Hanley
Central Hanley
Hanley shown within Staffordshire
OS grid reference	SJ880480
Unitary authority	Stoke-on-Trent
Ceremonial county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STOKE-ON-TRENT
Postcode district	ST1
Dialling code	01782
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
European Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Stoke-on-Trent North
List of places: UK • England • Staffordshire

Coordinates: 53°01′29″N 2°10′22″W / 53.0246, -2.1729

Hanley, Staffordshire, England, is one of the six major towns that joined together to form Stoke-on-Trent in 1910. Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude The districts of England are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government Stoke-on-Trent ( often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city in Staffordshire, England which forms a linear Conurbation almost 12 miles (19 The ceremonial counties are areas of England that are appointed a Lord-Lieutenant, and are defined by the government as the Counties for the purposes of the Lieutenancies Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one The West Midlands is an official Region of England, covering the western half of the area traditionally known as the Midlands. Constituent country is a phrase used often by official institutions in contexts in which a country makes up a part of a larger entity or grouping England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland This list of sovereign states, alphabetically arranged gives an overview of States around the world with information on the extent of their Sovereignty. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A post town is a required part of all postal addresses in the United Kingdom, and a basic unit of the postal delivery system UK Postal codes are known as postcodes. UK postcodes are Alphanumeric. The, also known as the Stoke-on-Trent postcode area, is a group of postal districts around Leek, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent The UK Telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Telephone Numbering Plan, is the system used for assigning Telephone numbers in the United There are a number of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom. Staffordshire Police is the Home Office police force responsible for policing Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent in the West Midlands of The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and The West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (WMAS is the second-largest ambulance service in the UK West Midlands is a Constituency of the European Parliament. It currently elects 7 MEPs using the D'Hondt method of Party-list proportional This is a list of the 646 constituencies currently represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, as at the 2005 general election Stoke-on-Trent North is a Constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A Gazetteer of place names in the United Kingdom showing each place's County, Unitary authority or council area and its geographical coordinates List of places --> List of cities in the United Kingdom List of towns in England Lists of places This is a list of cities, Towns and Villages in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, England. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Stoke-on-Trent ( often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city in Staffordshire, England which forms a linear Conurbation almost 12 miles (19 Hanley was the only one of the six towns to be a county borough before the merger; its status was transferred to the enlarged borough. County borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (excluding Scotland) to refer to a Borough or a City Hanley was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1857 and became a county borough with the passage of the Local Government Act 1888. Municipal boroughs were a type of Local government which existed in England and Wales between 1835 and 1974 in Northern Ireland from 1840 to The Local Government Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict c 41 was passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1888 and established County councils and County borough

It now acts as the city's main city-centre and shopping centre, and also offers major cultural facilities such as The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery (a world class ceramics collection, and restored Spitfire), the Victoria Hall, the Regent Theatre, BBC Radio Stoke's Open Centre and studios, and the various Cultural Quarter facilities and cafes. Ceramics and ceramic art in the art world means artwork made out of clay bodies and fired to form a ceramic.

The 1986 Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival led to the reclamation of large areas of land south of the city centre area, and the city's shopping area has effectively grown southwards from Hanley to include Festival Park. The Stoke-on-Trent National Garden Festival was the second of Britain's National Garden Festivals It was held in the city from 1 May

Hanley was served by a railway station which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on July 13, 1864. |}A train station, railway station, railroad station, or station yard is a facility at which Passengers may board and alight from Trains The North Staffordshire Railway was a British Railway company formed in 1845 to promote a number of lines in the Staffordshire Potteries Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year

Hanley in old Trade Journals

"HANLEY a large modern town and chapelry, in the parish of Stoke, is about two miles east by north of Newcastle [under-Lyme], and ranks next to Burslem in size, extent and opulence. The town is in an elevated situation, and the streets forming which are irregular, but many of the houses are well built. The chapelry contained, in 1821, 5,622 inhabitants. "

1828 journal

"Hanley, the most populous town in North Staffordshire, is generally described as the capital of the Potteries, a title to which it has certainly the greatest pretensions; . . . . . . . . it has during the present century made such strides in the art, as to overtake and pass all competitors. At the census of 1891, the population of the municipal borough reached the total of 54,846; and such is the prosperity of the district, that at the present time this number has been very largely increased.

1893 journal

• More on Hanley in Trade Journals

External links

• Hanley - one of the Six Towns
• The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Hanley
• Use interactive maps to find historic photographs and objects of old Hanley