Monument record MDO5411 - Pottery works, including a pottery kiln, Crendell (Site 2), Alderholt

Pottery works and pottery kiln, part of the Verwood Potteries. The early history of this site is uncertain but is appears likely that a kiln was in production from circa 1700 to circa 1750, owned by John Vincent. A potter, James Zededee, was also a tenant here from 1844 until the late 1850s.

(SU 08911306 NGR sited from Authority 1 fig 15 <5> and OS 1:10560 1963 <2>)

Alderholt kiln 2: A pottery kiln, part of the Verwood Potteries. The early history of this site is uncertain but is appears likely that a kiln was in production from c.1700 to c.1750, owned by John Vincent. A potter, James Zededee, was also a tenant here from 1844 until the late 1850s. <5>

Site of a former pottery kiln known from documentary sources. The earlier history of the site is obscure, though it seems likely that John Vincent and subsequently his son John were working here from 1700 until the middle of the century. James Zebedee, potter, was a tenant in 1844 and he remained until its closure in the late 1850s. <4-5>

The kiln mound is shown on the Ordnance Survey 25-inch map epoch 1 (1887), where it is marked as 'Old Pottery Kiln'. <1>

<1> Ordnance Survey, 1864, 1886, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one (Map). SDO10239.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 1:10,560, 1963 (Map). SDO18658.

<3> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1981, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1979, 103-120 (Serial). SDO79.

<4> Algar D, Light A and Trehane P, 1979, The Verwood & District Potteries (Monograph). SDO12592.

<5> Algar D, Light A and Copland-Griffiths, P, 1987, The Verwood & District Potteries. A Dorset Industry, 23-4 (Monograph). SDO12825.

<6> Spoerry, P, 1988, Documentary and other evidence for medieval and post-medieval ceramic production in Dorset. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (Article in serial). SWX809.

<7> National Record of the Historic Environment, 1030416 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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