Burslem
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'''Burslem''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɜːr|z|l|ə|m}} {{respell|BURZ|ləm}}) is one of the six towns that along with [[Hanley, Staffordshire|Hanley]], [[Tunstall, Staffordshire|Tunstall]], [[Fenton, Staffordshire|Fenton]], [[Longton, Staffordshire|Longton]] and [[Stoke-upon-Trent]] form part of the city of [[Stoke-on-Trent]] in [[Staffordshire]], England. It is often referred to as the "mother town" of Stoke-on-Trent.{{ |
'''Burslem''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|b|ɜːr|z|l|ə|m}} {{respell|BURZ|ləm}}) is one of the six towns that along with [[Hanley, Staffordshire|Hanley]], [[Tunstall, Staffordshire|Tunstall]], [[Fenton, Staffordshire|Fenton]], [[Longton, Staffordshire|Longton]] and [[Stoke-upon-Trent]] form part of the city of [[Stoke-on-Trent]] in [[Staffordshire]], England. It is often referred to as the "mother town" of Stoke-on-Trent.{{cite web |title=Our History {{!}} Burslem.info |url=https://burslem.info/our-history#:~:text=The%20town%20of%20B%20urslem,manufacturing%20areas%20across%20the%20UK. |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=burslem.info}}{{cite web |last=Elliott |first=Louise |date=2021-01-22 |title=Burslem in pictures: 21 stunning images of the Mother Town |url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/history/gallery/burslem-pictures-21-stunning-images-1540187 |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=StokeonTrentLive}} The population of the town was included under the Burslem Central ward and had a population of 6,490 in the 2021 Census. |
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==Topography== |
==Topography== |
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The [[Domesday Book]] shows Burslem (listed as ''Bacardeslim'') as a small farming hamlet, strategically sited above a [[ford (crossing)|ford]] at [[Longport, Staffordshire|Longport]], part of the major [[pack horse]] track out of the [[Peak District]] and [[Staffordshire Moorlands]] to the [[Liverpool]]/London road. The name refers to the Old English personal name ''Burgweard'' and the former [[Forest of Lyme]] (reflected in the nearby town of [[Newcastle-under-Lyme]]).{{cite book|author=P. H. Reaney|date=1969|title=The Origin of English Place Names|publisher=Routledge and Kegan Paul|page=82|isbn=0-7100-2010-4}} As far back as the late 12th century, a thriving [[pottery]] industry existed, based on the fine and abundant local [[clay]]s. After the [[Black Death]], Burslem appears in the records as a [[medieval]] town; [[St John the Baptist's Church, Burslem|St John the Baptist's Church]] on Cross Hill, with a stone tower dating from 1536, was extended in the 18th century, and is in use. Until the mid-1760s Burslem was relatively cut off from the rest of England: it had no [[navigable]] river nearby, and there were no good and reliable roads. |
The [[Domesday Book]] shows Burslem (listed as ''Bacardeslim'') as a small farming hamlet, strategically sited above a [[ford (crossing)|ford]] at [[Longport, Staffordshire|Longport]], part of the major [[pack horse]] track out of the [[Peak District]] and [[Staffordshire Moorlands]] to the [[Liverpool]]/London road. The name refers to the Old English personal name ''Burgweard'' and the former [[Forest of Lyme]] (reflected in the nearby town of [[Newcastle-under-Lyme]]).{{cite book|author=P. H. Reaney|date=1969|title=The Origin of English Place Names|publisher=Routledge and Kegan Paul|page=82|isbn=0-7100-2010-4}} As far back as the late 12th century, a thriving [[pottery]] industry existed, based on the fine and abundant local [[clay]]s. After the [[Black Death]], Burslem appears in the records as a [[medieval]] town; [[St John the Baptist's Church, Burslem|St John the Baptist's Church]] on Cross Hill, with a stone tower dating from 1536, was extended in the 18th century, and is in use. Until the mid-1760s Burslem was relatively cut off from the rest of England: it had no [[navigable]] river nearby, and there were no good and reliable roads. |
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By 1777 the [[Trent and Mersey Canal]] was nearing completion, and the roads had markedly improved. The town boomed on the back of fine pottery production and [[canal]]s, and became known as The Mother Town of the six towns that make up the city. [[Hill Top Methodist Sunday School, Burslem|Hill Top Methodist Church and Sunday School]] opened on Westport Road in 1836. The [[Burslem railway station|railway station]] opened in 1848. The [[Burslem School of Art]] was founded in 1853. A [[Old Town Hall, Burslem|new town hall]] was built in the market place in 1854, designed by G. T. Robinson of Leamington in elaborate baroque style. In 1906, the |
By 1777 the [[Trent and Mersey Canal]] was nearing completion, and the roads had markedly improved. The town boomed on the back of fine pottery production and [[canal]]s, and became known as The Mother Town of the six towns that make up the city. [[Hill Top Methodist Sunday School, Burslem|Hill Top Methodist Church and Sunday School]] opened on Westport Road in 1836. The [[Burslem railway station|railway station]] opened in 1848. The [[Burslem School of Art]] was founded in 1853. A [[Old Town Hall, Burslem|new town hall]] was built in the market place in 1854, designed by G. T. Robinson of Leamington in elaborate baroque style. In 1906, the Woodall Memorial Congregational Church (named in memory of [[William Woodall]], a local MP who successively represented [[Stoke-upon-Trent (UK Parliament constituency)|Stoke-upon-Trent]] and [[Hanley (UK Parliament constituency)|Hanley]]) was opened on Moorland Road; it later became [[Burslem United Reformed Church]]. |
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In 1910, the town was [[Federation of Stoke-on-Trent|federated into the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent]], and the borough was granted [[British city status|city status]] in 1925. The [[Queen's Theatre, Burslem|new town hall]] was built in 1911 on Wedgwood Place, in neo-classical style, designed by Russell and Cooper. |
In 1910, the town was [[Federation of Stoke-on-Trent|federated into the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent]], and the borough was granted [[British city status|city status]] in 1925. The [[Queen's Theatre, Burslem|new town hall]] was built in 1911 on Wedgwood Place, in neo-classical style, designed by Russell and Cooper. |
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