Author: Mervyn Edwards

Stoke-upon-Trent, described as a village in 1795, grew rapidly from the 1820s and 1830s, by which time a new Anglican church had been built as well...

The impact of people and places in Wolstanton and May Bank is recorded in this pictorial record that recognises the contribution of village notable...

The Staffordshire market town of Newcastle-under-Lyme developed around the twelfth-century castle and was granted a charter by Henry II in 1173. Th...

Undervalued, under-listed and under threat, the buildings of Stoke-on-Trent stand defiant, reminders of the areas glorious economic heyday and its ...

Both the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme and its name almost certainly owe their existence to the building of a new castle there in the mid-twelfth ce...

Why did the young girls of Longton rush to touch lamp posts, iron pillars or railings whenever they saw the local rector? Who were the Potteries re...