Stoke-on-Trent, Pottery and Ceramics, Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke, Fenton, Longton

the local history of Stoke-on-Trent, England
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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

6 towns - 100 years
the story of Federation

No 77 - Mineworkers Union Building, Hanley
based on "A Grand Tour" of the Potteries by Neville Malkin

Bogey Dean

a famous cultural figure in local clay
where is it?

Bennett - and his 'Five towns' novels

The famous writer H. G. Wells based a short story "The Cone" on Shelton Iron Works

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."