Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Longport

Longport, eccl. dist. and ry. sta. (for Wolstanton), Burslem par., Staffordshire, pop. 9357; P.O., T.O.; the sta. is 3 miles NW. of Stoke upon Trent; the district shares in the industry of the Potteries.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ecclesiastical district and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Burslem CP/Ch       Staffordshire AncC
Place: Longport

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