Tag: Pottery

We’re Stoked! About All The Pottery, That Is.

The Staffordshire city of Stoke-on-Trent was formed by the federation of six towns in 1910. Commonly known as just Stoke, the city is the home of the pottery industry in England. In fact, the residents there are known as “Potters.”

Originally a crossing point on the Roman road between Derby and Chesterton and, later, a location of a church founded in 670 AD, Stoke got its name from the Old English word stoc, which …