The Don Pottery was a large concern, claimed during the 19th century to employ as many as 600 individuals at peak capacity (Lawrence 1974, 97). The pottery was established in 1801 and were in production (apart from a short period of bankruptcy in the mid 19th century until 1893 when they were partially demolished and surrounding houses to the north were constructed). The remaining buildings were taken on by a "wholesale china and earthenware dealers and decorators" (ibid, 99). Paperwork held in SMR backup files indicates that 4 kilns remained on site until the mid 1970s when they were demolished to make way for the present sheds. Presently a builders yard. Prior to construction of the pottery there is evidence for lime processing on this site presumably no older than the adjacent canal.