Monument record MDO5404 - Pottery kiln (Alderholt 9), Alderholt

A pottery kiln, known from documentary evidence and a scatter of pottery wasters. Part of the Verwood Potteries, this kiln was in production by the 1620s operated by John and Thomas Attwater. The kiln was owned by John Major in 1700 and finally closed during the late 18th century.

The site of a former pottery in Alderholt in use from the early seventeenth to the second half of the eighteenth century. The site is known from documentary sources and from a heavy concentration of waster sherds. No remains of the kiln are visible.

The tenement was constructed by John Attwater in 1602 and his son, Thomas, was potting there in the 1620s. The site was owned by John Major in 1700. The later history is not known, but the kiln was finally closed during the second half of the eighteenth century. Waster sherds are present on the site, but no structural features survive. <1> <2>

<1> Algar D, Light A and Trehane P, 1979, The Verwood & District Potteries, 22-23, Site 9 (Monograph). SDO12592.

<2> Algar D, Light A and Copland-Griffiths, P, 1987, The Verwood & District Potteries. A Dorset Industry, 22-23, Site 9 (Monograph). SDO12825.

<3> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1989, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1988, 29 (Serial). SDO88.

<4> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1981, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1979, 103-120 (Serial). SDO79.

<5> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1030501 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Aug 9 2022 1:42PM