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Offline mikekirk

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EWM
« on: Sunday 01 January 06 13:47 GMT (UK) »
On one recent search I have just done in the 1881 census records it says a Agnes Smith and Christiana Smith both living in  Stockton Co Durham working in Pottery (Ewm) does anbody know what (Ewm) means.
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Re: EWM
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 01 January 06 15:27 GMT (UK) »
Purely a guess ???
Earthen Ware Molder

http://www.astbury.org/pottery/dicdtl.htm

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Re: EWM
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 19 July 12 22:45 BST (UK) »
I think it means Earthen Ware Manufactory.  North Staffordshire censuses often make distinctions between earthenware and china manufactories in employment columns.

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Re: EWM
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 19 July 12 23:03 BST (UK) »
Edinburgh Woollen Mill!!!!!

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Re: EWM
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 19 July 12 23:07 BST (UK) »
Stockton had a number of pottery factories and the original post said they worked in a pottery so perhaps  the sale of tartans and sweaters was not their main job!
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