| Cobridge | |
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  Cobridge Location withinStaffordshire | |
| OS grid reference | SJ875490 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | STOKE-ON-TRENT |
| Postcode district | ST1 |
| Dialling code | 01782 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
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Cobridge is an area ofStoke-on-Trent, in theCity of Stoke-on-Trent district, in the county ofStaffordshire, England. Cobridge was marked on the 1775 Yates map as 'Cow Bridge'[1] and was recorded in Ward records (1843) as Cobridge Gate.[2]
Cobridge has a community centre[3] and aC of E church calledChrist Church on Emery Street[4][5] which isGrade II listed.[6]
Cobridge once had arailway station on thePotteries Loop Line.[7]
There was once an old school house in Cobridge, at the bottom of Sneyd Street and demolished in 1897. A Victorian school once stood adjacent to Christ Church on the corner of Emery and Mawdesley Streets. The old Granville school was replaced by the new Forest Park school. St. Peter's Catholic school still exists in the area.[8]
Cobridge was the location of theAthletic Ground, now the site of a sheltered housing and nursing home complex. Circa 1870, it had a population of 3,378 as recorded in theImperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.[9]
The Headquarters of theAir Training Corps 388 (City of Stoke-on-Trent) Squadron are at the RFCA Centre, Martin Leake House, Waterloo Road.
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