Stoke-upon-Trent, also known as Stoke, is one of the six towns that along with Hanley, Burslem, Fenton, Longton and Tunstall form the city of Stoke-on-Trent, in Staffordshire, England.

[citation needed] The river, canal, mainline railway, and trunk road passed through the centre of Stoke.

(The commercial centre was Hanley, elevated and therefore relatively free, for most of the year, of the city's smog and smoke.

It was the site of the first church in the area, built of wood around the year 670 by missionaries from Lindisfarne, later rebuilt in stone, and now known as Stoke Minster.

The mainline Stoke-on-Trent railway station was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway (NSR) on 9 October 1848, replacing the temporary station sited at Whieldon Road which was constructed for the opening of the first NSR line on 17 April 1848.

In 1883 the market relocated to a larger purpose-built building fronting Church Street 'befitting its town status'.

[3] Only the clock tower, entrance arch, fish section and shop frontage was saved.

Although Stoke is surpassed by its neighbouring town, Hanley in terms of size, population, and shops, it does have: Outlying townships or districts within the bounds of Stoke-upon-Trent include Boothen, Hartshill, Mount Pleasant, Penkhull and Trent Vale.