Editing Stoke-on-Trent (section)

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{{See also|Federation of Stoke-on-Trent}}
An early proposal for a federation took place in 1888 when an amendment was raised to the [[Local Government Act 1888|Local Government Bill]] which would have made the six towns into districts within a county of "Staffordshire Potteries". On 1 April 1910 the "Six Towns" were brought together. The [[county borough]] of Hanley, the [[municipal borough]]s of Burslem, Longton, and Stoke, together with the [[Urban district (England and Wales)|urban districts]] of Tunstall and Fenton now formed a single county borough of Stoke-on-Trent.<ref>{{cite news |title=A New County Borough |work=The Times |location=UK |date=21 March 1910}}</ref>

In 1919, the borough proposed to expand further and annex the neighbouring borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme and the [[Wolstanton United Urban District]], both to the west of Stoke. This never took place, due to strong objections from Newcastle Corporation.<ref>{{cite news |title="Greater Potteries" Scheme: Extension of Stoke-on-Trent |work=The Times |location=UK |date=25 April 1919}}</ref> A further attempt was made in 1930, with the promotion of the Stoke-on-Trent Extension Bill.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stoke-on-Trent Bill: Extension of the City |work=The Times |location=UK |date=2 May 1930}}</ref> Ultimately, Wolstanton was instead added to Newcastle-under-Lyme in 1932. Although attempts to merge Newcastle, Wolstanton and [[Kidsgrove]] (north of Tunstall) were never successful, the borough expanded in 1922, taking in [[Smallthorne Urban District]] and parts of other parishes from [[Stoke upon Trent Rural District]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beckett |first1=J. V. |title=City status in the British Isles, 1830–2002 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jqqSSOyjBEoC |year=2005 |publisher=Ashgate |isbn=978-0-7546-5067-6 }}</ref>

The borough was granted [[city status in the United Kingdom|city status]] in 1925, with a [[lord mayor]] from 1928. When the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent initially applied for city status in 1925, citing its importance as the centre of the pottery industry, it was refused by the [[Home Office]] as it had fewer than 300,000 inhabitants. The decision was overturned, when a direct approach was made to [[George V|King George V]], who agreed that the borough ought to be a city. The public announcement of the elevation to city status was made by the king during a visit to Stoke in June 1925.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beckett |first1=J. V. |title=City status in the British Isles, 1830–2002 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jqqSSOyjBEoC |year=2005 |publisher=Ashgate |isbn=978-0-7546-5067-6 }}</ref>

The county borough was abolished in 1974. Stoke became a [[non-metropolitan district]] of Staffordshire. Its status as a unitary authority was restored in April 1997. It remains part of the [[Ceremonial counties of England|ceremonial county]] of Staffordshire. For [[Eurostat]] purposes it is a [[International Territorial Level|ITL 3 region]] (code TLG31).