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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 919 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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HANLEY , a See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

TOWN

town and See also:

PARLIAMENTARY

parliamentary See also:

borough of See also:

STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire, See also:

England, in the See also:

POTTERIES, THE

Potteries See also:

DISTRICT

district, 148 m. N.W. from See also:

LONDON

London, on the See also:

North Staffordshire railway. Pop. (1891) 54,946; (1901) 6x,599. The parliamentary borough includes the adjoining town of See also:

BURSLEM

Burslem. The town, which lies on high ground, has handsome municipal buildings, See also:

FREE

free library, technical and See also:

ART

art museum, elementary, See also:

SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science and art See also:

SCHOOLS

schools, and a large See also:

park. Its manufactures include See also:

PORCELAIN

porcelain, encaustic tiles, and earthenware, and give employment to the greater See also:

PART

part of the See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population, See also:

WOMEN

women and See also:

CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children being employed almost as largely as men. In the neighbourhood See also:

COAL

coal and See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron are obtained. Hanley is of See also:

MODERN

modern development. Its municipal constitution See also:

DATES

dates from 1857, the parliamentary borough from 1885, and the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county borough from 1888. See also:

SHELTON, THOMAS (fl. 1612-1620)

Shelton, See also:

Hope, Northwood and See also:

Wellington are populous ecclesiastical parishes included within its boundaries. That of See also:

ETRURIA

Etruria, adjoining on the See also:

west, originated in the See also:

Ridge See also:

House pottery See also:

WORKS

works of See also:

JOSIAH (Heb. yo' shiyydhu, perhaps " Yah [weh] supports ")

Josiah See also:

WEDGWOOD, JOSIAH (1730-1795)

Wedgwood and See also:

Thomas See also:

Bentley, who founded them in 1769, naming them after the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country of the Etruscans in See also:

Etruria See also:

Hall was the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of Wedgwood's experiments. The parliamentary borough of Hanley returns one member. The town was governed by a See also:

mayor, 6 aldermen, and 18 councillors until under the " Potteries federation " See also:

SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme (1908) it became part of the borough of Stoke-on-See also:

Trent (q.v.) in 1910.

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