Why do certain places in Stoke-in-Trent contain the name Etruria?

Question

Doing research on Ancient Rome and I found that Etruria is a region in Ancient Rome was just wondering if this has any relation to that?

Answer 1

It was the name of Josiah Wedgwood's factory in Stoke-on-Trent:

In 1766, Wedgwood relocated his factory to the Ridge House estate located at New Castle-under-Lyme and Hanley. There, Wedgwood built his new factory and a village for his workers. His new establishment was called Etruria. Wedgwood named his factory after the master potters who occupied central Italy until it was taken by the Romans in the 4th and 5th centuries B.C. The Etruscans were especially skilled at molding and crafting a black pottery called buchero onto which Hellenized figures could be affixed. Etruscan art and pottery is very much the ancient forerunner to Wedgwood’s Jasperware.