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'''Stoke-on-Trent''' is a city in [[Staffordshire]] in the West Midlands region of [[England]]. It is also a [[unitary authority]].


Stoke-on-Trent is sometimes known to be the home of the pottery industry in the [[United Kingdom]] and is commonly known as The Potteries.
'''Stoke-on-Trent''' is a city in [[Staffordshire]] in the [[West Midlands (region)|West Midlands]] region of [[England]]. It is also a [[unitary authority]].


Stoke-on-Trent was the home of the [[pottery]] industry in the [[United Kingdom]]. It was a very important exporter in the late 18th, the 19th and up to about 1960. It is commonly known as [[The Potteries]]. The industry was killed off by cheap Chinese pottery after the [[Second World War]], and by the even cheaper plastic homeware.
''Stoke upon Trent'' is a town inside the city.

[[Coal mining|Coal]] was its other employment. The furnaces of the [[kiln]]s needed coal. Coal was also a commodity which was exported from the area.

The city is unusual in that it is made up of a cluster of six towns {{ndash}} [[Longton]], [[Fenton]], Stoke ([[Stoke-upon-Trent]]), [[Hanley]], [[Burslem]], and [[Tunstall]].

Stoke-on-Trent is known for the [[Supermarine Spitfire]], [[pottery]], [[Staffordshire oatcake|oatcakes]], the [[spark plug]], Sir [[Stanley Mathews]], [[Robbie Williams]], [[slash (musician)|Slash]], [[Arnold Bennett]], [[Edward Smith (sea captain)|Captain Smith]] and [[Stoke City F.C.]] (Stoke City is the second oldest professional football club: it was founded in 1863).


==Other websites==
==Other websites==
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* [http://www.thepotteries.org/ The Potteries]
* [http://www.thepotteries.org/ The Potteries]
* [http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/ Local Information from ''The Sentinel'' newspaper]
* [http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/ Local Information from ''The Sentinel'' newspaper]
* [http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/ Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service]
* [http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/ Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922025439/http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/leisure/archives/ |date=2007-09-22 }}
* [http://www.exploringthepotteries.org.uk Exploring the Potteries]
* [http://www.exploringthepotteries.org.uk Exploring the Potteries]


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Latest revision as of 14:32, 15 May 2024

Stoke-on-Trent is a city in Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England. It is also a unitary authority.

Stoke-on-Trent was the home of the pottery industry in the United Kingdom. It was a very important exporter in the late 18th, the 19th and up to about 1960. It is commonly known as The Potteries. The industry was killed off by cheap Chinese pottery after the Second World War, and by the even cheaper plastic homeware.

Coal was its other employment. The furnaces of the kilns needed coal. Coal was also a commodity which was exported from the area.

The city is unusual in that it is made up of a cluster of six towns – Longton, Fenton, Stoke (Stoke-upon-Trent), Hanley, Burslem, and Tunstall.

Stoke-on-Trent is known for the Supermarine Spitfire, pottery, oatcakes, the spark plug, Sir Stanley Mathews, Robbie Williams, Slash, Arnold Bennett, Captain Smith and Stoke City F.C. (Stoke City is the second oldest professional football club: it was founded in 1863).

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