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Tunstall,
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
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Tunstall:
TUNSTALL is a considerable
village within the township of Tunstall Court, a liberty in
the parish of Woolstanton, four miles from Newcastle,
pleasantly situated on an eminence, deriving its name from
the Saxon word, tun or ton, a town, and
stall, an elevated place, seat or station.
The grand Trunk canal is within half a mile of the village;
and the Harecastle tunnel, running nearly two miles
underground, is within a short distance. A second tunnel,
parallel with the first, has lately been completed here, at
a cost of £100,000, which will much expedite the conveyance
of merchandize.....
In this township abounds coal,
ironstone, marl and fine channel coal; and the manufactories
of earthenware are very extensive here.
From Pigot & Co's 1828/9 Directory of Staffordshire
Extract from William Yates 1775
Map of Staffordshire
Showing the small village of Tunstall
- click map for larger
area of map -
Turnpike Roads
The main road from Newcastle-under-Lyme and Burslem,
through Tunstall and onto the Red Bull at Lawton was turnpiked in
1763.
The road through Great Chell and Biddulph to
Congleton was turnpiked in 1770
Trent & Mersey Canal
The thick black line running from centre bottom up
to the top left of the map is the Trent and Mersey canal, built
between 1766 and 1777. The position of the Harecastle Tunnel is
shown by the words "cut underground"
Tunstall - the village
In
1775 Tunstall was little more than a village. It was still described
as such 25 years later in Allbut's directory of the Potteries, 1802:
"Tunstall, including its environs, is the pleasantest village in the
pottery. It stands on high ground and commands pleasing prospects.
The manufactories in it are respectable and do considerable
business. There are a number of brick and tile works here; the clay
being of a superior kind for such articles; so that with good
management the tiles made from it look as well as moderate slate.
The Methodists have a large neat Chapel in this place. which is well
attended. They have lately established a Sunday School, supported by
voluntary contributions, and the teachers give their labours
gratis."
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