The Pottery and Clay Tobacco Pipe Industries of Rainford, St Helens New Research furnishing painted by Jo Gough with

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The Pottery and Clay Tobacco Pipe Industries of Rainford, St Helens New Research furnishing painted by Jo Gough withThis is the first of two monographs which presents the results of archaeological and historical research in the village of Rainford, near St Helens, Merseyside. The manufacture of pottery and clay tobacco pipes became an important cottage industry for the local community. Archaeological excavations between 2011 and 2014 as part of the Rainford's Roots Community Archaeology Project, undertaken with a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, focused on