Florence, Staffordshire

Florence
Florence
	Florence Location within Staffordshire
OS grid reference	SJ9142
District	Stoke-on-Trent;
Shire county	Staffordshire;
Region	West Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stoke-on-Trent
Postcode district	ST3
Dialling code	01782
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Stoke-on-Trent South;

Florence is a suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, in the Stoke-on-Trent district, in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, England. It is near Meir. Florence Colliery was built in 1874, and demolished in 1994.^[1]Coal from the colliery was used in the final firing of a Bottle oven^[2]

Florence became a civil parish in 1894, being formed from the part of Trentham parish in Longton Municipal Borough. On 1 April 1896 the parish was abolished and merged with Longton.^[3]

References

^ "Florence Colliery History". florencesportsandsocial.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.
^ Woolliscroft, Terry; Woolliscroft, Pam (2018). Bottle Ovens and the Story of the Final Firing. Gladstone Pottery Museum. p. 25. ISBN 9780950541136.
^ "Stone Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 19 February 2023.

[1] "Florence Colliery History". florencesportsandsocial.com. Retrieved 29 January 2017.

[Woolliscroft25-2] Woolliscroft, Terry; Woolliscroft, Pam (2018). Bottle Ovens and the Story of the Final Firing. Gladstone Pottery Museum. p. 25. ISBN 9780950541136.

[3] "Stone Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 19 February 2023.

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