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Smallthorne history
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The district used to be criss-crossed by a canal and numerous mineral lines servicing five collieries. The Foxley, a branch of the Caldon Canal, fell into complete disuse with the arrival of the railways. The Biddulph Valley Line was opened in 1859 and a passenger station called ‘Ford Green and Smallthorne’ began service in 1864.
St. Saviours Church
In 1850 fewer than 2000 people lived in Smallthorne and the area was part of the rural parish of Norton in the Moors. St Bartholomew’s, Norton was too small to serve the growing population and Lord Norton donated a land and money for a church. In 1885 Robert Heath added the South Aisle and North transept at a cost of £1000.
Primitive Methodism
Primitive Methodism was founded by two Stoke-on-Trent Christian converts in the mid nineteenth century. The three main Methodist groups in Britain, the Wesleyans, Primitives Methodists and United Methodists, came together to form the present Methodist Church.
St Mary’s Church
A chapel was opened at St Mary’s Roman Catholic school in Queen Street (now Brierley Street), Smallthorne, in 1875. It was served from St Peter’s, Cobridge, until 1895 when it was transferred to the new Burslem mission. A then new building was built in 1905, it was situated between Queen Street and Lord Street. The last marriage was in 1968 with the new site at Norton opening in 1969.
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