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William Cookworthy

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Sep 29, 2026

Nic ElveyGUEST
16:55
... will, might be aware of Charlestown, because that's where the china clay will have gone and then gone out on ships.
Nic ElveyGUEST
17:01
The china clay was discovered after William Cookworthy, uh, was puzzling over how sort of china porcelain was so gorgeous and lovely, and then discovered it, uh, not actually in the china clay area, the main china clay area of St. Austell, but somewhere else.
Nic ElveyGUEST
17:18
But then later discovered that there was a better quality china clay in the ground in the St. Austell area.
Nic ElveyGUEST
17:25
And then it was essentially a bit like a gold rush.

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