old buildings, a 
little distance away, are in ruins. The clay used, principally 
common yellow, lies on or near the surface in varying depths. 
Common articles such as plant pots, washing bowls, bread and 
stew pots, troughs, with some fancy and rustic ware such as hen 
and chicken money boxes, cuckoos, etc., as well as puzzle jugs or 
teasing pitchers, are the articles made here. 
There is no distinctive mark or initials on the ware, and speci¬ 
mens pf the early work are very bad to get hold of. 
Through the kindness of Mr. Nicholas Taylor, late of the 
Denholme Pottery, I obtained several interesting pieces for our 
