The Staffordshire Potteries is the industrial area encompassing the six towns Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke and Tunstall, which is now the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. North Staffordshire became a centre of ceramic production in the early 17th century, due to the local availability of clay, salt, lead and coal.
Unglazed stoneware coffee pot, 1750–1775
Saggars outside a bottle oven in a pot-bank in Longton
Burslem is one of the six towns that along with Hanley, Tunstall, Fenton, Longton and Stoke-upon-Trent form part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. It is often referred to as the "mother town" of Stoke on Trent. The population of the town was included under the Burslem Central ward and had a population of 6,490 in the 2021 Census.
Image: St John's Church Burslem 4
Image: The George Hotel Burslem geograph.org.uk 3990636
Image: Cross on the summit of Sneyd Hill Park geograph.org.uk 5207757
Image: Burslem geograph.org.uk 273995