Fenton, Staffordshire

Fenton, Staffordshire

Infobox UK place
official_name= Fenton
country= England
region= West Midlands
population= 12,194 (2001 Census)
os_grid_reference= SJ897446
latitude= 52.997719
longitude= -2.157895
post_town= Stoke-on-Trent
postcode_area= ST
postcode_district= ST4
dial_code= 01782
constituency_westminster= Stoke-on-Trent South
unitary_england= Stoke-on-Trent
lieutenancy_england= Staffordshire

Fenton is one of the Six Towns of the Stoke-on-Trent conurbation which were federated in 1910. It is situated in the south-east of the city. Arnold Bennett called his fictionalised version of Stoke on Trent the "Five Towns", and Fenton has been dubbed the town Arnold Bennett forgot.Fenton has been the home of a number of potteries such as Coalport, and its architectural heritage includes listed "bottle ovens". Fenton has a Carnegie library, the only such building in Stoke-on-Trent, although the Carnegie UK Trust also supplied the technical college with a ceramics library.

External links

* [http://www.search.exploringthepotteries.org.uk/engine/GIS/default.asp Use interactive maps to find historic artefacts and photographs of old Fenton]


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