Education and Teaching Resources

 

 

Education and Teaching Resources
for Stoke-on-Trent

 


Timeline of the potteries with key dates and links to relevant events and people.

 


UK Parliamentary reform movement of 1837–48 - there were riots on the streets of Stoke-on-Trent and people were deported. Read about the peoples complaints and the events that happened on our streets and towns.

 


Biographies of people born in or important to the story of Stoke-on-Trent.

 


Details of key architects and the buildings they designed. 

 


Maps of Stoke-on-Trent - ranging from the 1600's to present days, including many Ordnance Survey maps - invaluable for evaluating the development and changes in an area. 

 


Details on the mining activities which were essential for the growth and development of North Staffordshire, clay, coal, iron ore were all mined around here.

 


You can't get a better idea of the layout and history of a district than when walking around the towns and streets - this is a selection of historical walks around Stoke-on-Trent and the surrounding areas. Excellent resources and maps are supplied which set the whole into its context. 

 


The geography, landscape and resources of Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire.

 


questions/comments/contributions? email: Steve Birks