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Stoke-on-Trent North (UK Parliament Constituency)
Stoke-on-Trent North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by David Williams, a member of the Labour Party. Boundaries Historic 1950–1955: The County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent wards numbers 1 to 9 and 27. 1955–1983: The County Borough of Stoke-on-Trent wards numbers 1 to 8. 1983–1997: The City of Stoke-on-Trent wards of Burslem Central, Burslem Green, Chell, East Valley, Norton and Bradeley, and Tunstall North, and the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme wards of Butt Lane, Kidsgrove, Newchapel, and Talke. 1997–2010: The City of Stoke-on-Trent wards of Burslem Central, Burslem Grange, Chell, East Valley, Norton and Bradeley, and Tunstall North, and the District of Staffordshire Moorlands wards of Brown Edge and Endon, and Stanley. 2010–2024: The City of Stoke-on-Trent wards of Burslem North, Burslem South, Chell and Packmoor, East Valley, Norton and Bradeley, and Tunstall, and the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme wards of But ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kidsgrove
Kidsgrove is a town in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, on the Cheshire border. It is part of the Potteries Urban Area, along with Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme. It has a population of 26,276 (2019 census). Most of the town is in the Kidsgrove ward, whilst the western part is in Ravenscliffe. History From the 18th century, Kidsgrove grew around coal mining, although the pits have now closed. Clough Hall Mansion in the town is now demolished. The engineer James Brindley cut the first Harecastle Tunnel on the Trent and Mersey Canal near the town; Thomas Telford cut the second. Kidsgrove also marks the southern extremity of the Macclesfield Canal. There is a legend regarding a headless ghost that is said to haunt the Harecastle Tunnel. The ghost is said to be that of a young woman who was murdered inside the tunnel. She is referred to as the ''"Kidsgrove Boggart"''. R.J. Mitchell, the designer of the Spitfire fighter aircraft, was bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret O'Flynn
Margaret Ellen Mary O'Flynn (25 January 1920 – 22 September 2014), known professionally as Margaret Foley, was a British gynaecologist and pioneer of contraception services for women. She dedicated most of her career to the improvement of women's health in Portsmouth and south east Hampshire, which witnessed a flourishing range of facilities and services in family planning, women's sexual health, and the management of the menopause, as a result of her determination. Early life She was born Margaret Boulton at Talke of the Hill, Staffordshire, in January 1920, the eldest daughter of Ernest and Edith Boulton. She became head girl at Orme Girls School and was inspired to study medicine by Miss Sprunt, her headmistress. In 1937, at the age of 17, she took her first MB and following admission to King's College Hospital Medical School, began her second MB, which she later completed in Glasgow after the students were evacuated to there for their own safety during the Second World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ada Nield Chew
Ada Nield Chew (28 January 1870 – 27 December 1945) was a British campaigning socialist, writer and suffragist. Her name is on the plinth of Millicent Fawcett's statue in Parliament Square, London. Early life Nield was born on a White Hall Farm, Talke o' the Hill, near Butt Lane in North Staffordshire on 28 January 1870, daughter of brick maker Willam Nield and Jane ( Hammond) Nield. She was the second child and eldest daughter of 13 children. Her only sister had epilepsy, and Nield left school aged 11 to help her mother take care of the house, look after the family and to support her through her constant childbearing. Nield's childhood experiences shaped her views that, in order for women to lead individual lives and gain economic independence, housework and childcare should become professionalised. Career When she was in her 20s she worked in a shop in Nantwich then as a tailoress in the Compton Bros clothing factory in Crewe, Cheshire. She was dismissed from her fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation ''Staffs''.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north-west, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the south-east, the West Midlands (county), West Midlands county and Worcestershire to the south, and Shropshire to the west. The largest settlement is the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The county has an area of and a population of 1,131,052. Stoke-on-Trent is located in the north and is immediately adjacent to the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme. Stafford is in the centre of the county, Burton upon Trent in the east, and the city of Lichfield and Tamworth, Staffordshire, Tamworth in the south-east. For local government purposes Staffordshire comprises a non-metropolitan county, with nine districts, and the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area of Stoke-on-Trent. The county Historic counties of England, historical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parrot's Drumble
Parrot's Drumble is a nature reserve of the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. It is an area of woodland next to the village of Talke Pits, and about north of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in Staffordshire, England. Description Its area is . It is an ancient woodland, the area having been woodland for more than 400 years. It was once owned by a family named Parrot, and a "drumble" is a local word for a stream running through a wooded valley."Parrot's Drumble" ''Staffordshire Wildlife Trust''. Retrieved 11 February 2021. There are old mineworkings in the area, from which leaches, giving the stream a reddish colour. There is a walking trail through the wood, where there is |
Enoch Edwards (politician)
Enoch Edwards (April 1852 – 28 June 1912) was a British trade unionist and politician. Biography Edwards was born at Talk-o'-the Hill Staffordshire on 10 April 1852. He was the son of a pitman, and worked as a boy in a coal-mine. In 1870 he became treasurer of the North Staffordshire Miners' Association and was elected secretary to the same body in 1877. In 1880 he became president of the Midland Miners' Association; he was later president of the Miners' Federation of Great Britain in 1904. In 1884 he went to Burslem, where he became a member of the school board and town council in 1886, and later he became alderman and mayor. He was also a member of the Staffordshire County Council. He was elected to Parliament as the Lib-Lab MP for Hanley Hanley is one of the Federation of Stoke-on-Trent, six towns that, along with Burslem, Longton, Staffordshire, Longton, Fenton, Staffordshire, Fenton, Tunstall, Staffordshire, Tunstall and Stoke-upon-Trent, amalgamated to form the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audley, Staffordshire
Audley is a large village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Audley Rural, in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Newcastle-under-Lyme district, in Staffordshire, England. It is the centre of Audley Rural parish, approximately four miles (6 km) north west of Newcastle-under-Lyme and 3 miles (5 km) from Alsager near the Staffordshire-Cheshire border. Audley is located on the B5500 road, B5500, the former A52 road. Just south of the A500 road, A500, the village is approximately five minutes from the M6 motorway. The first mention of Audley is in the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was called ''Aldidelege'', when the lands were held by a Saxon called Gamel (Saxon), Gamel. At this time, the area was very sparsely populated, and because of its distance from the major towns of Stafford and Chester there was little outside contact. There was a medieval castle at Audley Castle Hill during the late 13th century; only a low earthwork remains of the former Motte-and-bailey, mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Heath-Caldwell
Major General Frederick Crofton Heath-Caldwell, (''né'' Heath: 21 February 1858 – 18 September 1945) was a senior British Army officer, who also served in the early Royal Air Force. Military career Joining the Royal Engineers in 1877, he was promoted to captain on 25 January 1888, and to major the following day. He served during the Anglo-Egyptian War, the Mahdist War, and the Second Boer War, during the last of which he was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 29 November 1900. After returning from South Africa, he was appointed Commanding Royal Engineer of the Southern sub-district at Gibraltar in early 1903. After serving as commander of the Scottish Coast Defences, he was promoted to major general in July 1914. During the First World War, which began just weeks later, he was posted to the War Office as director of military training (DMT) (1914–1916), served as General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Portsmouth (1916–1918), and, in what was to be his final military appoin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newcastle-under-Lyme (borough)
The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in Staffordshire, England. It is named after the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, where the council is based. The borough also includes the town of Kidsgrove and several villages and surrounding rural areas lying generally to the west of Newcastle itself. Most of the borough's built-up areas form part of The Potteries Urban Area. The neighbouring districts are Staffordshire Moorlands, Stoke-on-Trent, Borough of Stafford, Stafford, Shropshire (district), Shropshire and Cheshire East. History The town of Newcastle-under-Lyme was an ancient borough, established in the 12th century. It is known to have been granted a charter (since lost) around 1173 by Henry II of England, Henry II. The earliest surviving charter dates from 1235. The borough was formally incorporated in 1590 under a new charter from Elizabeth I. The borough was reform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borough Of Newcastle-under-Lyme
The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire, England. It is named after the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, where the council is based. The borough also includes the town of Kidsgrove and several villages and surrounding rural areas lying generally to the west of Newcastle itself. Most of the borough's built-up areas form part of The Potteries Urban Area. The neighbouring districts are Staffordshire Moorlands, Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford, Shropshire and Cheshire East. History The town of Newcastle-under-Lyme was an ancient borough, established in the 12th century. It is known to have been granted a charter (since lost) around 1173 by Henry II. The earliest surviving charter dates from 1235. The borough was formally incorporated in 1590 under a new charter from Elizabeth I. The borough was reformed in 1836 to become a municipal borough under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, which reformed many boroughs across the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
