Stoke-on-Trent

Sometimes Stoke-up·on-Trent

[stohk-on-trent, -awn-]

noun

1. a city in N Staffordshire, in central England, on the Trent River: pottery and china.

Stoke-on-Trent

noun

1. a city in central England, in Stoke-on-Trent unitary authority, Staffordshire on the River Trent: a centre of the pottery industry; university (1992). Pop: 259 252 (2001)

2. a unitary authority in central England, in N Staffordshire. Pop: 238 000 (2003 est). Area: 93 sq km (36 sq miles)

Example Sentences

It comes one month after councillor Daniel Jellyman, the Conservative group leader on Stoke-on-Trent City Council, also defected to Reform UK and became the party's leader on the local authority.

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Angela Smith from Stoke-on-Trent, a former world squash champion, said her friend was very good at many sports.

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Sherwani, from Stoke-on-Trent, led Great Britain to hockey gold at the 1988 Olympics.

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As well as Redcar and Cleveland Council, Southwark and Stoke-on-Trent City councils, have joined the national scheme, run by charity Endometriosis UK, to help staff better manage the condition alongside work.

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Although the lines have now reopened in the Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent area, services were expected to continue to be heavily disrupted for the rest of the day, warned National Rail.

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