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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Smallthorne

  

Smallthorne Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Smallthorne

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Smallthorne history

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Industry

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.

Smallthorne landmarks

Ford Green Hall is the only timber-framed yeoman farmer’s house still surviving in Stoke-on-Trent. It stands on land adjacent to the B5051 minor road in the east of Smallthorne. Originally, it stood in 36 acres of farmland, but this has been gradually encroached upon. Beyond its grounds there is now housing, a busy minor road, and a nature reserve.

Green Star public house and Esperanto

Horace Barks was a strong advocate of Esperanto (gaining the nickname Mr Esperanto) A Lord Mayor of Stoke-on-Trent in the 1950s, he helped set up the first Esperanto courses in 1960.

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73 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Smallthorne places to visit

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Smallthorne has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Smallthorne’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Smallthorne’s information audio spots:

Bagnall Road Wood Bagnall Road Wood is a local nature reserve near Milton, on the eastern fringe of Stoke-on-Trent, England. The wooded area is located near Milton on the east fringe of the city.

Norton United F.C. Norton United F.C. was a football club based in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. They were established in 1989 and joined the Staffordshire Senior League in the same year. The club’s ground was the Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute; however’ they left that ground mid season due to contractual issues with the owners and played their remaining fixtures at Lyme Valley Stadium.

Whitfield Valley Whitfield Valley is a local nature reserve on the northern fringe of Stoke-on-Trent, England. The nature reserve is located on the north edge of the city.

Brown Edge Brown Edge is a village and civil parish in Staffordshire Moorlands district of Staffordshire. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 2,406, increasing to 2,486 at the 2011 Census. The village is on the fringe of The Potteries Urban Area, and is about 5 miles north-east of Hanley in Stoke-on-Trent.

City Sentral City Sentral was a planned major retail and leisure development in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The centre was to include a M&S department store, a Cineworld cinema complex, an 80-room hotel and a new bus station. The branding of the proposed shopping centre divided residents in the city with many suggesting the deliberate misspelling of the word ‘central’ was unnecessary and open to ridicule.

Queen’s Theatre, Burslem The Queen’s Theatre (originally Queen’s Hall) is a Grade II listed building in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. It is situated in Wedgwood Place in the town centre.

St John the Baptist’s Church, Burslem St John the Baptist’s Church is an Anglican church in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. It is a Grade II listed building.

Old Town Hall, Burslem The Old Town Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Burslem, Staffordshire. It is in the Market Place, in the centre of the town.

Shelton Bar Shelton Bar (Shelton Iron, Steel & Coal Company) was a 400-acre (1.6 km) major steelworks in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. In its heyday it employed 10,000 in the steelworks, had five coal mines, a complete railway system and a by-products processing factory.

Middleport Pottery Middleport Pottery was built in 1888 by Burgess & Leigh Ltd (founders William Leigh and Frederick Rathbone Burgess) It is located at Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent, England.

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