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Staffordshire Place Guide - Fenton

Fenton

All of the links in the table below enable you to view Collection catalogues in our online catalogue Gateway to the Past. Where there is no link this is either because we hold the collection but the catalogue is not yet online, or because the collection is held by another Archive Service, or is still in the hands of the organisation itself.

Location
OS County Series 6 inches to 1 mile sheet	18NW
OS National Grid 6 inches to 1 mile sheet	SJ84SE
OS National Grid reference	SJ891446
Church of England
Ancient Parish	Stoke upon Trent, St Peter ad Vincula
Modern Parishes	Fenton, Christ Church (from 1841); Fenton, St Margaret and St Anthony mission church (1921-1948); Fenton, St Matthew mission church (1849-1949?); Fenton, St Michael and All Angels (1887-1966); Longton, St John (from 1802)
Local Government
Civil Parish	Stoke upon Trent (to 1894); Fenton 1894-1922); Stoke on Trent City (1922-date)
Hundred	Pirehill North
Poor Law Union	Stoke upon Trent Poor Law Union (1836-1922); Stoke and Wolstanton Poor Law Union (1922-1930)
District Council	Fenton Urban District (1894-1910); Stoke on Trent County Borough/City 1910-date)
Parliamentary Representation
Parliamentary Constituency (to 1974)	Stoke upon Trent (1832-1918); Stoke on Trent, Stoke (1918-1948); Stoke on Trent South (1948-1974)
Nonconformist Churches
Methodist churches	Bethel United Methodist Chapel; Carron Street United Methodist Chapel; Clarence Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel; Church of the Vine; Fenton Park United Methodist Chapel; Heron Cross Primitive Methodist Chapel; Jubilee Primitive Methodist Chapel; Mount Tabor Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (later Methodist New Connexion) Chapel; Temple Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel; Victoria Road Primitive Methodist Chapel
Other nonconformist churches	Church of the Nazarene
Estate Records
Major estates	Sutherland-Leveson-Gower family of Trentham Hall, Dukes of Sutherland
Minor estates	Broade family of Little Fenton Hall