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- The city is polycentric, formed from the federation of six towns in 1910. It took its name from the town of Stoke-upon-Trent where the main centre of government and the principal railway station in the district were located.
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Jul 18, 2024 · The six towns of Stoke-on-Trent have a history that dates back centuries - and the place names offer a glimpse into the past, where farmsteads and woodland dotted the landscape.
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Stoke-on-Trent is often known as "the city of five towns", the name given to it by local novelist Arnold Bennett, and is the only polycentric city in the UK. In his novels, Bennett used mostly recognisable aliases for five of the six towns, although he called Stoke "Knype".
Mar 12, 2024 · Stoke-on-Trent's identity as both a city and the Six Towns can be confusing for non-Stokies. Here, Sarah, who directs the Six Towns Carnival, examines those identities as the area has changed over the decades. March 12 2024, 15.04pm. By Sarah Chevolleau.
May 22, 2021 · Stoke-on-Trent may be a comparative youngster as a city – officially designated in 1925. But the six towns have a rich history that dates back centuries.
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Jun 25, 2009 · On the 31st of March 1910, the City of Stoke-on-Trent was officially formed from the six towns bordering the river Trent in North Staffordshire.
The federation of Stoke-on-Trent was the 1910 amalgamation of the six Staffordshire Potteries towns of Burslem, Tunstall, Stoke-upon-Trent, Hanley, Fenton and Longton into the single county borough of Stoke-on-Trent.
Mar 30, 2017 · Gladstone Pottery Museum. During Queen Victoria's reign, each town was incorporated as a borough, or urban district, until by 1894 all had taken on their own municipal powers. It was the issue...
