Why is Stoke on Trent called Stoke yet Kingston upon Hull is called Hull?

Answer 1

cause we commun in stowke an trent sounds too posh x

the trent bit is a pretty big river anyway so it wouldn't be right to have the name of the whole river for just a little bit of it.

happy new year xx

Answer 2

HULL:
The town was originally called Wyke (or Wyke-upon-Hull), but in 1293 Edward I, as a consequence of an arrangement between the King and the Abbot of Meaux, Wyke was granted the right to hold a market and fair, was made a manor and a free borough, had a harbour constructed, and had its named changed to Kyngeston-super-Hill ('the King's town upon Hull').
STOKE:
The Federation of the Six Towns brought together the county borough of Hanley, the municipal boroughs of Burslem, Longton, and Stoke, together with the urban districts of Tunstall and Fenton as a single county borough of Stoke-on-Trent on April 1, 1910. The combined borough took the name of town of Stoke - the main line railway station has been located there since 1848, and Stoke was also the original ancient parish, with other settlements being chapelries. The six towns run in a rough line: from north to south along the A50 - Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke, Fenton and Longton.

An early proposal for the Federation took place in 1888 when an amendment was raised to the Local Government Bill which would have made the six towns districts within a county of 'Staffordshire Potteries'.

The borough proposed in 1919 to expand further and annex the neighbouring borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme and urban district of Wolstanton United, both to the west of Stoke: this met strong objections from Newcastle's Corporation and never took place. A further attempt was made in 1930, with the promotion of the Stoke-on-Trent Extension Bill. Ultimately, Wolstanton was added to Newcastle-under-Lyme instead in 1932. Although attempts to take Newcastle, Wolstanton and Kidsgrove (north of Tunstall) were never successful, the town did however expand in 1922, taking in Smallthorne urban district, and parts of other parishes around the borough.

The borough was officially granted city status in 1925 with a Lord Mayor from 1928.

Although the city is named after the original town of Stoke, and the City Council offices are located there, conventionally the City Centre is regarded as being in Hanley, which town had earlier developed into a major Commercial Centre. The City's county borough status was abolished in 1974, and it became a non-metropolitan district of Staffordshire. Its status was restored as a unitary authority independent of Staffordshire county council on April 1, 1997.

On May 3, 2002 the people of Stoke-on-Trent voted in a referendum for a directly elected mayor, passing the motion 28,601 votes to 20,578, on a low turnout of 27.8%. A subsequent election on October 17, 2002 elected Mike Wolfe, an independent, who narrowly beat Labour candidate George Stevenson by just 300 votes.

Wolfe was ousted on May 5, 2005 by the Labour candidate Mark Meredith. The election was also notable because approximately 10% of the ballot papers were either spoiled or ineligible. Meredith's election platform included a pledge to have another referendum on the post of elected mayor. This is scheduled for May 2007.

Answer 3

Maybe because there's already a long-established Kingston near London.