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Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England. It has an estimated population of 259,965 (as of 2022), [ 6 ] [ 7 ] making it the largest settlement in Staffordshire and one of the largest cities of the Midlands .
Queen Street is a street in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England.It is part of the town centre, adjacent to St John's Square to the west and Swan Square and Waterloo Road to the east, and a short distance south of the Market Place.
The museum opened on its current site in 1956 as the Stoke-on-Trent City Museum & Art Gallery. [1] [2] The building was designed by the city architect; J. R. Piggott.[1]The museum's Spitfire, was received from the Royal Air Force in 1972. [3]
In 1910, along with Burslem, Tunstall, Fenton, Longton and Stoke-upon-Trent it was federated into the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent. Hanley was the only one of the six towns to be a county borough before the merger; its status was transferred to the enlarged borough. In 1925, following the granting of city status, it became one of the six ...
Burslem is the site of one of the two campuses of Stoke-on-Trent College; the College states that it is the largest Further Education college in Stoke and North Staffordshire. [20] The campus specialises in media-production and drama. Stoke Studio College, a studio school for 13- to 19-year-olds opened at the college campus in September 2013.
This is a list of notable people who were born in or near, or have been residents of the City of Stoke-on-Trent, England. Also listed are people who lived in the area before city status was granted in 1925. The city was built on the pottery industry, and at the centre of that industry was the Wedgwood family, especially Josiah Wedgwood.
Burslem Park is a public park in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, operated by Stoke-on-Trent City Council. It was opened in 1894, and is essentially unchanged from the original layout. It is listed Grade II* in Historic England's Register of Parks and Gardens. [1] The park received a Green Flag Award in July 2023. [2]
Stone is a market town and civil parish in Staffordshire, England; it is situated approximately 7 miles (11 km) north of the county town of Stafford, 7 miles (11 km) south of Stoke-on-Trent and 15 miles (24 km) north of Rugeley.