| Name | Stoke |
| Alt names | Stoke-upon-Trent | | | Stoak | source: Family History Library Catalog | | Stoke | source: Wikipedia | | Stoke on Trent | source: Getty Thesaurus of Place Names | | Stoke-on-Trent | source: Bartholomew Gazetteer of Britain (1986); Blue Guide: England (1980) p 372; Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 892; Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) XI, 280; Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 356 | | Stoke-upon-Trent | source: Blue Guide: England (1980) p 372 |
| Type | Town |
| Coordinates | 53°N 2.167°W |
| Located in | Staffordshire, England |
| See also | Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England | city of which it is a component town |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia
Stoke-upon-Trent, commonly called Stoke is one of the six towns that along with Hanley, Burslem, Fenton, Longton and Tunstall form the city of Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire, England.
The town was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1874. In 1910 it became one of the six towns that federated to become the County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent and later the City of Stoke-on-Trent. Since federation in 1910 it has the seat of the city's council, though Stoke-on-Trent's city centre is usually regarded as being the nearby town of Hanley which, since federation, has been the most commercially important of the six towns.
Research Tips
- There are 3 articles on the town of Stoke in Volume 8 of The Victoria County History of Staffordshire (published 1963) as provided by the website British History Online. The list below contains a few examples. These articles discuss history, not the current state of affairs.
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