The old Township of Botteslow covers the areas of Brookhouse Green, Eaton Park, Ubberley, Berryhill and Berryhill Fields.

The Township of Botteslow was a liberty of 593 acres in the ancient parish of Stoke-upon-Trent bounded on the west by the River Trent and on the north and east by a small tributary of the Trent; to the south lay the township of Fenton Vivian. It is an upland area lying between 400 and 500 ft. and was devoted mainly to farming and coal mining.

• The first known mention of the area appears to be in 1236 when land at 'Bothes' was part of Fenton. 

• A John of Botteslow occurs in 1327. 

• In 1666 eight persons there were assessed for hearth tax. William Bagnall had the largest assessment, six hearths, and this may represent Berry Hill Farm, the lease of which had been granted to the Bagnalls in 1555.

Parochially Botteslow was part of the ancient parish of Stoke and manorially part of Fenton Vivian.  

Botteslow became part of the new parish of Stoke Rural in 1894 and of the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent in 1922.

Botteslow - A History of the County of Stafford Vol 8 

"BOTTESLOW, which adjoins to Fenton-Vivian, and... belonged formerly to that manor, is a hamlet of 593 acres, purely agricultural or pasture, but abounding with mines, at present little wrought. It is bounded on the west by the Trent, and consists of several farms, called Upper and Lower Botteslow, Bury-Hill, Holly-bush, Brookhouse, Colamore, Glover's-Farm, and Hall-Hill, belonging respectively to James Beech, — Tait, Thomas Kinnersly, William Taylor Copeland, Esqrs., Mrs. Carrington, and Lady Pilkington.

The chief-rents of these several farms are payable to Smith Child, Esq., but the manorial franchise is in abeyance. 

Botteslow has nothing of the character of a village ; the farm-steads being all detached ; the roads are neglected and founderous, in consequence of its not having had of late any resident proprietor. 

An isolated farm within the ambit of Botteslow, called the Lawn, belongs to Fenton-Vivian, and is consequently within the Borough of Stoke; it is the property of Mr. Edward Pratt, and from the site of a moated mansion discoverable here, this may probably have been the ancient manor-stead of Fenton-Vivian cum Botteslow.

The Lower Botteslow farm was formerly the seat of the Machins, one of the most ancient and respectable families of the parish, the male line of which terminated many years since, and the female line is represented by Mr. Tait. The property here is altogether freehold."

John Ward 1843 The Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent 

The mineral railway from Stoke runs parallel to the River Trent past the Botteslow Mills and the north-eastern corner of the Township of Botteslow a single-track mineral line railway between Longton, Adderley Green, and Bucknall  - it was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway Company in 1875.