Burslem

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Burslem is a town in Stoke-on-Trent, England, historically known as a major center of the pottery industry.

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Burslem ward 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town
administrativeCentreOf Burslem self-linksurface differs
surface form: Burslem ward
country England
governedBy Stoke-on-Trent City Council
hasDialCode 01782
hasFootballClub Port Vale F.C.
hasHistoricalIndustry coal mining
ironworking
hasLandmark Burslem Park
Burslem School of Art
Burslem Town Hall
Market Place, Burslem
Middleport Pottery
Moorland Road
St John’s Church, Burslem
St Joseph’s Catholic Church, Burslem
Wedgwood Institute
hasNeighbour Hanley
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Tunstall
hasNotablePerson Arnold Bennett
Josiah Wedgwood I
surface form: Josiah Wedgwood
hasOSGridReference SJ8749
hasPostcodeDistrict ST6
hasRailwayStation Longport railway station
hasReligiousBuilding Methodist chapels
St John’s Anglican Church
hasRiver Trent and Mersey Canal
hasTransport A50 road
A500 road
hasType industrial town
market town
historicalCounty Staffordshire
historicallyKnownAs major centre of the pottery industry
inLiterature The Five Towns stories
The Old Wives’ Tale
knownFor ceramics
earthenware production
pottery industry
locatedIn Staffordshire
United Kingdom
West Midlands
nickname Mother Town of the Potteries
partOf Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent
surface form: The Potteries
region West Midlands
surface form: West Midlands region
representedAs Bursley in Arnold Bennett’s novels
timeZone GMT
timeZoneDST BST

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Burslem administrativeCentreOf Burslem self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Burslem ward
Josiah Wedgwood I birthPlace Burslem
Susannah Darwin placeOfBirth Burslem
Josiah Wedgwood I residence Burslem
Susannah Wedgwood residence Burslem