Potteries
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Potteries may refer to:
- PotteryPotteryPottery is the material from which the potteryware is made, of which major types include earthenware, stoneware and porcelain. The place where such wares are made is also called a pottery . Pottery also refers to the art or craft of the potter or the manufacture of pottery...
, or pottery manufacturing - The Stoke-on-Trent area, known as the Staffordshire PotteriesStaffordshire PotteriesThe Staffordshire Potteries is a generic term for the industrial area encompassing the six towns that now make up Stoke on Trent in Staffordshire, England....
after its once-important ceramics industry - The Potteries Urban AreaThe Potteries Urban AreaThe Potteries Urban Area is a conurbation in North Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England.It includes the city of Stoke-on-Trent, and the towns of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Kidsgrove....
, a conurbation recognised by the Office for National Statistics as distinct from (and covering a larger area than) the Staffordshire Potteries - The Potteries Shopping CentrePotteries Shopping CentreThe Potteries Shopping Centre is an indoor shopping centre in Hanley, Stoke on Trent. It is the major indoor shopping centre in the city. The town of Hanley is generally regarded as the commercial city centre of Stoke-on-Trent....
, a shopping centre in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent - Potteries, Shrewsbury & North Wales Railway
- Potteries dialectPotteries dialectThe Potteries dialect is a dialect found in the northern West Midlands of England, almost exclusively in and around Stoke-on-Trent.-Features:Two noticeable features of the dialect are the vowel sound ow which is used where standard English would use ol as in cowd = cold, 'towd" = told, etc...
of Midlands English