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href="/wiki/Burslem" title="Burslem">Burslem</a>, Stoke-on-Trent</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data category">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Christian_denomination" title="Christian denomination">Denomination</a></th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:white; background-color:#BC50A5">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Dedication_of_churches" title="Dedication of churches">Dedication</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Saint_John_the_Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint John the Baptist">Saint John the Baptist</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:white; background-color:#BC50A5">Architecture</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Heritage designation</th><td class="infobox-data category">Grade II</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Designated</th><td class="infobox-data">2 October 1951</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color:white; background-color:#BC50A5">Administration</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Diocese" title="Diocese">Diocese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Lichfield" title="Diocese of Lichfield">Diocese of Lichfield</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>St John the Baptist's Church</b> is an <a href="/wiki/Anglicanism" title="Anglicanism">Anglican</a> church in <a href="/wiki/Burslem" title="Burslem">Burslem</a>, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade II <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">listed building</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_John_the_Baptist%27s_Church,_Burslem&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Burslem became a parish in 1809; before that it was a <a href="/wiki/Chapelry" title="Chapelry">chapelry</a> in the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent, but often regarded as a parish, having its own churchwardens from 1553.<sup id="cite_ref-bho_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bho-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The stone tower of St John's was built in 1536. It is <a href="/wiki/Gothic_architecture" title="Gothic architecture">late perpendicular</a>; the low west door has a Tudor arch.<sup id="cite_ref-bho_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bho-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-listing_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-listing-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The body of the church is of brick, built in 1717, replacing an earlier timber-framed building destroyed in a fire. The sides have tall windows with round arches. The <a href="/wiki/Chancel" title="Chancel">chancel</a> was added in 1788; it has an <a href="/wiki/Apsidal" class="mw-redirect" title="Apsidal">apsidal</a> east end with a <a href="/wiki/Venetian_window" title="Venetian window">Venetian window</a>. It is thought that <a href="/wiki/Enoch_Wood" title="Enoch Wood">Enoch Wood</a>, the churchwarden, instigated the building of the chancel.<sup id="cite_ref-bho_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bho-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-listing_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-listing-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Churchyard">Churchyard</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=St_John_the_Baptist%27s_Church,_Burslem&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Churchyard"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St_John%27s_Church_Burslem_3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/St_John%27s_Church_Burslem_3.jpg/220px-St_John%27s_Church_Burslem_3.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/St_John%27s_Church_Burslem_3.jpg/330px-St_John%27s_Church_Burslem_3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/St_John%27s_Church_Burslem_3.jpg/440px-St_John%27s_Church_Burslem_3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Viewed from the south-east</figcaption></figure> <p>The churchyard was extended in 1804 and again in 1847; the older part has around it brick walls of the late 18th or early 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-bho_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bho-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Among the graves in the churchyard are those of the potters <a href="/wiki/William_Adams_(potter)" title="William Adams (potter)">William Adams</a> (1746–1805) and <a href="/wiki/Enoch_Wood" title="Enoch Wood">Enoch Wood</a> (1759–1840). </p><p>It also contains the grave of <a href="/wiki/Molly_Leigh" title="Molly Leigh">Margaret (or Mollie) Leigh</a> (died 1748), who was reputed to be a witch. 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title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Areas_of_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Areas of Stoke-on-Trent">Areas</a>,<br />towns and wards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abbey_Green_ward" title="Abbey Green ward">Abbey Green ward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbey_Hulton" title="Abbey Hulton">Abbey Hulton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baddeley_Green" title="Baddeley Green">Baddeley Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Basford,_Staffordshire" title="Basford, Staffordshire">Basford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bentilee" title="Bentilee">Bentilee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birches_Head" title="Birches Head">Birches Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blurton" title="Blurton">Blurton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blythe_Bridge" title="Blythe Bridge">Blythe Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradeley" title="Bradeley">Bradeley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bucknall,_Staffordshire" title="Bucknall, Staffordshire">Bucknall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burslem" title="Burslem">Burslem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chell,_Staffordshire" title="Chell, Staffordshire">Chell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliffe_Vale,_Staffordshire" title="Cliffe Vale, Staffordshire">Cliffe Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobridge" title="Cobridge">Cobridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dresden,_Staffordshire" title="Dresden, Staffordshire">Dresden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruria,_Staffordshire" title="Etruria, Staffordshire">Etruria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenton,_Staffordshire" title="Fenton, Staffordshire">Fenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florence,_Staffordshire" title="Florence, Staffordshire">Florence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Green_Brook" title="Ford Green Brook">Ford Green Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fowlea_Brook" title="Fowlea Brook">Fowlea Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goldenhill" title="Goldenhill">Goldenhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanford,_Staffordshire" title="Hanford, Staffordshire">Hanford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanley" title="Hanley">Hanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartshill,_Staffordshire" title="Hartshill, Staffordshire">Hartshill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hem_Heath" title="Hem Heath">Hem Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heron_Cross" title="Heron Cross">Heron Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lightwood,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Lightwood, Stoke-on-Trent">Lightwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longport,_Staffordshire" title="Longport, Staffordshire">Longport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longton,_Staffordshire" title="Longton, Staffordshire">Longton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyme_Brook" title="Lyme Brook">Lyme Brook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meir,_Staffordshire" title="Meir, Staffordshire">Meir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Middleport,_Staffordshire" title="Middleport, Staffordshire">Middleport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milton,_Staffordshire" title="Milton, Staffordshire">Milton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Normacot" title="Normacot">Normacot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwood,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Northwood, Stoke-on-Trent">Northwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norton_le_Moors" title="Norton le Moors">Norton le Moors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penkhull" title="Penkhull">Penkhull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandyford,_Staffordshire" title="Sandyford, Staffordshire">Sandyford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelton,_Staffordshire" title="Shelton, Staffordshire">Shelton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sideway" title="Sideway">Sideway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smallthorne" title="Smallthorne">Smallthorne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sneyd_Green" title="Sneyd Green">Sneyd Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-upon-Trent" title="Stoke-upon-Trent">Stoke-upon-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trentham,_Staffordshire" title="Trentham, Staffordshire">Trentham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trent_Vale" title="Trent Vale">Trent Vale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tunstall,_Staffordshire" title="Tunstall, Staffordshire">Tunstall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weston_Coyney" title="Weston Coyney">Weston Coyney</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ceramic_and_Allied_Trades_Union" title="Ceramic and Allied Trades Union">Ceramic and Allied Trades Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darwin%E2%80%93Wedgwood_family" title="Darwin–Wedgwood family">Darwin–Wedgwood family</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federation_of_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Federation of Stoke-on-Trent">Federation of Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Port_Vale_F.C." title="History of Port Vale F.C.">History of Port Vale F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Stoke_City_F.C." title="History of Stoke City F.C.">History of Stoke City F.C.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_Potteries" title="Staffordshire Potteries">Staffordshire Potteries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedgwood" title="Wedgwood">Wedgwood Pottery in Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1842_Pottery_Riots" title="1842 Pottery Riots">1842 Pottery Riots</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Politics_of_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Politics of Stoke-on-Trent">Parliamentary<br />constituencies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_North_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent North (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-on-Trent North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_Central_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent Central (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-on-Trent Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent South (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-on-Trent South</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Parliamentary_constituencies_in_Stoke-on-Trent_(historic)" title="Category:Parliamentary constituencies in Stoke-on-Trent (historic)">Historic</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burslem_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Burslem (UK Parliament constituency)">Burslem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanley_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Hanley (UK Parliament constituency)">Hanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent,_Stoke_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-on-Trent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-upon-Trent_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Stoke-upon-Trent (UK Parliament constituency)">Stoke-upon-Trent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Religion</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Stoke_Minster" title="Stoke Minster">Stoke Minster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethesda_Methodist_Chapel,_Hanley" title="Bethesda Methodist Chapel, Hanley">Bethesda Methodist Chapel</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">St John's Church, Burslem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Fenton" title="Christ Church, Fenton">Christ Church, Fenton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hulton_Abbey" title="Hulton Abbey">Hulton Abbey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_James%27_Church,_Longton" title="St James' Church, Longton">St James' Church, Longton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longton_Methodist_Central_Hall" title="Longton Methodist Central Hall">Longton Methodist Central Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_the_Angels_and_St_Peter_in_Chains_Church,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church, Stoke-on-Trent">Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christ_Church,_Tunstall" title="Christ Church, Tunstall">Christ Church, Tunstall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tourism</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Buildings" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Buildings_and_structures_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Buildings and structures in Stoke-on-Trent">Buildings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Listed_buildings_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Listed buildings in Stoke-on-Trent">Listed buildings</a> (<a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_buildings_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Grade II* listed buildings in Stoke-on-Trent">Grade II*</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bottle_oven" title="Bottle oven">Bottle ovens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burslem_Market_Hall" title="Burslem Market Hall">Burslem Market Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruria_Hall" title="Etruria Hall">Etruria Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ford_Green_Hall" title="Ford Green Hall">Ford Green Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Town_Hall,_Burslem" title="Old Town Hall, Burslem">Old Town Hall, Burslem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trentham_Mausoleum" title="Trentham Mausoleum">Trentham Mausoleum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Villas" title="The Villas">The Villas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedgwood_Institute" title="Wedgwood Institute">Wedgwood Institute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waterworld,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Waterworld, Stoke-on-Trent">Water World</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winton_Square" title="Winton Square">Winton Square</a> (<a href="/wiki/North_Stafford_Hotel" title="North Stafford Hotel">North Stafford Hotel</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Theatres</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Arts_Centre" title="Mitchell Arts Centre">Mitchell Arts Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queen%27s_Theatre,_Burslem" title="Queen's Theatre, Burslem">Queen's Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regent_Theatre,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent">Regent Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_Repertory_Theatre" title="Stoke-on-Trent Repertory Theatre">Stoke Rep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal,_Hanley" title="Theatre Royal, Hanley">Theatre Royal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Hall,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent">Victoria Hall</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Museums_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Museums in Stoke-on-Trent">Museums</a><br />and libraries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Burslem_School_of_Art" title="Burslem School of Art">Burslem School of Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chatterley_Whitfield" title="Chatterley Whitfield">Chatterley Whitfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruria_Industrial_Museum" title="Etruria Industrial Museum">Etruria Industrial Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladstone_Pottery_Museum" title="Gladstone Pottery Museum">Gladstone Pottery Museum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montagu_C._Butler_Library" title="Montagu C. Butler Library">Montagu C. Butler Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potteries_Museum_%26_Art_Gallery" title="Potteries Museum & Art Gallery">Potteries Museum & Art Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spode_Museum" title="Spode Museum">Spode Museum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shopping</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/City_Sentral" title="City Sentral">City Sentral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Potteries_Shopping_Centre" title="Potteries Shopping Centre">Potteries Shopping Centre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Parks and<br />countryside</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bagnall_Road_Wood" title="Bagnall Road Wood">Bagnall Road Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berryhill_Fields" title="Berryhill Fields">Berryhill Fields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burslem_Park" title="Burslem Park">Burslem Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanley_Park" title="Hanley Park">Hanley Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hartshill_Park" title="Hartshill Park">Hartshill Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hem_Heath_Woods" title="Hem Heath Woods">Hem Heath Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_Garden_Festival" title="Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival">Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trentham_Estate" title="Trentham Estate">Trentham Estate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Tunstall" title="Victoria Park, Tunstall">Victoria Park, Tunstall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westport_Lake,_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Westport Lake, Stoke-on-Trent">Westport Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitfield_Valley" title="Whitfield Valley">Whitfield Valley</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sport and<br />music venues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bet365_Stadium" title="Bet365 Stadium">Bet365 Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Torch" title="Golden Torch">Golden Torch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jollees" title="Jollees">Jollees</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longton_Cricket_Club_Ground" title="Longton Cricket Club Ground">Longton Cricket Club Ground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meir_Heath_Cricket_Club" title="Meir Heath Cricket Club">Meir Heath Cricket Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelley%27s_Laserdome" title="Shelley's Laserdome">Shelley's Laserdome</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Sugarmill" title="The Sugarmill">The Sugarmill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Underground_(Stoke_concert_venue)" title="The Underground (Stoke concert venue)">The Underground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vale_Park" title="Vale Park">Vale Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Mass_media_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Mass media in Stoke-on-Trent">Mass media</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Publishing</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Rhythms" title="Cross Rhythms">Cross Rhythms</a></li> <li>Pits n Pots</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Oatcake" title="The Oatcake">The Oatcake</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sentinel_(Staffordshire)" title="The Sentinel (Staffordshire)">The Sentinel</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Radio</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Stoke" title="BBC Radio Stoke">BBC Radio Stoke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_Rhythms_City_Radio" title="Cross Rhythms City Radio">Cross Rhythms City Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_Staffordshire_%26_Cheshire" class="mw-redirect" title="Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire">Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hits_Radio_Staffordshire_%26_Cheshire" title="Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire">Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Christian_Broadcasters#UCB_United_Kingdom" title="United Christian Broadcasters">UCB UK</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Education_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Education in Stoke-on-Trent">Education</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="List of schools in Stoke-on-Trent">List of schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent_College" title="Stoke-on-Trent College">Stoke-on-Trent College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Stoke-on-Trent_Sixth_Form_College" title="City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College">City of Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Staffordshire_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Staffordshire University">Staffordshire University</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Stoke_University_Hospital" title="Royal Stoke University Hospital">Royal Stoke University Hospital</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Companies_based_in_Stoke-on-Trent" title="Category:Companies based in Stoke-on-Trent">Companies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pottery</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aynsley_China" title="Aynsley China">Aynsley China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beswick_Pottery" title="Beswick Pottery">Beswick Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burleigh_Pottery" title="Burleigh Pottery">Burleigh Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Ware" title="Carlton Ware">Carlton Ware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churchill_China" title="Churchill China">Churchill China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clayburn_Pottery" title="Clayburn Pottery">Clayburn Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dudson" title="Dudson">Dudson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emma_Bridgewater" title="Emma Bridgewater">Emma Bridgewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etruria_Works" title="Etruria Works">Etruria Works</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gray%27s_Pottery" title="Gray's Pottery">Gray's Pottery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Sadler_and_Sons_Ltd" title="James Sadler and Sons Ltd">James Sadler and Sons Ltd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucideon" title="Lucideon">Lucideon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._%26_G._Meakin" title="J. & G. Meakin">J. & G. 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