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Hanley, Staffordshire history
Etymology
Hanley comes from either “haer lea”, meaning “high meadow”, or “heah lea” meaning “rock meadow” Hanley was born Hanley, Hanley or Hanley.
Coal mining
Hanley Deep Pit was the deepest pit in the North Staffordshire coalfield, reaching a depth of 1500 feet. At its peak in the 1930s it employed some 2,000 men and boys. The pit was closed in 1962 but much of the headgear and spoilheaps were left in situ. In the 1980s, the original site was cleared, landscaped and converted into Central Forest Park.
Garden Festival
The 1986 Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival led to the reclamation of large areas of land west of the city centre. The former Shelton steelworks, which had been derelict since 1978, remained derelict for some time.
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