Country: | England |
Official Name: | Florence |
Coordinates: | 52.97°N -2.13°W |
Shire District: | Stoke-on-Trent |
Shire County: | Staffordshire |
Region: | West Midlands |
Constituency Westminster: | Stoke-on-Trent South |
Post Town: | Stoke-on-Trent |
Postcode District: | ST3 |
Postcode Area: | ST |
Dial Code: | 01782 |
Os Grid Reference: | SJ9142 |
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] 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.[2]