Stoke-Upon-Trent
a manufac turing town of Staffordshire, England; capital of the "Potteries," on the Trent and the Treat and Mersey canal; 15 miles S. E. of Crewe. It is a modern place dating only from the last quarter of the 18th century, and has a parish church with Wedgwood's grave, a town hall (1835), a market hall (1883), a free library (1878), the Minton memorial building (1858), the Hartshill Infirmary (1868), public public baths, and statues of Wedgwood, Minton and Colin Minton Campbell. Its factories of porcelain, earthenware, encaustic tiles, and tessellated pavements are among the largest in the world; and the industries also include coal mining, brickmaking, and the manufacture of iron, engines, machinery, etc. Mrs. Craik was a native. Pop. (1919) 239,316.