Milton is located in
Stoke on Trent
Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of . In 2019, the city had an estimated population of 256,375. It is the largest settlement ...
,
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...
,
England
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. It is mainly situated between the
A5009 and
A53 road
The A53 is a primary route in the English Midlands, that runs from Buxton in Derbyshire to Shrewsbury in Shropshire.
Route of Road
The A53 begins in the centre of Buxton off the A6 road, before meeting the A515 road at a roundabout. Out of the ...
s. It shares its borders with
Light Oaks
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,
Baddeley Green
Baddeley Green is an area of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
Baddeley Green is part of the Abbey Green ward, which covers the areas of Baddeley Green, Milton and Abbey Hulton as well as Baddeley Edge and Light Oaks.http://www.stoke ...
,
Sneyd Green
Sneyd Green is an area in the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, in the north-east of the city, from Hanley. Sneyd Green borders Smallthorne in the north, Milton in the east, Birches Head in the south, and Cobridge in the west.
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, and
Abbey Hulton
Abbey Hulton is an area of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, named after the abbey that existed between the 13th and 16th centuries.
History
The name Abbey Hulton is derived from 'hilltown' (Anglo-Saxon ''hyll'' + ''tūn''; Middle Engli ...
.
Milton is part of the
Abbey Green ward
Abbey Green was an electoral ward of Stoke-on-Trent. The ward covered the areas of Baddeley Green
Baddeley Green is an area of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.
Baddeley Green is part of the Abbey Green ward, which covers the areas ...
.
Bagnall Road Wood
Bagnall Road Wood is a local nature reserve near Milton, on the eastern fringe of Stoke-on-Trent, England.
History and description
The site was a tree nursery in the 19th century. There are mostly deciduous trees, including beech, hornbeam and ...
, a
local nature reserve, is a short distance east of the village.
History
The name Milton derived from the Old English terms 'Mill tun' and reflects the many mills that were in operation in the 19th Century.
In 1777, the Caldon Canal running through Milton was built and was important to the village's later development. It allowed packing houses for finished pottery to be constructed adjacent to the canal.
From the late 19th century Milton had a number of industries. Prominent among these was Bullers Ltd who established a new factory at Milton in 1920. Bullers were manufacturers of electrical porcelain, essential to the pottery industry as a whole. There were also aluminium works, the British Aluminium Company, and chemical works, Josiah Hardman Ltd, at Milton. The Hardman Institute, which included a reading room, was established in 1895 by Josiah Hardman.
Railway
The opening of the railway from Milton to Cheddleton in 1867 (part of the
North Staffordshire Railway
The North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) was a British railway company formed in 1845 to promote a number of lines in the Staffordshire Potteries and surrounding areas in Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and Shropshire.
The company was based i ...
) extended Milton's transport infrastructure and provided the village with a local station. Part of the platform of
Milton railway station still remains, as do the original tracks, running adjacent to the
Caldon Canal
Caldon Canal is a branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal which opened in 1779. It runs from Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, to Froghall, Staffordshire. The canal has 17 locks and the Froghall Tunnel.
History
The first plans by the proprietors of the ...
.
References
Areas of Stoke-on-Trent
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