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History A history of Burslem in numbers 1 tenant and 4 cottagers – the only inhabitants in 1086 32 cottages in 1563 1300c died as a result of the plague in 1647 41 Hearth taxes collected in 1666 70 houses in 1680 27 baptisms at St Johns Church were recorded in 1702 40 baptisms were recorded in 1740 159 baptisms were recorded in 1780 1757 was the year John Wesley first preached in Burslem. 250,000 miles were travelled by Wesley during the course of his life in ministry. 12 siblings preceded Josiah Wedgwood when he was born in 1730 7428 GBP was the cost of the winning tender to build the town hall 6,600 square feet covers the area of the ground floor Out of 5000 houses in 1858 133 were still without a water supply 1 penny was added to the general rate in 1865 to help pay modellers for work on the Wedgwood Institute façade. 1,200 guests attended at the laying of the foundation stone performed by William Gladstone. 10,000 was the final cost of the completed building. 4,000 brick and tiled houses had been built inside the town. 65 years old was the age of the Institute’s first curator Isaac Cook 9634 was the capacity of all 27 places of worship in 1881. 47 public houses were selling alcohol, mainly sweet ale, in 1842 149 public houses were pulling beer in 1865. 15 public houses remain open in the town centre in 2003. 160 street lamps were installed by 1850 42,444 is the highest number of electors recorded in 1921

Hi Louise I found this very interesting, Can I ask where you got this information? Liz

hi got it of a stoke on trent web site i think.will look to c if i can find it louise

http://www.burslem-dreams2sell(.)com/content/talks.htm found it louise

Thanks Louise