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Stoke-on-Trent, city (1991 pop. 272,446) and district, Staffordshire, W central England. Stoke-on-Trent forms the bulk of the area known as the Potteries Potteries, the, area, c.9 mi (15 km) long and 3 mi (4.8 km) wide, Staffordshire, W central England, extending northwest-southeast in the upper Trent valley. The area includes Stoke-on-Trent and part of Newcastle-under-Lyme . ..... Click the link for more information. . Situated in a coal field, the city is the center of the Staffordshire pottery-making industry. Coal is also mined, and brick, tile, chemicals, and tires are manufactured. Ironworking remains important. The Trent to Mersey Canal (opened 1777), which passes through the district, aided the growth of the pottery industry in the 18th cent. Stoke-on-Trent has several museums and pottery collections, and Josiah Wedgwood, Josiah Spode, and Thomas and Herbert Minton are among the famous potters from the area. North Staffordshire Technical College and the British Ceramic Research Laboratories are there. The writer Arnold Bennett Bennett, Arnold (Enoch Arnold Bennett), 1867–1931, English novelist and dramatist. One of the great 20th-century English novelists, Bennett is famous for his realistic novels about the "Five Towns," an imaginary manufacturing district in northern England. ..... Click the link for more information. was born and is buried in Stoke-on-Trent. The large Atlon Towers amusement park is nearby. Stoke-on-Trent 1. a city in central England, in Stoke-on-Trent unitary authority, Staffordshire on the River Trent: a centre of the pottery industry; university (1992). Pop.: 259 252 (2001) 2. a unitary authority in central England, in N Staffordshire. Pop.: 238 000 (2003 est.). Area: 93 sq. km (36 sq. miles) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Claire Roget becomes the new head clinical psychiatrist at Greatbach Secure Psychiatric Unit outside Stoke-on-Trent, England, after the previous doctor, Heidi Faro, is savagely murdered by a patient. In his most recent research, Mattey, a senior scientist at the Staffordshire Rheumatology Centre in Stoke-on-Trent, England, determined that if a woman has ever smoked cigarettes, even if she has since quit, she is more likely to have a more severe form of rheumatoid arthritis than women who have never smoked. Dimmock of Keele University and North Staffordshire Hospital in Stoke-on-Trent, England. |
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