Editing Stoke-upon-Trent (section)

== Stoke Market==
[[File:Stoke upon Trent market - geograph.org.uk - 333073.jpg|thumb|left|Stoke-upon-Trent market: part of the surviving frontage to Church Street.]]
Stoke has held markets in various locations in the town since 1818. A market was set up within the newly built town hall in the 1830s, but this did not prove popular with the market traders of the time and in 1845 the market moved to Hide Street (the building can still be seen today).

In 1883 the market relocated to a larger purpose-built building fronting Church Street 'befitting its town status'. This Victorian market was all but destroyed by a fire that started on FA Cup final day (22 May 1982).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/content/leisure-and-culture/markets/stoke-market.en;jsessionid=aUDbagmLmyh_|title=Stoke Market|publisher=Stoke-on-Trent City Council}}</ref> Only the clock tower, entrance arch, fish section and shop frontage was saved. The current market in South Wolfe Street was opened in 1984. The former market site with its clock tower was block paved for use as an outdoor trading/event space, and a library and one-stop shop has also been added to the site.