Longsdon is a village and
civil parish
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in the
Staffordshire Moorlands district of
Staffordshire, England, about southwest of
Leek, on the
A53 road
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.
Civil parish
The civil parish was created in 1894. (Formerly Longsdon was part of a civil parish including
Endon
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and
Stanley
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.) The boundary partly follows Horton Brook in the west, Endon Brook in the south and, until 1934 when were transferred to Leek Urban District, the
River Churnet
The River Churnet is a river in Staffordshire, England. It is a tributary of the River Dove.
Etymology
The origins of the name "Churnet" are unknown, though it is thought to derive from the pre-English, British name for the river.
Course ...
in the east. Several farmhouses lie in the north of the civil parish, south of
Rudyard.
[A P Baggs, M F Cleverdon, D A Johnston and N J Tringham, "Leek: Longsdon", in ''A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 7, Leek and the Moorlands, ed. C R J Currie and M W Greenslade'' (London, 1996), pp. 202-209]
British History Online. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
Buildings
Longsdon Memorial Hall, south of the main road, dates from 1920, and was built as a memorial to the men of the village who died in the First World War.
Adjacent to the Memorial Hall is the pub The Wheel.
Dunwood Hall, in the west of the village and north of the main road, was built in 1871 for Thomas Hulme, a potter. It is a Grade II listed building. The architect was Robert Scrivener, and its style is regarded as
High Gothic
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.
St Chad's Church
Villagers used to attend the church at Endon. In 1871 a missionary church, also used as a school, was opened in Longsdon, in School Lane. The site was given by
John Robinson, of
Westwood Hall
Westwood Hall is a former stately home in Leek, Staffordshire, England.
It is a Grade II listed building. It has been a school since 1921, and is now Westwood College.
Description
The house, extended from an existing building, was created from 18 ...
in Leek. In 1889 the mission was transferred to the new parish of
All Saints', Leek.
[
In 1901, John Robinson gave land in Longsdon, off the main road, as the site of a new church, adjoining a burial ground for which he had donated land in 1899.][
The parish church of St Chad was built from 1903 to 1905. The architect was ]Gerald Horsley
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, and it is regarded as influenced by the work of Norman Shaw
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. It is a Grade II* listed building
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. The church is in perpendicular
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style; it has a west tower with a broach spire, and a south porch. The fittings are in Arts and Crafts style.[
The parish was created in 1906.][ St Chad is now one of the churches in the United Benefice of Cheddleton, Horton, Longsdon and Rushton Spencer, of the ]Diocese of Lichfield
The Diocese of Lichfield is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury, England. The bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary and Saint Chad in the city of Lichfield. The diocese covers of seve ...
."United Benefice of Cheddleton, Horton, Longsdon and Rushton Spencer"
Retrieved 13 September 2019.
See also
* Listed buildings in Longsdon
References
External links
Longsdon Parish Council
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Villages in Staffordshire
Staffordshire Moorlands