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Staffordshire. 53°01′29″N2°10′22″W / 53.0246°N 2.1729°W. Hanley is one of the six towns that, along with Burslem, Longton, Fenton, Tunstall and Stoke-upon-Trent, amalgamated to form the City of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. The town is the main business, commercial and cultural hub of the wider Potteries area.
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Historical Description. Hanley, a market-town, a township, and a municipal, parliamentary and county borough in Staffordshire. The town stands near the Trent and Mersey Canal, 1½ mile NE of Stoke-on-Trent, and 2 miles E of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and has a station on the North Staffordshire railway, and a head post office.
Click on the map for other historical maps of this place. In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Hanley like this: Hanley, parl. and mun. bor., Staffordshire, in The Potteries district, 18 miles N. of Stafford and 147 miles NW. of London by rail -- mun. bor. (wholly in Stoke upon Trent par.), 1648 ac., pop. 48,361 ...
Introduction. Hanley, one of the six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England, holds a rich and varied history. Known today as the city’s commercial and cultural hub, Hanley’s evolution from a small market town to a bustling urban center reflects the broader industrial and social changes that have shaped Stoke-on-Trent.
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Hanley and Shelton were incorporated in 1857. becoming the Borough of Hanley, a name which means 'place at the high clearing'. FROM PIGOT'S TYPOLOGY OF ENGLAND IN 1841 - Staffordshire and the Potteries. HANLEY is a large and modern market town, and chaperly, in the parish and borough of Stoke, about one mile and a half from that town, and ...
