Average number of persons employed in China and Earthenware Factories and Workshops in England, Wales and Ireland, 1907. -----------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+------- | Males | Females | Males | Females | Total. | over 18. | over 18. | under 18. | under 18. | +----------+----------+-----------+-----------+------- Wage earners | 29,000 | 19,364 | 5,790 | 7,509 | 61,663 Salaried persons | 3,015 | 286 | 299 | 84 | 3,684 -----------------+----------+----------+-----------+-----------+------- Of these over two-thirds work in the North Staffordshire Potteries. FOOTNOTES [1] Staff. Cols. xi. N.S. p. 261-2. [2] There were only seven monks at Hulton at the dissolution in 1536. [3] 1671. List of inhabitants of Burslem from the Head-borough’s presentments in the _Tunstall Court Rolls_. John Muchell Thos. Flecher John Royle Raphe Bech Ric. Edge John Hord Wm. Hord Moses Wedgwood Moses Wedgwood Thos. Lounes Samuel Leigh Fras. Foster Wm. Marsh John Barlow Wm. Hord Wm. Simson Joseph Simson Raphe Simson Thos. Cartlech Arthur Monsfield John Roden Wm. Monsfield Thos. Denyell Wm. Denyell John Clowes Sam. Clowes John Denyell Joseph Malken Wm. Wedgwood John Jones Sam. Cartlech Thos. Marsh John Marsh Thos. Copland Thos. Armstrong Ric. Stonner Rob. Wood Rob. Wood Wm. Twomlow Rob. Simson Ric. Hand Thos. Cartlech Thos. Addames Raphe Borne Jas. Rushen Jossua Leigh Izac Ball Izac Monsfield Raphe Flecher John Flecher Ric. Flecher Wm. Steele Wm. Steele Raphe Steele John Simson John Ward John Cartlech John Lockett Jas. Standley John Rowley Raph Shaw Hen. Bourne Wm. Harrison Rob. Denell Wm. Marsh John Shaw John Sickes John Tonstall Thos. Gratbache Ric. Twomlow Wm. Browne Wm. Edge Fras. Rogers Ric. Borne John Denyell [4] Shaw, “Staffordshire Potteries,” p. 103. [5] Solon, “Art of the Old English Potters,” p. 34. [6] _ibid._, p. 35. [7] Burton, “Hist. and Descrip. English Earthenware,” p. 31. [8] Brit. Museum. [9] This ware turned yellow with the glaze. [10] The uncoloured lead glaze generally gave a warm yellow tint to the ware. [11] The manganese lead glaze darkened the ware to a rich brown. It produced the mottled effect by being dabbed or dusted on in patches.