St John's Church, Burslem
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Image: © John M Taken: 16 Apr 2014
The church tower dates from 1536 though the remainder was rebuilt in 1717. Josiah Wedgwood was baptised in the church in 1730 and served his apprenticeship in the adjacent Churchyard Pottery Works established by his great grandfather in 1656.