Fenton Park

The development of Fenton Low

1840 OS map of Fenton Low
On this map Fenton cemetery & park were not build, neither was Victoria Road

Shown in pink is the road from Fenton (along what is now Manor Street), through Fenton Low to Botteslow and the Berry Hill Brickworks - it lost what importance it had with the opening of Victoria Road from Fenton through the western end of Botteslow to Joiner's Square and Hanley in the early 1840's.

Shown in blue is the area known as Fenton Park (not the municipal recreational park) and Fenton Park Colliery.

Just above Fenton Park Colliery was Broadfield Colliery - this is the area where the park was built 1924

1902 OS map of Fenton Low
Victoria Road is shown in red. Fenton cemetery is shown outlined in green - it was laid out in 1887 on a 16.5 acre site in the north-east of the town, on sloping ground at the rear of Fenton Park.
 

1922 OS map of Fenton Low
Although Fenton park was not opened until 1924, work started on laying out Fenton park in 1919 and so it is shown on this 1922 map.