Bucknall is a suburb of Stoke-on-Trent in the county of Staffordshire.

Bucknall
St Mary's Church, Bucknall
Bucknall Location within Staffordshire
OS grid reference	SJ905475
Unitary authority	Stoke-on-Trent
Ceremonial county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STOKE-ON-TRENT
Postcode district	ST2
Dialling code	01782
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Stoke-on-Trent Central
List of places UK England Staffordshire 53.0249°N 2.1429°W / 53.0249; -2.1429

It was recorded in the Domesday Book as having a taxable value of 0.3 geld and consisting of three ploughlands.[1]

Mitchell High School was a comprehensive school located in Bucknall that educated pupils of ages 11–16.[2] The school was merged with Edensor High School in Longton in 2011 to form Discovery Academy, with the new school relocating to a new site in Bentilee in 2013.

Ash Hall Golf Club (now defunct) first appeared in the mid 1920s. It continued until WW2.[3]

Notable people

• Hugh Bourne (1772–1852) joint founder of Primitive Methodism, the largest offshoot of Wesleyan Methodism was born at Ford Hayes Farm, Ford Hayes Lane, Bucknall
• Arthur Prince (1902–1980) an English footballer who played 102 games in the Football League
• Tommy Cheadle (1919–1993) an English footballer, played 333 games for Port Vale
• Stan Turner (1926–1991) an English footballer, made 246 appearances for Port Vale
• Garth Crooks OBE (born 1958) an English former professional footballer. He currently works for BBC Sport as the lead pundit on Final Score on BBC One on Saturday afternoons.

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