In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hope like this:

HOPE, a chapelry in Shelton township, Hanley borough, Stoke-upon-Trent parish, Stafford; near the Stoke station of the Northwestern railway, and forming part of the Potteries. It was constituted in 1845; and its posttown is Hanley, under Stoke-upon-Trent. Pop., 4, 380. Houses, 871. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £300. * Patron, alternately the Crown and the Bishop. The church is good.

Hope through time

Hope is now part of STOKE ON TRENT Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how STOKE ON TRENT has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hope itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hope, in Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24155

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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