Bucknall is a suburb of Stoke-on-Trent in the county of Staffordshire. It was recorded in the

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as having a taxable value of 0.3

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and consisting of three ploughlands. Mitchell High School was a comprehensive school located in Bucknall that educated

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of ages 11–16. The school was merged with Edensor High School in Longton in 2011 to form Discovery Academy, with the new school relocating to a new site in Bentilee in 2013. Ash Hall Golf Club (now defunct) first appeared in the mid 1920s. It continued until WW2."Ash Hall Golf Club"
"Golf’s Missing Links".

Notable people

Hugh Bourne Hugh Bourne (3 April 1772 – 11 October 1852) along with William Clowes was the joint founder of Primitive Methodism, the largest offshoot of Wesleyan Methodism and, in the mid nineteenth century, an influential Protestant Christian movement in ...

(1772–1852) joint founder of Primitive Methodism, the largest offshoot of Wesleyan Methodism was born at Ford Hayes Farm, Ford Hayes Lane, Bucknall * Arthur Prince (1902–1980) an English footballer who played 102 games in the Football League * Tommy Cheadle (1919–1993) an English footballer, played 333 games for Port Vale * Stan Turner (1926–1991) an English footballer, made 246 appearances for Port Vale *

Garth Crooks Garth Anthony Crooks, (born 10 March 1958) is an English football pundit and former professional player. He played from 1976 to 1990, for Stoke City, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, West Bromwich Albion and Charlton Athletic. Throughout h ...

OBE (born 1958) an English former professional footballer. He currently works for BBC Sport as the lead pundit on Final Score on BBC One on Saturday afternoons.

References

Areas of Stoke-on-Trent {{Staffordshire-geo-stub