Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of 36 square miles (93 km2). In 2022, the city had an estimated population of 259,965.[6][7] It is the largest settlement in Staffordshire and is surrounded by the towns of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Alsager, Kidsgrove and Biddulph, which form a conurbation around the city.
For one of the six towns, see Stoke-upon-Trent. For the built-up area, see Stoke-on-Trent built-up area. For the local authority, see Stoke-on-Trent City Council.
Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke
Stoke
31 March 1910
5 June 1925[1]
- Abbey Hulton
- Baddeley Green
- Bentilee
- Berryhill Fields
- Birches Head
- Blurton
- Bucknall
- Burslem (One of the Six Towns)
- Chell
- Cliffe Vale
- Cobridge
- Dresden
- Etruria
- Fenton (One of the Six Towns)
- Florence
- Goldenhill
- Hanford
- Hanley (One of the Six Towns)
- Hartshill
- Hem Heath
- Heron Cross
- Lightwood
- Longport
- Longton (One of the Six Towns)
- Meir
- Meir Heath (Village)
- Middleport
- Milton
- Normacot
- Northwood
- Norton le Moors (Part)
- Penkhull
- Shelton
- Sideway
- Smallthorne
- Sneyd Green
- Stoke-upon-Trent (One of the Six Towns)
- Trentham
- Tunstall (One of the Six Towns)
- Weston Coyney
Jane Ashworth (L)
Majid Khan
Jon Rouse
- Jo Gideon (C)
- Jonathan Gullis (C)
- Jack Brereton (C)
259,965
7,210/sq mi (2,782/km2)
Stokie
- 60.9% Christianity
- 25.2% no religion
- 6.0% Islam
- 0.6% Hinduism
- 0.4% other
- 0.3% Buddhism
- 0.2% Sikhism
- 0.1% Judaism
- 6.4% not stated
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UKG23
£7.5 billion
£28,627
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. Hanley is the primary commercial centre. The other four towns which form the city are Burslem, Tunstall, Longton and Fenton.
The home of the pottery industry in England, it is known as The Potteries. It is a centre for service industries and distribution centres. It formerly had a primarily heavy industry sector.
History[edit]
Toponymy and etymology[edit]
The name Stoke is taken from the town of Stoke-upon-Trent, the original ancient parish, with other settlements being chapelries.[8] Stoke derives from the Old English stoc, a word that at first meant little more than place, but which subsequently gained more specific – but divergent – connotations. These variant meanings included dairy farm, secondary or dependent place or farm, summer pasture, crossing place, meeting place and place of worship. It is unknown which of these was intended here, and all are plausible.
The most frequently suggested interpretations derive from a crossing point on the Roman road that ran from present-day Derby to Chesterton or the early presence of a church, said to have been founded in 670 AD. Because Stoke was such a common name for a settlement, some kind of distinguishing affix was usually added later, in this case, the name of the river.
The motto of Stoke-on-Trent is Vis Unita Fortior which can be translated as: United Strength is Stronger, or Strength United is the More Powerful, or A United Force is Stronger.[9]
