Places in Burslem in 1859

BURSLEM

COBRIDGE, a village, partly in the parish of BURSLEM, and partly in that of STOKE-UPON-TRENT, N. division of the hundred of PIREHILL and of the county of STAFFORD, 2 miles (N.N.E.) from Newcastle. The ancient ville of Rushton, which has been superseded by Cobridge, is described in Domesday book under the name of Risetone, it was given by Henry de Audley to Hulton Abbey, to which it became the grange, and since the Dissolution has been in the possession of the ancient family of Biddulph. Cobridge is in the Staffordshire Potteries, situated midway between Burslem and Hanley, and contains several manufactories and collieries. A neat chapel, affording accommodation to about 300 persons, with a tower of brick, has been lately erected by the rector of Burslem, aided by the Church Commissioners, and the Diocesan Society; and there are a chapel and school belonging to Roman Catholics, and a meeting-house for the New Connexion of Methodists. School-rooms were erected by subscription in 1766. 

LONGPORT, a manufacturing district and considerable village, in the township and parish of BURSLEM, union of STOKE-UPON-THENT, N. division of the hundred of PIREHILL and of the county of STAFFORD. This place was anciently called Longbridge, from a number of stepping-stones forming a causeway across the meadows; but after the construction of the Trent canal, a branch of which passes through the district, its name was changed to Longport. On the banks of the canal are several wharfs; and there are likewise some very considerable manufactories for earthenware, china, and flint glass. The new church of St. Paul, Burslem, stands on rising ground near this place; and the Wesleyans have a place of worship here. 

RUSHTON-GRANGE, a ville, in the parish and union of BURSLEM, hundred of PIREHILL (North), N. division of the county of STAFFORD; containing 1584 inhabitants. 

SNEYD, a township, in the parish of BURSLEM, union of WOLSTANTON and BURSLEM, N. division of the hundred of PIREHILL and of the county of STAFFORD; containing 1328 inhabitants. The place adjoins the town of Burslem on the west, of which it forms a portion; and extensive coal-works and mines of ironstone are wrought here. A church district was formed in 1844, and endowed by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. 

[Description(s) from The Topographical Dictionary of England (1859) by Samuel Lewis - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]