Place:Chell, Staffordshire, England

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NameChell
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates53.0715°N 2.1964°W
Located inStaffordshire, England
See alsoWolstanton Rural, Staffordshire, Englandrural district of which it was part 1894-1904
Smallthorne, Staffordshire, Englandurban district to which it was transferred in 1904
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Englandcounty borough into which it was absorbed in 1922
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Chell is a suburb of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England, that can be subdivided into Little Chell, Great Chell and Chell Heath. It lies on the northern edge of the city, approximately 1 mile from Tunstall, 2 miles from Burslem and 3 miles from the border with the county of Cheshire.

Chell was a parish in Wolstanton Rural District from its inception in 1894 until its abolition in 1904 when, along with Milton, it was added to Smallthorne Urban District. The urban district was abolished in 1922 and Chell was absorbed into the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent.

The Wolstanton and Burslem Union Workhouse was opened in 1839 in Turnhurst Road in Great Chell, at a cost of £6,900 to house 400 inmates. The workhouse remained in use beyond the Federation of Stoke-on-Trent whereupon the newly formed county borough took over the running of the facility. It finally closed in 1922, eight years before the workhouse system was abolished by act of parliament.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Chell, Staffordshire.

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