Newcastle-under-Lyme: Attractions and more...
Etruria Industrial Museum
About 2 miles away from Newcastle under Lyme is situated the Etruria Industrial Museum. It lies at the meeting point of the Caldon and Trent & Mersey canals. The highlight of this museum is the Jesse Shirley’s Bone & Flint Mill which was constructed in 1857 with an objective of grinding materials for the agricultural and pottery industries. In 1972, production was stopped in this mill. However, at present the historic machinery is still in working state and the steam engine can be viewed in working condition on selected weekends.
Ford Green Hall
The Ford Green Hall is about 4 miles from Newcastle under Lyme. This is a 17th century house that has a period garden and was used for about 2 centuries as a residence by the Ford family. This Hall has been declared to be a museum. The rooms have a collection of furniture, ceramics and reproduction textiles. Children are permitted to use the costumes here and they can attempt the use of a drop spindle. In 1996, a garden was planted as per the 17th century mode of gardening. The herb beds depict how plants were used in the 1600s for textile, cosmetic, culinary, domestic, medicinal and magical reasons.
Related Contents
Other Attractions United Kingdom:
Stoke-on-Trent (About 3.4 mi) - Crewe (About 10.5 mi) - Stafford (About 15 mi) - Tarporley (About 20.8 mi) - Ashbourne (About 20.8 mi) - Knutsford (About 20.9 mi)
More information United Kingdom:
| Stoke-on-Trent - 3.4 mi | |
|
The Stoke-on-Trent Museum and Art Gallery houses a fine collection of pottery and ceramics, which is an excellent example of the flourishing pottery industry. The Gladstone... |
|
| Crewe - 10.5 mi | |
|
The Crewe Heritage Center which was formerly known as the Crewe Railway Age is a railway museum which is rebranded to its original name of Crewe Heritage Center in the early 2008.... |
|
