"Longton and Lane-End are two townships, or liberties,
forming one flourishing market town now commonly called Longton, and
situated at the southern extremity of the Potteries, five miles SE of
Newcastle-under-Lyme, and six miles SSE of Burslem.
This rapidly improving town is extensively engaged in the
china and earthenware manufacture, and is pleasantly situated in the bosom
and on the sides of the valley of a small rivulet. It is crossed by the
North Staffordshire Railway, which has a station, carried on arches over
the lower part of the town, constructed in 1848. The town is in the parish
and parliamentary borough of Stoke-upon-Trent. Including its southern
suburbs in Blurton and Normacot, it has now about 16,000 inhabitants."
William White, Sheffield. "1851,
History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire"
"The North Stafford Railway Company has two stations in the borough, and
the main-line service is in direct communication with Derby and Crewe. The
Potteries Electric Traction Company has termini on three of the principal
roads connecting with the country districts, and an extension of the
system to the Meir and Blythe Bridge was sanctioned some years ago."
1907 Staffordshire
Sentinel 'Business Reference Guide to The Potteries, Newcastle & District'
