Monument record MDO6199 - Verwood Pottery kiln and pottery works site near Black Hill, Verwood

Pottery kiln and works, part of the Verwood Potteries, in production from the late 19th century until 1914 and operated by Seth Sims. Located by the Verwood and District Potteries Trust.

(SU 09390872 NGR sited from Authority <5> fig. 18 and OS 1: 10560 1968 <1>)
Verwood kiln 5 <5> listed as site 3 by Young <3>. A pottery kiln, part of the Verwood Potteries, operated by Seth Sims from the late 19th century until the outbreak of World War I in 1914. The kiln mound survived until 1964. <3, 5>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey map 1:10,560, 1968 (Map). SDO18658.

<2> Trehane, P, and Young, D, 1977, The Pottery Industry of East Dorset. A Proposal for Site Scheduling (Unpublished document). SDO16403.

<3> Young, D, 1979, The Verwood Potteries: Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 103-120 (Article in serial). SDO13877.

<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, 31 (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, 33 (Article in serial). SWX809.

<7> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1989, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1988, 29-35 (Serial). SDO88.

<8> National Record of the Historic Environment, 888749 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

Mar 15 2024 3:04PM