In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Goldenhill like this:
GOLDENHILL, a chapelry in Wolstanton parish, Stafford; adjacent to Cheshire, and near the Northwestern railway, 1½ mile from Tunstall, and 6¼ NNW of Stoke-upon-Trent. It was constituted in 1844; and it has a post office under Stoke-upon-Trent. Pop., 2, 621. Houses, 517. The property is divided among a few. There are collieries, iron-works, and chemical works. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £203.* Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is a neat edifice, in the Norman style; and there is a national school.
Goldenhill through time
Goldenhill is now part of Stoke on Trent district. Click here for graphs and data of how Stoke on Trent has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Goldenhill itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Goldenhill, in Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/8097
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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