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HANLEY
, a See also:market See also:town and See also:parliamentary See also:borough of See also:Staffordshire, See also:England, in the See also:Potteries See also:district, 148 m
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N.W. from See also:London, on the See also:North Staffordshire railway
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Pop
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(1891) 54,946; (1901) 6x,599
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The parliamentary borough includes the adjoining town of See also:Burslem
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The town, which lies on high ground, has handsome municipal buildings, See also:free library, technical and See also:art museum, elementary, See also:science and art See also:schools, and a large See also:park
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Its manufactures include See also:porcelain, encaustic tiles, and earthenware, and give employment to the greater See also:part of the See also:population, See also:women and See also:children being employed almost as largely as men
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In the neighbourhood See also:coal and See also:iron are obtained
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Hanley is of See also:modern development
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Its municipal constitution See also:dates from 1857, the parliamentary borough from 1885, and the See also:county borough from 1888
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See also:Shelton, See also:Hope, Northwood and See also:Wellington are populous ecclesiastical parishes included within its boundaries
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That of See also:Etruria, adjoining on the See also:west, originated in the See also:Ridge See also:House pottery See also:works of See also:Josiah See also:Wedgwood and See also:
Etruria See also: |
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