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Book SynopsisThe history of the Adams family of potters is a most remarkable one. Tracing their ancestry back to the reign of Edward I, they can legitimately claim to be in at the birth of Staffordshire's great potting history.
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Early Adams Ancestors (1299-1563) Chapter 2 Hulton Abbey and the Dissolution (1223-1536) Chapter 3 Butterpots, Tygs and Quagmires (17th & 18th Century) Chapter 4 The Mysterious Dutchmen of Bradwell (1688-1700) Chapter 5 Adams of Longcroft, Brick House and Cobridge Hall (1563-1869) Chapter 6 Adams of Greengates (1746-1821) Chapter 7 Adams of Bagnall & Fenton Hall (1600-1829) Chapter 8 Adams of Greenfield - William Adams IV (1798-1865) Chapter 9 Dawn of the Twentieth Century - William Adams V of Greenfield and Wolstanton (1833-1952) Chapter 10 The Last of the Adams Master Potters (1909-1966)
