11 Facts About Burslem

Burslem is one of the six towns that along with Hanley, Tunstall, Fenton, Longton and Stoke-upon-Trent form part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England.

Burslem is on the eastern ridge of the Fowlea Valley, the Fowlea being one of the main early tributaries of the River Trent.

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.

Burslem is emerging as a centre for small, freelance creative businesses working in sectors such as fine art, animation and crafts as well as pottery.

Leopard Inn is a listed building in Burslem, it is steeped in history and the discovery of tunnels and 58 bedrooms that have been left exactly as they were when they were sealed between the 1930s and 1950s.

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Burslem is the site of one of the two campuses of Stoke-on-Trent College; the College states that it is the largest Further Education college in Stoke and North Staffordshire.

Burslem Park, designed by the landscape architect Thomas Hayton Mawson, was opened in 1894.

The former Burslem Canal was constructed in 1805 and remained open until 1961 when it was breached.

The Burslem Canal was a branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal running from the junction near to Newport Lane though to Furlong Lane area of Middleport.

Burslem's most famous sons include the potter Josiah Wedgwood, the watercolour painter James Holland, Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, the founder, bassist and lead singer of Motorhead, and Robbie Williams, who was a major shareholder in Port Vale and whose family are still resident in the area.

William Boulton's Providence Works and Foundry was based in Burslem, which designed and made the machinery that revolutionised the pottery industry in the second half of the 19th century.