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Geographical
locality of the Borough |
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Source:
"The Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent" John Ward, 1843 |
"… the Borough as before defined… occupies a tract of about
seven and a half miles from north to south, and of unequal breadth from one to
three miles, and contains an area of more than twelve square miles.
In
latitude 53°N.
and 2°10"W.
longitude from Greenwich.
The
elevation of the surface, which at Stoke is level with the banks of the Trent,
does not rise more than about 250 feet above it, at the highest eminences of
Penkhull, Hanley Hill and Tunstall…
A
great portion of this District, comprising the manors of Wolstanton, Penkhull,
and Shelton, was, at and before the Conquest (Domesday, 246,b.) part of the
possessions of the Crown; and had, probably continued such from the early
partition of the country, by the Saxon invaders….
The
contiguous district of Wolstanton, Penkhull, and Shelton, which probably
extended further than those townships do at present, and certainly included
the present town and territory of Newcastle, united with many other adjoining
or neighbouring possessions of the Crown, formed a very extensive domain….
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