Sandford Hill Streets Past & Present

Sandford Hill, in the south of Stoke-on-Trent near Longton and Adderley Green, developed from a rural landscape of fields and scattered farms into a residential district during the 19th and 20th centuries. The area expanded alongside the growth of the southern Potteries, with new housing and local roads gradually extending across what had once been open countryside.

This page lists the present and historic streets of Sandford Hill and links to descriptions of the origins of street names, old maps, local developments, and the changing character of the district over time. From former field boundaries and rural lanes to later terraces and suburban housing developments, the streets of Sandford Hill reflect the gradual expansion of Stoke-on-Trent beyond its earlier industrial centres.

Today, Sandford Hill is mainly residential in character, with its street layout still preserving traces of the area’s rural origins and later suburban growth within the wider Potteries.

 


See also: Stoke-on-Trent street renaming index (covers citywide changes, including the 1950s renaming programme

Street name Renaming  
Bolina Grove    
Bowfell Grove    
Broadlawns Drive    
Brookmead Grove    
Bywater Grove    
Capewell Street    
Dellwood Grove    
Heber Street    
Marlow Close    
Ruskin Close    
Sandford Street    
Sark Place    
 

 


 



Page History:

  • Page created: 7 April 2007

  • Last Updated: 21 May 2026 - introduction added and improved navigation.