Queen Street, Burslem
Queen Street is a street in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England. It is part of the town centre, adjacent to St John's Square to the west and Swan Square and Waterloo Road to the east, and a short distance south of the Market Place. Several building are situated along the street, that are important in the history of the town and are architecturally significant. History Queen Street, along with St John's Square, Market Place, Swan Square and Wedgwood Street, are the later names of the oldest part of Burslem, in existence by the mid 18th century, when the town was an isolated settlement and pottery-making was still on a small scale.'Burslem: Buildings, manors and estates', in ''A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 8'', ed ...
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Burslem
Burslem ( ) is one of the six towns that along with Hanley, Staffordshire, Hanley, Tunstall, Staffordshire, Tunstall, Fenton, Staffordshire, Fenton, Longton, Staffordshire, Longton and Stoke-upon-Trent form part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. It is often referred to as the "mother town" of Stoke on Trent. The population of the town was included under the Burslem Central ward and had a population of 6,490 in the 2021 Census. Topography Burslem is on the eastern ridge of the Fowlea Valley, the Fowlea being one of the main early tributaries of the River Trent. Burslem embraces the areas of Middleport, Staffordshire, Middleport, Dalehall, Longport, Westport, Trubshaw Cross, and Brownhills. The Trent & Mersey Canal cuts through, to the west and south of the town centre. A little further west, the West Coast Main Line railway and the A500 road run in parallel, forming a distinct boundary between Burslem and the abutting town of Newcastle-under-Lyme. To the so ...
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