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Funky Facts about Fenton...

The name Fenton comes from the Anglo-Saxon tongue, and means 'by the marsh'.

Also the town used to be famous for its rich iron ore and coal that were mined here from Medieval times. Many of the waste grounds used to be mine works.

It used to be renowned for pottery and some of its most famous potters include Thomas Whieldon - the two Josiah's, Spode and Wedgwood, learned the trade with Thomas.

Although there are actually six towns in the city of Stoke on Trent, Arnold Bennett deliberately called his Potteries-based novel 'Anna of the Five Towns'. It's said he disliked Fenton!

One of the most famous poems of The Trent Vale Poet - Stoke on Trent's modern troubadour - concerned Fenton. But it had a twist! (See link on the right)

The Muslim holy man, Pir Pandariman, has lived in Fenton at a retreat there, for over thirty years.

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Simon Finney told us Fenton is famed for "the fact that the 1st test tube twins to be born in staffordshire were from fenton".

Ken Buckley told us - "I ciuld not have imagined my childhood in Fenton without the great teacher Thomas Lowe" (See Ken's article using the link on the right-hand side of this page)