Tean is a large village in
Staffordshire,
England
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. It is around south-east of
Stoke-on-Trent. The
River Tean runs through the village, heading east towards Uttoxeter. Population details for the
2011 census can be found under
Checkley
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district.
The Heath House, a Gothic Revival mansion and estate, is located to the east of the village. The village also contains an historic tape mill (now converted into apartments / flats).
There are a number of pubs & shops, a doctors' surgery, nurseries, a village hall (Greatwood Hall), three churches, and a small park. There is free car parking signposted off one end of the High Street (between the two pubs).
Major employers in the area include
Alton Towers,
JCB,
Toyota
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, and
Fox's Biscuits.
History
Tape mill on High Street, Upper Tean
The village was within the ancient
Hundred
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In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to des ...
of
Totmonslow as ''Tene'' in the
Domesday Book
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survey of 1086, when it had 15 households.
In the 18th century, a tape weaving company was established in the village by John and Nathaniel Philips: in 1747 they bought Tean Hall, a half-timbered building in Upper Tean built in 1613, and it became a base for their company. Tapes were at first produced in tape-weavers' cottages, using
looms provided by the company. From the early 19th century, factories, housing steam-powered
Jacquard looms, were built in the village; the factories, adjacent to Tean Hall, were known as Tean Hall Mills.
''Staffordshire Past-track: Tean Hall, Upper Tean''
Staffordshire County Council, accessed 8 Aug 2014.
Manufacturing has ceased in Tean, but the mill buildings, now converted into apartments / flats, remain a notable feature of Upper Tean High Street.
Transport
The village is well positioned for transport, with road / bus connections east to Uttoxeter & Derby, and west to Stoke.
Tean lies at the crossroads of the A522 road between Cheadle, Staffordshire
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History
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and Uttoxeter
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, and the road from Blythe Bridge
Blythe Bridge is a village in Staffordshire, England, south-east of Stoke-on-Trent.
Etymology
Blythe Bridge is so called as it is built around the site of a bridge over the River Blithe (spelt differently from the name of the village itself), a ...
to Rocester. It is a 10-minute drive east or west to join the main A50 at either Uttoxeter or Blythe Bridge. From the A50 there are direct links to both the M1 and M6.
The village is approx. 50 minutes from both Manchester and East Midlands airports, and 1 hour 10 minutes from Birmingham airport.
The village was served by Tean railway station at Totmonslow (to the west of the village) until its closure in 1953. The nearest railway stations now are Blythe Bridge & Uttoxeter - both branch line - or Derby & Stoke - for main lines.
First Bus and D&G Buses serve the village.
Education
There are two primary schools in Tean: St Thomas' Roman Catholic and Greatwood; with most children progressing to secondary schools in either Cheadle or Uttoxeter. Other nearby secondary schools include: Denstone / Abbotsholme (Rocester) / JCB Academy (Rocester) / Blythe Bridge.
See also
* Listed buildings in Checkley
* J. & N. Philips
References
External links
Some photographs of Tean buildings
Great Wood Hall
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Villages in Staffordshire
Staffordshire Moorlands
