SEX6973 - Seventeenth-Century Pottery Sites at Harlow, Essex
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| Type | Article in serial |
|---|---|
| Title | Seventeenth-Century Pottery Sites at Harlow, Essex |
| Author/Originator | Newton, E.F. and Bibbings, E. |
| Date/Year | 1955 |
Abstract/Summary
Source contains site map and illustrations of finds.
Description
Harlow is known as a pottery production hotspot, due to the abundance of pure brown boulder clay. Pottery has been produced locally since the Roman period, with documentary evidence from the early 13th century onwards, culminating in the well known Metropolitan Ware of the 1700s supplied to London.
Location
Essex County Council ESAH
Record last edited
Jul 7 2026 1:16PM