In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Smallthorne like this:
SMALLTHORNE, a chapelry in Norton-in-the-Moors parish, Stafford; 2 miles ENE of Burslem r. station. It was constituted in 1859; and its Post town is Norton-in-the-Moors, under Stoke-on-Trent. Pop., 1,727. Houses, 341. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £160.* Patron, the Rector of Norton.
Smallthorne through time
Smallthorne is now part of Stoke on Trent district. Click here for graphs and data of how Stoke on Trent has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Smallthorne itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Smallthorne, in Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/486
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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