City in Staffordshire, England, on the river
Trent; population (1981) 253,000. It is the
heart of the Potteries and a major ceramic
centre. Other industries include steel,
chemicals, engineering machinery, paper,
rubber, and coal. Stoke was formed 1910 from
Burslem, Hanley, Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent,
Fenton, and Tunstall. The ceramics factories
of Minton and Wedgwood are here. The
Gladstone Pottery Museum is the only working
pottery museum.