Monument record MDO6201 - Verwood Pottery kiln site, Manor Road, Verwood

Site of pottery kiln located by the Verwood and District Potteries Trust. Pottery kiln, part of the Verwood Potteries, in production by the 1840s until around 1910. It was originally operated by James Bailey during the 1840s and later by Thomas Bailey. In the late 19th century the pottery works were operated by Frederick Sims.

Verwood kiln 7 <3> or site 5 (Young) <1> was originally operated by James Bailey during the 1840s and later by Thomas Bailey. The pottery works was then operated by Frederick Sims during the late 19th century, who continued production until c.1910. <1> <3>

Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1, Dorset XXVI.3 Surveyed: 1887, Published: 1888 (Map). SDO10239.

'Pottery'

<1> Young, D, 1979, The Verwood Potteries: Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (Article in serial). SDO13877.

<2> Algar, D, Light, A, and Trehane, P, 1979, The Verwood & District Potteries (Monograph). SDO12592.

<3> Algar, D, Light, A, and Copland-Griffiths, P, 1987, The Verwood & District Potteries. A Dorset Industry, 32 (Monograph). SDO12825.

<4> 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 110, 33 Verwood 7 (Article in serial). SWX809.

<4> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1989, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1988, 29-35 (Serial). SDO88.

<5> Historic England, National Record of the Historic Environment, 888777 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Aug 28 2026 4:17PM