Bignall End is a village in
Staffordshire
Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...
, England, near Junction 16 of the
M6 motorway.
History
It is a part of the
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
of
Audley Rural
Audley Rural is a parish of Staffordshire, England, located four miles to the north-west of the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is predominantly a rural area, of which Audley is the centre. Other settlements are Alsagers Bank, Bignall End, H ...
, which comprises Audley, Bignall End, Wood Lane,
Miles Green,
Halmer End
Halmer End is a small village in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, neighbouring the small hamlet of Alsagers Bank and the larger village of Audley.
Population details as taken in the 2011 census can be found under Audley ...
and
Alsagers Bank
Alsagers Bank is a village in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire. Population details at the 2011 census can be found under Audley Rural
Audley Rural is a parish of Staffordshire, England, located four miles to the no ...
.
There are two public houses, The Swan (or "the duck") on Chapel Street and the Plough on Ravens Lane.
Bignall End Working Men's Club was demolished and had residential accommodation built on it. Audley Football Club is also in Bignall End.
In 1851, Bignall End was described as having "a number of scattered houses and cottages, one mile E of Audley, and several collieries".
In January 1895, an inrush of water into
Audley Colliery resulted in the deaths of 77 miners.
Cricket
Three England cricketers, Jack Ikin,
Bob Taylor and
Kim Barnett have played for Bignall End Cricket Club
See also
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Listed buildings in Audley Rural
References
External links
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Villages in Staffordshire
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme