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Occupation?
« on: Wednesday 31 July 24 15:52 BST (UK) »
Hi guys, any idea?   Labourer in ????

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« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 31 July 24 16:05 BST (UK) »
Delft is all can see?
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« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 31 July 24 16:07 BST (UK) »
Quote from: hepburn on Wednesday 31 July 24 16:05 BST (UK)
Delft is all can see?

could be it, there was brick making in the family?

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« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 31 July 24 17:36 BST (UK) »
Open Delf is earthenware
Delft is from Delft in Holland, blue and white. They make tiles and all things clay and mixes.
People do call crockery Delft.

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« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 31 July 24 18:50 BST (UK) »
A delf or delph was a quarry, probably for clay.  There are a number of place-names around Sheffield, where they would have quarried, for pottery and also ganister for furnace linings.  Also the name delves.

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« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 31 July 24 21:19 BST (UK) »
Quote from: MollyC on Wednesday 31 July 24 18:50 BST (UK)
A delf or delph was a quarry, probably for clay.  There are a number of place-names around Sheffield, where they would have quarried, for pottery and also ganister for furnace linings.  Also the name delves.

There were quarries for clay and sandstone in Liverpool, so this could be the answer, thanks  :)

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« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 31 July 24 22:30 BST (UK) »
There was also a pottery, can’t remember the name properly,began with H,maybe Herculaneum , at Toxteth.
Not well known nowadays ,
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« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 31 July 24 22:48 BST (UK) »
Check the rest of the page and pages either side. Usually many people in the one area worked in the same place. One of the other entries may be clearer.
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« Reply #8 on: Thursday 01 August 24 15:01 BST (UK) »
Quote from: MollyC on Wednesday 31 July 24 18:50 BST (UK)
A delf or delph was a quarry, probably for clay.  There are a number of place-names around Sheffield, where they would have quarried, for pottery and also ganister for furnace linings.  Also the name delves.

Agree, I see delp

delph relating to mining or quarrying, but usually underground.

Can be spelt delf in documents.

See delph mine entrance

It could be clay, but any mineral material

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Glossary of Mining Terms Used in the mid 1800s
Delf or Delph
https://www.genuki.org.uk/files/eng/LAN/Haydock/MINEGLOS.txt

Example in the link - seam of coal in a mine.

Can be clay or other mined mineral.
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