Person:Robert Gordon (32)

Gordon's Pottery, 1772-1842, Bankfoot - In 1772, George Gordon began pottery production at Morison's Haven, providing finance and a manager in Rowland Bagnall. In 1774, Gordon personally moved into the pottery with his two sons. Gordon's took over Bankfoot, in 1795, and in the early nineteenth century produced a wide variety of good quality domestic earthenware. After suffering substantial loss es on the collapse of the East Lothian Bank in 1810, Gordon's went into decline. When the owner of Prestongrange estate began consolidating his lands, he accused Gordon's of neglecting buildings, wron gly claiming land, and taking clay intended for bricks and planning a pottery without permission. Litigation concluded in 1836 with Gordon's removal from Morison's Haven. Gordon's continued at Rope Wa lk, Kirk Street and Bankfoot until sequestration in 1842. Gordon's Pottery

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   Age: About 98-99