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Henry Allen Wedgwood who wrote a series of articles for the Sentinel in the 1870's. They were published in 1881 as "Staffordshire Up and down the county" and illustrated by William Scarrat.
Many of his stories were re-issued in 1970 under the title "people of the Potteries"
The first copy I have includes stories entitled Sandyford, Hill-top, Macaroni, Rugeley and Hope Street Hanley. It also says at the final page "End of Book II" from which I gather there were other volumes in the series

It's an old browser problem, coupled with an old OS problem. New computer time me thinks

Thanks for that information.
She married a John Smith Cleveland, who also had ancestry in the area from further back (early 19th century), though Cleveland seems a more elusive name

My wife's great grandmother was Margaret Mary Mc Mahon born Drumconrath, Meath 1869. Married John Smith Cleveland and moved to Manchester sometime before 1901

My Bourne ancestors were brickmakers in Shutlane and originally came from Madeley.
First recorded is Thomas Bourne of Shutlane (b.1708) and his brother John Bourne of Shutlane (b. 1711). Their father was Thomas Bourne of Madeley Heath, brickmaker. Details are in swynnerton and Madeley parish records. My direct ancestor Thomas Bourne, son of John (b. 1738) moved to Stoke and became a potter. The will of Thomas Bourne of Little Madeley, Maltster dated 1790 mentions William Hewit of Shutlane regarding a debt of £82. (This Thomas being the son of Thomas Bourne of Shutlane b. 1741)
Stafford Archives have documents relating to court accounts of Thomas Bourne of Shutlane digging a pit and getting clay from the highway and thus spoiling the road in Shutlane dated 1728.
Shutlane is now a small hamlet but evidence can still be seen of clay excavation at one section. It is now a wood with signs of quarry activity