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Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England
- Hanley, one of the six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England, holds a rich and varied history.
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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.
Hanley’s history is a microcosm of the broader story of Stoke-on-Trent: a town that has evolved from its humble beginnings into a significant industrial hub, faced challenges, and is now seeking to reinvent itself for the 21st century.
Hanley became the main shopping centre of the Potteries when, in 1910, it became a federated city with the merger of all six towns. Nowadays the town boasts a large shopping centre and the city's Cultural Quarter comprising two splendidly refurbished theatres, the The Regent, along with one of the country's best concert venues, the Victoria Hall
Hanley was made a mun. bor. in 1857, and a parl. bor. in 1885; it returns 1 member to Parliament. It is a modern town, which owes its prosperity to its vast mfrs. of china, encaustic tiles, and earthenware.
HANLEY is a large and modern market town, and chaperly, in the parish and borough of Stoke, about one mile and a half from that town, and rather more than two east by north from Newcastle; situate near to the turnpike road leading from the latter place to Leek, and close to the Grand Trunk canal: the exportation, by means of this navigation, of ...
Oct 1, 2022 · Sentinel Snapper Squad member Adrian Beardmore, of Stoke, has created 26 stunning blended images of city centre locations then and now using Photoshop. He started out with old pictures of Hanley...
Sep 30, 2024 · The borough of Hanley as it existed in 1910 covered an area of 1,957 acres and comprised the township of Hanley, the township of Shelton (except for the former glebe land around Stoke station), the Birches Head area, and part of Sneyd Green; these last two districts had been added to the borough in 1905.
