When divers explored the wreck of the Josephine Willis in the English Channel, they uncovered an extraordinary cargo of pottery destined for New Zealand—including a beautifully decorated water closet made at Armitage in the 1850s. The discovery sheds new light on Robert Hedderwick Penman, his short-lived pottery partnership and the company’s early export trade.
The History of Armitage-with-Handsacre Parish
People, Places and Stories from a Staffordshire Parish