Subject: Re: [Pots] St Johns Church Hanley In a "History of Hanley" by M.W.Greenslade page 154....... The registers date from 1754.*1 A house was built near the junction of Albion Street and Old Hall Street for the curate in 1813 with money raised by subscriptionand the mortgaging of the living. This was burnt down down during the chartist riots of 1842 and a new house was built soon afterwards in Old Hall Street, the rector receiving £2,000 compensation from the Hundred *1 = S.W.Hutchinson, ARchdeaconry of Stoke-on-Trent, 129. If memory servs me well - theer is also some info to this effect on the MIs etc as published by BMSGH. Steve