Florence is a suburb ofStoke-on-Trent, in the Stoke-on-Trent district, in the ceremonial county ofStaffordshire, England. It is nearMeir. Florence Colliery was built in 1874, and demolished in 1994.[1]Coal from the colliery was used in the final firing of aBottle oven[2]
Florence became acivil parish in 1894, being formed from the part ofTrentham parish in Longton Municipal Borough. On 1 April 1896 the parish was abolished and merged with Longton.[3]
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