_Brownhills._--About 1782 Mr. John Wood (son of Ralph Wood, of Brownhills, and Mary Wedgwood) built a manufactory, with house adjoining, on property originally belonging to the Burslem and Wedgwood families, which he had purchased of Thomas Lovatt. Here he carried on the potting business until his death in 1797, when he was succeeded by his son, Mr. John Wood, who continued it until 1830, when he took down the manufactory, enlarged the house, and extended the grounds. * * * * * _Littler._--William Littler, of Brownhills, whose father had carried on a business as potter there, was the first man in Staffordshire who attempted the making of china ware. “He commenced business about 1745 when he attained his majority, and a few years afterwards removed the seat of his manufacture to Longton Hall, where he prosecuted his experiments with very good success, as regarded the beauty and delicacy of his china, but with disastrous results to himself, for he soon sacrificed his patrimony in the speculation, and was obliged to abandon it. The specimens we have seen of Mr. Littler’s china exhibit great lightness and beauty, and would certainly have won their way in after times. Mr. Littler had the merit of first making use of the fluid glaze which Mr. Enoch Booth afterwards improved upon.”--(_Ward._) Littler’s pot-works have long disappeared. Some specimens of Littler’s porcelain are preserved in private collections, and one or two are in the Hanley Museum; to one of these is attached the following note in Enoch Wood’s handwriting: “This was given to Enoch Wood by William Fletcher, in January, 1809.” * * * * * _Marsh and Haywood._--This firm formerly carried on business here as manufacturers of general earthenware, as did also Mr. John Wood, at Highgate. * * * * *