Loggerheads is a village and

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in north-west Staffordshire, England, on the A53 between

Market Drayton Market Drayton is a market town and electoral ward in the north of Shropshire, England, close to the Cheshire and Staffordshire borders. It is on the River Tern, and was formerly known as "Drayton in Hales" (c. 1868) and earlier simply as "D ...

and Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Name

The village takes its name from that of the public house, which used to be known as The Three Loggerheads (meaning "The Three Fools") and is now simply The Loggerheads.

History

The village is close to the border with

Shropshire Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...

and Cheshire. It has a

Telford Telford () is a town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, about east of Shrewsbury, south west of Stafford, north west of Wolverhampton and from Birmingham in t ...

postcode and a Shropshire address, but is governed by the Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council in Staffordshire. Historically the modern parish of Loggerheads lay within the Township (for tithes) of Drayton in Hales. Loggerheads was home to the Cheshire Joint Sanatorium, a

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sanitorium A sanatorium (from Latin '' sānāre'' 'to heal, make healthy'), also sanitarium or sanitorium, are antiquated names for specialised hospitals, for the treatment of specific diseases, related ailments and convalescence. Sanatoriums are often ...

, which stood in the Burntwood woodland. It was opened in the 1920s and the last two patients were discharged in October 1969. The premises stood empty for a few years until Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council purchased the site for redevelopment in 1977. The Burntwood, part of the

Blore Forest Blore () is a small village and parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands District of England. It is on an acclivity above Dovedale, three and a half miles north west of Ashbourne, including the hamlet of Swinscoe, one mile (1.6 km) to the so ...

, was once a large

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woodland but is now predominantly coniferous. The oak trees were removed to make way for the quicker growing softwoods which are of more commercial value. The village of

Ashley, Staffordshire Ashley is a village and former civil parish in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme of Staffordshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 508. The village is close to the border of Shropshire, adjacent to Loggerheads, and ...

is adjacent. The village has a large number of

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.Listed buildings in Loggerheads
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Schools

The Hugo Meynell Primary School
* St Mary's School Mucklestone
website

Other places nearby

* Whitmore *

Woore Woore is a village and civil parish in the north east of Shropshire, England, of about 3,950 acres (1,600 hectares). It had a population of 1,004 in the 2001 Census, rising to 1,069 at the 2011 Census. Etymology The name means "boundary" in an ...

* Croxton *

Eccleshall Eccleshall is a town and civil parish in the Stafford district, in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is located seven miles northwest of Stafford, and six miles west-southwest of Stone. Eccleshall is twinned with Sancerre in France. His ...

Mucklestone Mucklestone is a small village in Staffordshire, England. Population details taken at the 2011 census can be found under Loggerheads. It is about nine miles (14 km) northwest of Eccleshall, and four and a half miles northeast of Market Dr ...

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