Cobridge

{{For|the defunct United States-based telecommunications provider|Cobridge Communications}}

{{Distinguish|Corbridge}}

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{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}

{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Cobridge

| civil_parish =

| country = England

| region = West Midlands

| static_image_name = Christ Church, Cobridge - geograph.org.uk - 209848.jpg

| static_image_caption = Christ Church

| population =

| os_grid_reference = SJ875490

| coordinates = {{coord|53.038950|-2.186665|display=inline,title}}

| post_town = STOKE-ON-TRENT

| postcode_area = ST

| postcode_district = ST1

| dial_code = 01782

| shire_district = City of Stoke-on-Trent

| shire_county = Staffordshire

}}

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'{{cite book |title=A map of the county of Stafford |first=William |last=Yates |date=1775}} and was recorded in Ward records (1843) as Cobridge Gate.{{cite web|url=http://www.thepotteries.org/location/districts/cobridge.htm |title=Cobridge - Stoke-on-Trent Districts |publisher=Thepotteries.org |date=2008-01-28 |access-date=2011-07-08}}

Cobridge has a community centre{{cite web |url=http://www.yell.com/b/Cobridge+Community+Centre-Community+Centres-Stoke_On_Trent-ST63DQ-2069879/index.html |title=Map - Directions | Cobridge Community Centre | Community Centres, Stoke-On-Trent |publisher=Yell.com |access-date=2011-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927184705/http://www.yell.com/b/Cobridge+Community+Centre-Community+Centres-Stoke_On_Trent-ST63DQ-2069879/index.html |archive-date=27 September 2011 |url-status=dead }} and a C of E church called Christ Church on Emery Street{{cite web|author=A Church Near You |url=http://www.achurchnearyou.com/christ-church-cobridge/ |title=Christ Church, Cobridge - Staffordshire | Diocese of Lichfield |publisher=Achurchnearyou.com |access-date=2011-07-08}}{{cite web|url=https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/209848 |title=Christ Church, Cobridge:: OS grid SJ8748 :: Geograph Britain and Ireland - photograph every grid square! |publisher=Geograph.org.uk |date=2006-07-27 |access-date=2011-07-08}} which is Grade II listed.{{cite web|author=Good Stuff IT Services |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-384380-christ-church-stoke-on-trent |title=Christ Church - Stoke On Trent - Staffordshire - England |publisher=British Listed Buildings |date=1993-03-15 |access-date=2011-07-08}}

Cobridge once had a railway station on the Potteries Loop Line.{{cite web |url=http://www.eastgrinsteadliving.info/products/Cobridge-Railway-Station.html |title=Latest News and Information on Cobridge Railway Station |publisher=Eastgrinsteadliving.info |access-date=2011-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326192127/http://www.eastgrinsteadliving.info/products/Cobridge-Railway-Station.html |archive-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.thepotteries.org/location/districts/cobridge1.htm |title=Cobridge - Stoke-on-Trent Districts |publisher=Thepotteries.org |access-date=2011-07-08}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20881|title=History of Cobridge, in Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire|publisher=Vision of Britain|access-date=25 November 2018}}

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

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