Place:Fenton, Staffordshire, England

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NameFenton
Alt namesFenton-Culvertsource: Family History Library Catalog
Fenton-Viviansource: Family History Library Catalog
Great Fentonsource: Family History Library Catalog
Little Fentonsource: Family History Library Catalog
TypeTown, Urban district
Coordinates53°N 2.15°W
Located inStaffordshire, England
See alsoStoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Englandcity into which it was transferred in 1910
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog
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Fenton is one of the six towns that amalgamated with Hanley, Tunstall, Burslem, Longton and Stoke-upon-Trent to form the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent in 1910, later raised to city status in 1925. Fenton is often referred to as "the Forgotten Town", because it was omitted by local author, Arnold Bennett, from many of his works based in the area, including one of his most famous novels, Anna of the Five Towns.

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Article on Fenton from The Victoria County History of Staffordshire as provided by the website British History Online. Not only does the article cover the boundary changes (with a map), but also provides sketches of a number of property owners and their families through generations.

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