Exotic place names

Back blipping a canal distance marker sign from Staffordshire, just outside Stoke on Trent.

Etruria was a Wedgwood pottery site. Josiah Wedgwood, who was previously based in Burslem, opened his new works in 1769. It was named after the Italian district of Etruria, home of the Etruscan people who were renowned for their artistic products.
The site covered 350 acres and was next to the Trent and Mersey Canal. As well as Wedgwood's home, Etruria Hall, it included the Etruria Works which remained in use by the Wedgwood enterprise until 1950.