Staffordshire Place Guide - Burslem

Burslem

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Location

• OS County Series 6 inches to 1 mile sheet: 12SW
• OS National Grid 6 inches to 1 mile sheet: SJ84NE
• OS National Grid reference: SJ867498

Church of England

• Ancient Parish: Stoke upon Trent, St Peter ad Vincula
• Ancient Chapelries: Burslem, St John the Baptist
• Modern Parishes: ? Abbey Hulton, St John; Burslem, St Paul (from 1809); Burslem, St Werburgh (from 1939); Cobridge, Christ Church (from 1845); Milton, St Philip and St James (from 1865); Sneyd, Holy Trinity (from 1844); Sneyd Green, St Andrew (from 1955)

Local Government 

• Civil Parish: Burslem (to 1922); Milton (1894-1922); Norton in the Moors (1922-date); Stoke on Trent City (1922-date)
• Hundred: Pirehill North
• Poor Law Union: Wolstanton and Burslem Poor Law Union (1836-1922); Stoke and Wolstanton Poor Law Union (major part) and Leek Poor Law Union (minor part) (1922-1930)
• District Council (a): Part (increased in 1922 and 1965): Burslem Municipal Borough (1878-1910); Stoke on Trent City (1910-date)
• District Council (b): Part (reduced in 1922 and 1965) : Wolstanton Rural District (1894-1904); Smallthorne Urban District (1904-1922); Leek Rural District (1922-1974); Staffordshire Moorlands District (1974-date)

Parliamentary Representation 

• Parliamentary Constituency (to 1974) (a): Part (increased in 1948 and 1966) : Stoke on Trent (1832-1885); Hanley (1885-1918); Stoke on Trent, Hanley (1918-1948); Stoke on Trent Central (1948-1974)
• Parliamentary Constituency (to 1974) (b): Part (reduced in 1948 and 1966): Northern Staffordshire (1832-1867); North Staffordshire (1867-1885); North Western Staffordshire (1885-1918); Leek (1918-1974)

Nonconformist Churches 

• Methodist churches: Albion Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Middleport; Bourne Primitive Methodist Chapel, Sneyd Green; Brammer Street Methodist Chapel, Bradley; Clowes Memorial Primitive Methodist Chapel; Dale Hall Primitive Methodist Chapel; Hamil Road Primitive Methodist Chapel; Hilltop United Methodist Chapel; Longport Wesleyan Methodist Chapel; Middleport Wesleyan Methodist Chapel; Peel Street Primitive Methodist Chapel; Providence Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Cobridge; Scott Lidgett Road United Methodist Chapel, Longport; Sneyd Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Sneyd Green; Stanfields Wesleyan Methodist Chapel; Unwin Street Primitive Methodist Chapel, Bradley; Wesley Hall Methodist Chapel, Sneyd Green; Westport Road Wesleyan Methodist Chapel; Zion Methodist New Connexion Chapel, Dale Hall; Zoar (otherwise Bethel) Methodist New Connexion Chapel
• Congregational, Presbyterian and United Reformed churches: Queen Street Independent, later Congregational, Chapel