Stoke-on-Trent
(including Newcastle-under-Lyme)

The city of Stoke-on-Trent (also known as The Potteries or The Six Towns) in the county of Staffordshire in the English Midlands, was formed in 1910 as a result of the federation of six boroughs or districts, namely Stoke-upon-Trent, Hanley, Burslem, Longton, Tunstall and Fenton, into a single municipal borough. It became a county borough and was raised to city status in 1925.  In the local government reorganization of 1974, Stoke-on-Trent became a District of Staffordshire, but it was restored as a unitary authority in 1998.  The adjoining borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme  forms a single conurbation with Stoke, having a combined population of over 350,000, and is often considered to be an affluent suburb of Stoke.  Newcastle-under-Lyme became a District of Staffordshire in 1974, within its present boundaries.

Although the city administrative offices are situated in what was the original town of Stoke, the city centre is generally regarded as in Hanley, which was, until recently, where the Stoke-on-Trent Hebrew Congregation synagogue of the was to be found. This has now moved to Newcastle-under Lyme. The Stoke-on-Trent Hebrew Congregation is the only Jewish congregation known to have existed in Stoke-on-Trent or Newcastle-under Lyme.

Congregation Data