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  Honiton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Honiton is a town in East Devon, which is in the county of Devon, England.
Honiton is situated close to the River Otter, 17 miles North east of Exeter.
Honiton more than doubled in size between the 1960s and 2005 with most development happening south of the Exeter to Waterloo Station (London)railway line.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Honiton   (304 words)

  
 East Devon Holiday Guide | Honiton - market town - family days out   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Honiton is a bustling and friendly market town, renowned for many things including beautiful lace, lovely pottery, and one of the finest choices of antiques you could find.
Honiton lace is, of course, one of the town’s main claims to fame, and is internationally famous.
There is evidence of life in the Honiton area in the last interglacial period – bones unearthed during the construction of the Honiton bypass were identified as hippopotamus, deer and ox, and many are on display at Allhallows Museum.
www.devon24.co.uk /flatfiles/holidayguide/honiton.aspx   (1880 words)

  
 Allhallows Lace and Pottery Museum Honiton, Devon Web Site.
It is the oldest building in Honiton and started its life as part of a chapel and became a school before it became a museum.
The bones of the Honiton Hippos, the earliest known dwellers on the site of the town, date back about 100,000 years and were discovered during the building of the bypass.
Pottery has been made in the town for centuries, particularly by Charles Collard, one of the noted art potters, and there was until recently a working pottery in town.
www.cyberlink.co.uk /allhallows/museum   (507 words)

  
 Trexle - Ceramics and Pottery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Pottery - P.A. Wranitzky pottery was made between 1874 and 1932 near Znojmo in the Czech Republic.
Material Insight - Ceramic and pueblo pottery restoration or repair and Navajo rug, blanket, weaving, or textile analysis and certification using dye, yarn, and fiber analysis.
Honiton Pottery Collectors Society - Promotes the study and collection of pottery made at the Honiton and Crown Dorset potteries.
www.trexle.com /Directory/Top/Recreation/Antiques/Ceramics_and_Pottery   (616 words)

  
 GENUKI: Honiton, Devon - Genealogy
The town is well-built, and consists chiefly of one broad street, nearly a mile in length, mostly built since the destructive fires of 1747 and 1765, the former of which consumed three-parts of the town, and the latter 180 houses.
Honiton has a pottery of brown earthenware, a tannery, a brewery, an iron foundry, three corn mills, several maltkilns, and a branch of the National Provincial Bank of England.
Coxhead, J. Honiton: a history of the manor and the borough.
genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk /DEV/Honiton   (1466 words)

  
 Welcome to Eastdevon.net
Honiton has successfully combined its market town heritage with the all facilities and infrastructure of a bustling tourist town.
Honiton has the added bonus of sitting amidst the rural countryside and farmlands of the Otter valley.
Honiton is twinned with Mezidon-Canon in France and with Gronau in Germany
www.eastdevon.net /map/honiton   (241 words)

  
 Pottery - UK Special offers
Pottery courses are run for all levels of experience.
Bentham Pottery - Pottery and Pottery Courses in North Yorkshire.
Bentham Pottery is a thriving craft pottery located near Ingleton in North Yorkshire on the edge of the Yorkshire...
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 HOT SPOT: Honiton, Devon Independent, The (London) - Find Articles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A traditional market town, whose lace and pottery industries have been replaced by antique shops and tourism, Honiton has a community college with a well-equipped sports centre, two primary schools and a specialist school for pupils with severe learning difficulties.
A resident of Honiton for 24 years, Colin Wright says: "This is a lovely area, people are friendly, the climate is slighter warmer, and it is 20 minutes to the coast, Exeter and Taunton.
Honiton is the hub of a wheel of business and pleasure locations in the South-west." Wright, who is a printer and supplies pictures of Honiton to the local council, believes that property demand in Honiton has increased due to Exeter's boom.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_200410/ai_n12817449   (429 words)

  
 EAST DEVON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Honiton stands in inspiring countryside of rich farmland, watered by the River Otter and its tributaries.
Steep sided hills rise between Honiton and the sea, which is but a few miles away, and narrow winding lanes lead to villages that are a constant source of interest and delight.
From the A30/A35 junction west of Honiton, the signs to Dunkeswell are complemented by the Red Maple Leaf of Canada on tourist sign panels to Wolford Chapel.
www.townfacts.co.uk /new_page_118.htm   (5040 words)

  
 BBC - Devon Discovering Devon - Home town - Honiton tour continued
The pottery is still flourishing despite the many increases in raw materials and the obvious competition from foreign imports.
There are no transfers or stencils used in the manufacture, and once the artist has completed his work the decoration is fired into a glaze at temperatures of more than 1000 degrees centigrade.
While moving ahead with the times, Honiton still has a foot in the past, and many historical events are still celebrated.
www.bbc.co.uk /devon/discovering/hometown/honiton_contd.shtml   (510 words)

  
 Honiton Holidays in Devon
HONITON is probably best known for its lace, which became popular with the rich in the 17th century.
The Grade II listed building, which is the chancel of the 13th century Chapel of Allhallows, houses a wide range of exhibits from as far back as prehistoric times as well as the world's most comprehensive collection of Honiton lace and a display of the finest Honiton pottery.
A very popular event is the Honiton Hill Rally, held at nearby Stockland, featuring ring events, crafts, children's entertainment, steam engines and working horses, it's a fun day out for all the family.
www.worldheritagecoast.net /town.aspx?town=24   (292 words)

  
 BBC - Devon Discovering Devon - Home town - Honiton tour
Honiton, the 'gateway' to Devon and Cornwall, stands on the main road & rail route to London and Exeter.
A pleasant residential and market town, Honiton is world famous both for its lace products and the unique hand painted pottery produced here.
Honiton is said to be the first place in Devon in which wool was manufactured into cloth.
www.bbc.co.uk /devon/discovering/hometown/honiton.shtml   (407 words)

  
 Local Attractions in and around Devon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Honiton high street has a range of shops, cafés and restaurants, including over 25 antique shops, the Honiton Lace Shop and the Honiton Pottery Shop.
Pottery was made in the town from 1881 but it was from 1918, when Charles Collard set up his pottery in the High Street, that his designs became highly sought after.
Although there is no longer a pottery in the town there is The Honiton Pottery Shop with a demonstration area on the High Street.
www.hunthay.com /info/attractions.htm   (1313 words)

  
 Belleek, Beswick, Bovey, Carlton, Dartmouth, David Sharp, Delft, Maund, Hornsea, James Kent, Lorna Bailey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
By the early 1990's the pottery was producing mainly individual studio pottery and David Sharp produced some fine work during this period, until his death in 1993.
The Hornsea Pottery was established in Hornsea, Yorkshire in 1949 by Desmond and Colin Rawson and they produced a variety of earthenware ornaments and tableware in fashionable designs.In 1970 another factory was opened in Lancaster due to the heavy demand for what had become an extremely popular range of items.
The pottery was sold several times in the early and mid 1980's and in 1998 the current owners re-launched the 1920's chintz ware designs and these have become premium collector's items.
www.piggybankpage.co.uk /other_PotteriesA-O.htm   (1368 words)

  
 West Country Art Pottery - 1Earth Antiques & Appraisals Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This and certain later potteries came to be called ~art' potteries because all the wares were made without the aid of machines, in keeping with age-old country methods.
The clay was dug locally and all the pottery was hand-thrown on a wheel.
As craftsmen moved from one pottery to another, they continued to use the various techniques they had learnt on the way, which makes identification of some items rather difficult.
www.1earth.com.au /collectible/ceramics/west_country_pottery.html   (881 words)

  
 Catshayes - Devon Farmhouse Bed and Breakfast B&B Honiton
Close to the market town of Honiton just 7 miles from Sidmouth and only 15 miles from the beautiful cathedral city of Exeter.
Honiton an East Devon market town, has a great deal to offer its visitors, - a fascinating history, a lively atmosphere and miles of country walks for ramblers, to include just a few.
For centuries Honiton has been renowned for lace, pottery and glove making and it still has numerous specialist shops dedicated to both lace and pottery.
www.catshayes-farm-honiton.co.uk   (308 words)

  
 The Allhallows Museum of Honiton Lace & Local history
The history of Honiton can be found in the Allhallows Museum, the oldest secular building in Honiton.
In 1930 the school outgrew the premises and moved to its present situation at Rousden and in 1946 the building was purchased by the townspeople and opened as the Honiton and Allhallows Public Museum.
You can also enjoy a selection of Honiton pottery, made famous by designer Charles Collard during the late 19th and early 20th century, before he left to start his own pottery in Poole.
east-devon-guide.com /allhallows-museum.html   (485 words)

  
 Web Design Services for Honiton. Hosting, Update Service and Domain Registration.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Farm bed and breakfast and self catering cottages in Honiton, Devon.
Promotes the study and collection of pottery made at the Honiton and Crown Dorset potteries.
Situated in South-East Devon, Honiton, is one of the traditional gateways into the county of Devonshire, and as such, the town is an excellent base...
www.web-design-uk.net /design/honiton.html   (353 words)

  
 Honiton, Bed Breakfast | Kings Cottage Bed Breakfast accommodation Honiton   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
KINGS COTTAGE is within a few minutes walk of the centre of the Market Town of Honiton, the ANTIQUE centre of Southern and South West England and the home of Honiton Lace and Honiton pottery.
Honiton is on the main A30 and enjoys easy motorway access to the M5.
Honiton is located 20 minutes from the Cathedral City of Exeter and 25 minutes from Taunton.
www.visitdevonandcornwall.com /Devon/East-Devon/Honiton/Bed-Breakfast/1   (245 words)

  
 The Guide, recommended titles, ceramic books, collectors
One example being the entry for Wardle and Co; a five page section on the firm that operated from 1854 until 1935 when it was amalgamated with the Cauldon potteries.
The illustrations were chosen specifically to show typical examples of a pottery's or an artist's output and in firms more commonly illustrated elsewhere, such as Ruskin or the Martin Brothers, we find typical yet often previously unpublished examples of their wares.
The book commences with a brief background to the 70 year period of ceramic art being discussed and examines growth, demand and influences for the period.
www.referenceworks.co.uk /bart.html   (951 words)

  
 Home Page
This well researched book on Langley Ware gives the first comprehensive history of the pottery and its wares from its establishment in 1865 to its closure in 1982.
The history and influence of each new pottery owner is discussed in detail and very well illustrated in colour.
A very extensive listing of the hundreds of pottery back stamps is also included, with the marks of individual artists and workers, and their corresponding dates.
www.thelangleywarebook.co.uk   (214 words)

  
 DirectoryGlobe >> Recreation >> Antiques >> Ceramics and Pottery Websites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Details and gallery of J and G Meakin 'Studio 2' pottery patterns from the 1960s and 70s.
Detailed examples of the studio pottery of Karl Martz and Becky Brown made from the early 1930's until the early 1990's in Nashville and Bloomington, Indiana.
The content of this directory is based on the Open Directory and may have been modified by DirectoryGlobe.com.
www.directoryglobe.com /Recreation/Antiques/Ceramics_and_Pottery   (763 words)

  
 Antiques, Los Angeles - Studio Antiques - Porcelin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This auction is for a Retro 9 piece pottery coffee/tea set manufactured by Fosters Pottery in Redtuth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.
This auction is for two trios of Honiton Pottery consisting of a cup, saucer and bread plate.
Honiton Pottery is in Devon on South Coast of England and is renown for its small potteries, many of which are still active.
www.studioantiques.com /porcelin.html   (1514 words)

  
 World of Pottery and Ceramics_: Collections/Collecting
For collectors interested in Honiton and Crown Dorset pottery in particular the work of Charles Collard.
John McHugh was known to have been making pottery as early as 1860 in North Motton Tasmania, Australia.
Designs and production of the Midwinter factory, read about the designers, the pottery and the history of the factory from 1910 through to the 1990's.
www.clayzee.com /collections/collecting/more2.htm   (341 words)

  
 Pottery Makers Marks, Backstamps : China Repair Lessons and Supplies, Learn Ceramic and Pottery Restoration in a Home ...
McCoy trademarks with dating are available at McCoy Pottery Collectors Society and at Chiquita's McCoy Pottery.
Pottery and Porcelain online marks collection can be explored at Johanna Johnson Appraisals.
Arizona State Museum native pottery collection or go straight to their 3D collection of Virtual Pots.
www.tsrestoration.com /catalog/index.php?main_page=infopages&pages_id=4   (918 words)

  
 Welcome to the Pottery Studio
The Pottery Studio is a knowledge base for collectors, students and lovers of all kinds of pottery.
If this is your first time here, please click on the 'about' link on the side-menu to find out what the site is all about.
The Pottery Studio is a knowledge base for lovers of studio pottery, art pottery, craft pottery, and just about any other kind of pottery.
www.studiopottery.com   (101 words)

  
 Zenbit | Ceramics and Pottery - Antiques - Recreation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Worldwide ceramics and pottery listings of sites ranging from functional pottery, ceramic art, industrial ceramics to manufacturers, suppliers, classes and educational institutions.
History of George Emery and the Ecanada pottery, Includes photographs and sections on Identification Marks and reproductions.
Promotes knowledge of and interest in Maling Pottery, made in Newcastle upon Tyne between 1762 and 1963.
www.zenbit.com /Recreation/Antiques/Ceramics_and_Pottery   (558 words)

  
 Honiton, market town and lace making centre
Nestling in the Otter valley the modern day market town of Honiton still bears some resemblance to the original settlement based on the Saxon plan from around the year 1200.
In 1676 there were 5,299 lace makers in East Devon with 1341 of them in Honiton itself.
You can see everything from Honiton pottery and lace through to antique pens and other collectibles and glassware, antiquarian books, as well as all kinds of French, English and other European furniture.
www.east-devon-guide.com /honiton.html   (405 words)

  
 18-Jul-2006 Kyes Directory - Financial Services, Math Science and ODP Search 1153276807   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Agora - The Agora is dedicated to the discussion of 20th Century ceramics, and aims to provide readers with evidence-based information about the works of major ceramic manufacturers.
Ecanada Art Pottery - History of George Emery and the Ecanada pottery, Includes photographs and sections on Identification Marks and reproductions.
McCoy Pottery - Manufacturer of stoneware art pottery from 1910 to 1990.
www.kyes-world.com /index.cgi?&passurl=/Recreation/Antiques/Ceramics_and_Pottery   (1270 words)

  
 POT POURRI A mixture of styles and factories
I am no expert on Honiton pottery but as it is base marked "Beaton" I assume that is the pattern.
Small chips to the end of the spout and the inner of the top but for 77 years old and in earthenware these are minor faults.
Bovey Pottery tea for 4 from the South Devon pottery, an area known for good china.
mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /dulford/pot_pourri_a_mixture_of_styles_a.htm   (856 words)

  
 World of Pottery and Ceramics_: Pottery Ceramic Organizations/Antique Collectors
The aim of the circle is to encourage the study and understanding of Australian ceramics and glass.
Formed as a club to unite collectors of pottery and stoneware made in Illinois and to facilitate their sharing information, ideas, interests and items for trade or sell.
Organized to stimulate, educate and maintain interest in the collection and study of Flow Blue, Mulberry and related fields of china, and to promote the exchange of information regarding same between members worldwide.
clayzee.com /Organizations/Antique_Collectors   (263 words)

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