Roman Gardens II - Pipes

In 1855 Chester was the centre for a flourishing clay tobacco-pipe industry, and the earliest British clay tobacco-pipe kiln ever found was discovered here. The kiln in the Roman Gardens was one of the last to produce pipes in Chester, but closed during the First World War, when cigarette smoking became fashionable. Pipe makers often stamped their names or initials on pipes, and makers on this site included Joseph Fitzgerald (c.1814-1840), John Jones (c.1848-1869), and William Boynton (c.1871-1917).

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