Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for POTTERIES (The)

POTTERIES (The), a tract of about 8 miles by 2½ in the N of Stafford; famous for the manufacture of earthenware and porcelain; and containing Burslem, Hanley, Hilton, Lane-End, Longport, Longton, Tunstal, and other towns and villages.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a tract"   (ADL Feature Type: "locations")
Administrative units: Staffordshire AncC
Place names: POTTERIES     |     POTTERIES THE     |     THE POTTERIES
Place: Potteries

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