33 Facts About Stoke Staffordshire

Stoke Staffordshire is polycentric, having been formed by the federation of six towns in 1910.

Stoke Staffordshire-on-Trent is the home of the pottery industry in England and known as The Potteries.

Name Stoke Staffordshire is taken from the town of Stoke Staffordshire-upon-Trent, the original ancient parish, with other settlements being chapelries.

Stoke Staffordshire 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.

Motto of Stoke Staffordshire-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.

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County borough was abolished in 1974, and Stoke became a non-metropolitan district of Staffordshire.

From 1864 to 1927 Stoke housed the repair shops of the North Staffordshire Railway and was the home of independent railway locomotive manufacturers Kerr, Stuart and Company from 1881 to 1930.

Stoke Staffordshire-on-Trent is situated between Manchester, Wolverhampton and Birmingham and adjoins the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme as well as its wider borough, which is administered separately and is situated to the west.

Stoke Staffordshire-on-Trent is often known as "the city of five towns", because of the name given to it by local novelist Arnold Bennett and is the only polycentric city in the UK.

Stoke is at the centre of the Stoke-on-Trent Green Belt, which is an environment and planning policy that regulates the rural space in Staffordshire surrounding the city and Newcastle-under-Lyme, and extending into Cheshire.

Hartshill Park in Stoke Staffordshire is a nature reserve, and Bucknall Park is home to the City Farm.

Stoke Staffordshire-on-Trent was a world centre for fine ceramics—a skilled design trade has existed in the area since at least the 12th century.

In 2016, Stoke Staffordshire-on-Trent was ranked the second best city to start a business by Quality Formations, based on a number of factors including commercial property, energy, virtual offices, public transport and financial access.

Stoke Staffordshire originally followed the Wesleyan form of Methodism but in 1801 he reformed the Methodist service by conducting it outside.

Stoke Staffordshire founded the first chapel in Tunstall with his brother in 1811.

Stoke Staffordshire promoted Sunday schools as a method of improving children's education, advocated the equal treatment of women and men, and was involved in the temperance movement.

Stoke Staffordshire went to trial and was convicted for encouraging terrorism and glorifying the Islamic State.

Stoke Staffordshire-on-Trent is linked to the nearby M6 motorway at junctions 15 and 16 by the A500.

Stoke Staffordshire-on-Trent is the smallest city to boast two professional clubs in the English Football League.

The club bearing the area's name is Stoke Staffordshire City, formed in 1863 and is the second-oldest professional football club in England.

Stoke Staffordshire City reached the final of the FA Cup for the first time in 2011, but were defeated by Manchester City.

Stoke Staffordshire City were relegated from the Premier League in 2018.

Stoke Staffordshire was the first active footballer to receive a Knighthood.

Stoke Staffordshire Spitfires was the name of the city's American football team.

In 1994, the Staffordshire Surge was formed and played their matches in and around Stoke-on-Trent.

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Stoke Staffordshire is regarded as one of the most famous players of British squash.

Stoke Staffordshire represented England 58 times and still holds the world record for the most dismissals in the first class game .

Stoke Staffordshire has been the birthplace of many actors and entertainers, including:.

Stoke Staffordshire did not meet many of the British side of his family until 1992 when Guns N' Roses played Wembley Stadium as part of the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert.

Stoke Staffordshire is remembered in the area for his Radio Stoke show Sunday Best, and for standing as a Monster Raving Loony Party candidate.

Stoke Staffordshire died without having heard many of his finest works.

Stoke Staffordshire oatcakes are a much-loved local culinary speciality.

Stoke Staffordshire Pride is the city's annual pride march that has been running since 2005, although it was not officially called Stoke Staffordshire Pride until 2008.