Talke is a village in
Staffordshire, England, northwest of
Newcastle-under-Lyme and southwest of
Kidsgrove. Population details taken at the
2011 census can be found under Kidsgrove.
Etymology
Its unusual name is derived from the even more unusual "Talk o' th' Hill" which means 'bush on top of the hill'. Talke is mentioned in the
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...
as ''Talc'' in 1086.
History
Talke was made a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
in 1932, being transferred from the disbanded
Audley Urban District to
Kidsgrove Urban District which subsequently became part of the
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, but includes the town of Kidsgrove and village ...
.
Talke and
Talke Pits were formerly mining sites, which is why there are road names such as Coal Pit Hill.
Borders
Talke borders on
Talke Pits,
Kidsgrove and
Butt Lane
Butt Lane is a village in North Staffordshire near the town of Kidsgrove in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, North Staffordshire. Butt Lane borders on Church Lawton in Cheshire. A ward of the borough is named after the place.
Notable people
...
. It is on the border of Staffordshire and
Cheshire. The ancient bluebell wood at
Parrot's Drumble is nearby.
Notable people
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Thomas Alcock (1789-1870), Early Primitive Methodist preacher, his name appeared on the first handwritten plan of the Tunstall Circuit in 1810. He is number 12 on the first printed plan. Thomas’ brother William also appeared on the first plan. In 1818, William Alcock was No. 6 on the Tunstall circuit plan.
*
Enoch Edwards Enoch Edwards may refer to:
* Enoch Edwards (trade unionist)
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
...
(1852 in Talk-o'-the Hill – 1912) was a British trade unionist and politician, a Lib-Lab MP for
Hanley in 1906, then a
Labour Party MP in 1909.
*
Frederick Heath-Caldwell (1858–1945), British Army officer and RAF general, inherited the Linley Wood estate near the village
*
Reginald Mitchell (1895–1937), the creator of the
Spitfire
The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. Many variants of the Spitfire were built, from the Mk 1 to the Rolls-Royce Grif ...
aeroplane, was a native of local village, Butt Lane.
*
Ada Nield Chew
Ada Nield Chew (28 January 1870 – 27 December 1945) was a campaigning socialist and a British suffragist. Her name is on the plinth of Millicent Fawcett's statue in Parliament Square, London.
Life
Nield was born on a White Hall Farm, Talk ...
(1870 – 1945) Suffragist and labour organiser.
*
Margaret O'Flynn (1920–2014), gynaecologist and pioneer of contraception services for women.
References
External links
History of Talke church and its saint; ''followed by'' comprehensive history of TalkeFormer Hilltop Primary School
Villages in Staffordshire
Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme
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