Stoke-on-Trent England
City of
Stoke-on-Trent England
Stoke is known for the development of the famous
Potteries loop line, the railway system which once linked the six towns
with outlying communities, Stoke City Football Club and famous pottery
manufacturer, Spode which has stood in the centre of the town since
1770. The town is now the administrative centre of the city. Most of the
original buildings are still used for a thriving business industry.
Charles Dickens once described Stoke as "a picturesque heap of
houses, kilns, smoke, wharfs, canals and river lying as was most appropriate, in
a basin."
The town of Stoke has the full name of 'Stoke-upon-Trent' as against the name of
the City (comprising the Six Towns) which is 'Stoke-on-Trent'. This leads to
much confusion for visitors who sometimes think that the extent of the City is
the small town of Stoke. (The main centre is in fact nearby Hanley).
Although Hanley is the main shopping centre the town of Stoke
has dominated in name by virtue of its ecclesiastical supremacy as the
controlling parish of the area. Also the Civic Centre is located in Stoke.
The valley setting of Stoke gave it the early advantage of
canal transport and later the main railway station to serve the area.
Official City of Stoke-on-Trent
website: www.stoke.gov.uk
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