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