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Ewenny Pottery
Ewenny Road, Ewenny, Ewenny, Bridgend, CF35 5AP, WalesAbout
Visitors to the workshop can watch the pots being made and are able to view the finished ware in the showroom. The pottery industry has existed in the area from medieval times due to the materials being readily available, local red earthenware clay to form the pots, glaze materials to give a finish to the wares, stone to build the kilns and coal to fire the pots in the kilns. From the mid-eighteenth century there have been fifteen potteries in the Ewenny area at one time or another. They have all been small family concerns. Now only two potteries remain. Ewenny Pottery has been continually owned by the Jenkins family and the present potters are sixth and seventh generations. They have continued the tradition of making a range of glazed earthenware for ornamental and domestic use.
