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Hanley is one of the six towns that, along with Burslem, Longton, Fenton, Tunstall and Stoke-upon-Trent, amalgamated to form the City of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. The town is the main business, commercial and cultural hub of the wider Potteries area.
- Staffordshire Potteries
The Staffordshire Potteries is the industrial area...
- Hanley, Staffordshire
Hanley is one of the six towns that make up the city of...
- Staffordshire Potteries
1828 journal. "Hanley, the most populous town in North Staffordshire, is generally described as the capital of the Potteries, a title to which it has certainly the greatest pretensions; ........ it has during the present century made such strides in the art, as to overtake and pass all competitors.
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Hanley, a market-town, a township, and a municipal, parliamentary and county borough in Staffordshire. The town stands near the Trent and Mersey Canal, 1½ mile NE of Stoke-on-Trent, and 2 miles E of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and has a station on the North Staffordshire railway, and a head post office.
- Hanley, Staffordshire
Hanley - Stoke-on-Trent - History. The 1842 map below shows the two townships of Hanley and Shelton. In those days Shelton was the much bigger township. The dividing line was present day Stafford Street. (the red line as it passes through the built up area) Hanley and Shelton from 1842 map of the Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent by Michael Scott.
Hanley Staffordshire. Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Hanley like this:
