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time was considered “ equal to true china ware,’’ about the year 
1665. But little is known however either of the manufactory or 
of the ware he produced. The former is supposed to have been 
situated somewhere on the site of the King’s Manor, now the Blind 
School, but though I have often made enquiries, I have never been 
able to hear of any fragments ever having been found there when 
excavations were going on. Of the latter, one piece of the ware, 
originally in the possession of Horace Walpole, namely, a coffee 
cup, is now in the British Museum, and a jug is in the Collection 
of Mr. Thomas Boynton, of Bridlington, and one or two more 
pieces are said to be in the hands of some of his descendants, but 
the ware is of extreme rarity. It was simply a tolerably fine kind 
of earthenware, of a greyish colour streaked with black and brown. 
Place was an artist of some merit, and designed and etched. 
Thoresby in his “ Ducatus Leodinensis ” (1714) mentions Place 
and his wares several times, and Walpole says : “ His pottery cost 
him much money ; he attempted it solely from a turn for experi¬ 
ments, but one Clifton took the hint from him, and made a fortune 
by it.” Vide Ferrybridge Pottery. 
YORK CHINA MANUFACTORY. 
In 1838 Mr. Haigh Hirstwood, formerly of the Rockingham 
China Works, established a china manufactory in York, and by 
the succeeding spring had so far progressed that the following 
paragraph appeared in one of the York papers : “ York China 
Manufactory—Mr. Hirstwood, of Stonegate, is erecting a kiln, 
extensive warehouses, etc., in the Groves, for manufacturing, 
gilding, and burnishing china, which has not previously been 
attempted in this city.” 
The works were established in Lowther Street, Groves, and 
were continued until about 1850, when the concern was wound 
up. Mr. Haigh Hirstwood was at the famous Rockingham works, 
under the Bramelds, for forty years, he was a clever painter of 
flowers, etc., and was considered the best fly painter at the 
Rockingham works. 
According to Jewitt, in 1826 he copied for use in the decoration 
of the Rockingham china upwards of five hundred insects at 
Wentworth House, which had been arranged by Lady Milton, 
the daughter-in-law of Earl Fitzwilliam. He, and his sons Joseph 
and Thomas, who were brought up at the Rockingham works, 
