James, Ralph & Andrew Stevenson Potters of Cobridge

This article is adapted from a presentation given at an NCS meeting in March 2019. New information arising following the meeting has been included. by Pat Halfpenny May 2019

This is the story of the life and work of three brothers, James, Ralph & Andrew Stevenson. Their father Ralph Stevenson died when they were young and six years later their mother Ann Adams Stevenson married Benjamin Godwin a Cobridge potter who had two sons of his own. Benjamin and Ann went on to have three children together, Thomas, Mary Ann, and Charles.