Stoke-on-Trent

 Stoke-on-Trent and pottery history

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Local history index for Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.


Every Street Has a Story

Explore the streets, towns and surrounding districts of Stoke-on-Trent through this collection of heritage walks and local history articles. 

From the six towns to canals, former pottery works, old transport routes and forgotten neighbourhoods, these pages reveal the rich story of the Potteries and the people who shaped it. 

Whether for a walk, family history research, or simple curiosity, this index offers an inviting gateway into the landscapes, communities and industrial heritage that make North Staffordshire unique.



 

Staffordshire Potteries
Simeon Shaw
When I was a Child
Charles Shaw
The Staffordshire Potter
Harold Owen

A classic 1829 history of the Potteries, tracing the rise of the ceramic industry, its pioneers, and the growth of the six towns.

A vivid first-hand memoir of childhood, work, hardship and everyday life in the Potteries during the 1840s.

An account of the development of the trade, the conditions faced by workers, and the growth of organised labour in the Potteries during the 19thC.

 


 

 
 
 
 
 
Potteries Dialect
Find out more about this project by the BBC to survey Staffordshire people's ways of speech, and languages
on this web site
on BBC Radio Stoke
 
 
 
 
 
 

The Six Towns

| Tunstall |
| Burslem |
| Hanley |
| Stoke |
| Fenton |
| Longton |

The coat of arms and crests of the city and towns of Stoke-on-Trent - 31st March, 1910, Constituted as a County Borough on Federation of six former Local Authorities.

Coal and clay deposits, faults and waterways; large scale subsidence in the city.

History of cinema in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Shelton Iron and Steel Co | Shelton Bar | Earl Granville Works
Waterways, canals and rivers - In the frantic rush to build canals to feed the Industrial Revolution, Staffordshire was at the heart of the action. There are more miles of canals within its boundaries than any other county in England.

Coal and ironstone were being dug in the Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire area as early as 1282, and by 1467 the Great Row coal seam was being mined and used for firing pottery.