Burslem is one of the towns that is part of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. The 2011 census revealed the ward had a population of 11,314 people.
It is a very old town. The Domesday Book shows Burslem (then known as Bacardeslim) as a small farminghamlet. Even as far back as the late 12th century, there was a pottery industry in the town.