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Formation
of the Borough under the 1832
Reform Act |
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Source:
"The Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent" John Ward, 1843 |
Parliamentary Union of the Towns to form the Borough
"The
district, which under the Reform Act, constitutes the Borough of
Stoke-upon-Trent, comprises the several Townships of Tunstall, Burslem,
Hanley, Shelton, Penkhull, with Boothen, Lane End, Longton, Fenton Vivian,
Fenton Culvert, Hamlet of Sneyd, and Vill of Rushton Grange, which extend into
the three parishes of Wolstanton, Burslem, and Stoke-upon-Trent.
The
township of Tunstall alone is in Wolstanton; the township of Burslem, the
hamlet of Sneyd, and vill of Rushton Grange, are within the parish of Burslem;
and the remaining townships are within the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent.
The
town of Stoke is the nominal head of the borough, though not the largest
town….."
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