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.
Image: Hanley Town Hall geograph.org.uk 3006959
Image: St Marks Church, Shelton geograph.org.uk 4535394
Image: Hanley Flats, Stoke on Trent geograph.org.uk 4615545
Image: Arnold Bennett Statue, Potteries Museum, Hanley geograph.org.uk 6264139
Federation of Stoke-on-Trent
The federation of Stoke-on-Trent was the 1910 amalgamation of the six Staffordshire Potteries towns of Burslem, Tunstall, Stoke-upon-Trent, Hanley, Fenton and Longton into the single county borough of Stoke-on-Trent. The federation was one of the largest mergers of local authorities, involving the greatest number of previously separate urban authorities, to take place in England between the nineteenth century and the 1960s. The 1910 federation was the culmination of a process of urban growth and municipal change that started in the early 19th century.
Burslem Town Hall, scene of many ballots and debates during the Federation process
Lord Cromer, chairman of the House of Lords select committee
