Cobridge

Cobridge is an area of Stoke-on-Trent, in the City of Stoke-on-Trent district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. Cobridge was marked on the 1775 Yates map as 'Cow Bridge'[1] and was recorded in Ward records (1843) as Cobridge Gate.[2]

Not to be confused with Corbridge.

Cobridge

Christ Church
Cobridge
Location within Staffordshire
OS grid referenceSJ875490
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSTOKE-ON-TRENT
Postcode districtST1
Dialling code01782
PoliceStaffordshire
FireStaffordshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands

Cobridge has a car dealer centre (Holdcroft) on Sneyd Street,[3] a community centre[4] and a C of E church called Christ Church on Emery Street[5][6] which is Grade II listed.[7]

Cobridge once had a railway station on the Potteries Loop Line.[8]

There was once an old school house in Cobridge, at the bottom of Sneyd Street and demolished in 1897. A Victorian school once stood adjacent to Christ Church on the corner of Emery and Mawdesley Streets. The old Granville school was replaced by the new Forest Park school. St. Peter's Catholic school still exists in the area. [9]

Cobridge was the location of the Athletic Ground, now the site of a sheltered housing and nursing home complex. Circa 1870, it had a population of 3,378 as recorded in the Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.[10]

The Headquarters of the Air Training Corps 388 (City of Stoke-on-Trent) Squadron are at the RFCA Centre, Martin Leake House, Waterloo Road.


References
  1. Yates, William (1775). A map of the county of Stafford.
  2. "Cobridge - Stoke-on-Trent Districts". Thepotteries.org. 28 January 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  3. Holdcraft Honda, Cobridge Archived 27 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine at Holdcroft Motors
  4. "Map - Directions | Cobridge Community Centre | Community Centres, Stoke-On-Trent". Yell.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  5. A Church Near You. "Christ Church, Cobridge - Staffordshire | Diocese of Lichfield". Achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  6. "Christ Church, Cobridge:: OS grid SJ8748 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland - photograph every grid square!". Geograph.org.uk. 27 July 2006. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  7. Good Stuff IT Services (15 March 1993). "Christ Church - Stoke On Trent - Staffordshire - England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  8. "Latest News and Information on Cobridge Railway Station". Eastgrinsteadliving.info. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  9. "Cobridge - Stoke-on-Trent Districts". Thepotteries.org. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
  10. "History of Cobridge, in Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
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