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the local history of Stoke-on-Trent, England [ web site index ] Search the site What's New? Lists.... history pictures people Can't find it?.... full index misc. lists < site map > Other.... FAQ send email family history other links -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Simeon Shaw > "History Of The Staffordshire Potteries ....." Where is it? When I was A Child - the story of an old English Potter in the 1840's This cyclecar was manufactured by The Menley Motor Co. in Stoke-on-Trent in 1920 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- articles on districts in and around Stoke-on-Trent: Adderley Green Bank Top Bentilee 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 of the City of Stoke-on-Trent, North Staffordshire Tunstall Burslem Hanley Stoke Fenton Longton 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, an ancient town... the mother, as it is the metropolis, of the Staffordshire Potteries." "Hanley, the most populous town in North Staffordshire, is generally described as the capital of the Potteries" "STOKE-UPON-TRENT, as its name implies, is pleasantly situated upon that river.... in 1874, it was made a municipal borough by Royal Charter." "LANE DELPH and FENTON are small places, but contain some extensive pottery works" "As early as 1756, a manufactory of English porcelain was established here, and ware of great lightness and beauty was produced." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- this local history web site on Stoke-on-Trent © Steve Birks - email - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------