Chief seat of the "Potteries," in Staffordshire, on the Trent and the Trent and Mersey Canal, 15 m. SE. of Crewe; is of modern growth, with free library, infirmary, public baths, statue to Wedgwood, etc., and is busily engaged in the manufacture of all sorts of porcelain ware, earthenware, encaustic tiles, etc., besides which there are flourishing iron-works, machine-shops, coal-mines, etc.