the local history of Stoke-on-Trent, England

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Three Key Zones..
to help you find your way around there are 3 key zones to start from..

| POTTERY |
| HISTORY |
| PHOTOS |


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If you just want to browse the site then try the following five sections for fun and information:

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TRIVIA |
| WHERE IS IT? |
| FOCUS ON... |
| BROWSE |


 

Where is it?


a scene from Greek mythology

- where is it?  more

  

 

 

Each week follow Fred Hughes and Steve Birks as they explore some of the "Old Roads" of Stoke-on-Trent

 

the Potteries

Stoke-on-Trent is a unique city in England.
It made up of six distinct towns: Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke, Fenton and Longton - collectively known as "THE POTTERIES".

where  is Stoke-on-Trent?
Bottle Kilns
Facts and Figures
the six towns
Arnold Bennett's 5 towns
timeline
key dates
  

 

Did you know?

Lane End and Longton were two separate townships?

Confusion often arises over the location and names of  Lane End and Longton. Originally they were two separate and contiguous townships which were incorporated in the of Borough of Longton in 1865.
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Adderley Green
Bank Top
Bradwell
Brownhills
Burslem - packhorse lanes
Church Lawton
Cobridge
Etruria
Foley
Hanley
Hanley to Burslem
Harecastle tunnels
Howard Place & Snow Hill
Lane Delft
Lane End
Lower Lane
Meir
Normacot
Red Street
Stoke
Sytch
Trubshaw Cross
Tunstall
Winton's Wood
Wolstanton
 
 

TOWNS

Tunstall

Tower Square, Tunstall
Tunstall is the most northern town of the city.  Historians have found that iron was being produced in the town as far back as 1280.

Burslem

Wedgwood's "Big House", Burslem
"BURSLEM, an ancient town... the mother, as it is the metropolis, of the Staffordshire Potteries." 

Hanley

"The Man of Fire" statue, Hanley
"Hanley, the most populous town in North Staffordshire, is generally described as the capital of the Potteries"

Stoke

Minton's library c.1878, Stoke
"STOKE-UPON-TRENT, as its name implies, is pleasantly situated upon that river.... in 1874, it was made a municipal borough by Royal Charter."

Fenton

Town Hall and War Memorial, Fenton
"LANE DELPH and FENTON are small places, but contain some extensive pottery works"

Longton

Gladstone Bottle Kilns, Longton
"As early as 1756, a manufactory of English porcelain was established here, and ware of great lightness and beauty was produced."

 

 

 
       
       

What is the use of a book',
thought Alice,
'without pictures or conversations?
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