Hilderstone
Hilderstone lies east of Stone. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon name of ‘Hildewulf’ meaning ‘warrior wolf’ and ‘tun’, meaning farm. At the time of the Domesday Survey of 1086, the manor of Helduluestone, ...
Hints
Hints is situated on the slope between Watling Street and the Black or Bourne Brook, a tributary of the River Tame. The name, Hints, is derived from ‘hynt’, a Celtic word meaning a road. Robert Plot in ...
Ilam
The village of Ilam is situated in an idyllic position at the southern end of the Manifold valley and Dovedale. It does not appear in the Domesday Book although parts of the church are of Saxon origin ...
Ipstones
Ipstones is a Moorland village and has a high situation on the road from Froghall to Longnor about four miles north-west of Cheadle. There are splendid views from Ipstones Edge in all directions.
The ...
Junction between Stubbs' Gate and London Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A very tranquil scene at the road junction between London Road and Stubbs' Gate. Note the lack of a solid road surface. Tarmac was not used in the town centre until about 1930, and does not appear in ...
Keele
Keele is situated three miles north west of Newcastle under Lyme. There are two suggestions for the meaning of the name. The first is from Old English with kye as the plural of cow and with Old English ...
Kidsgrove
Kidsgrove is situated north-west of The Potteries on the border with Cheshire. It is a former coal mining village, which grew into a small industrial town in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It ...
Kingstone
Kingstone lies about three miles south-west of Uttoxeter, close to the River Blythe and within the boundaraies of the Forest of Needwood. The name ‘Kingstone’ originates from the Old English, ‘cyninges’ ...
Kinver
The village of Kinver is situated in the south-west corner of Staffordshire and is dominated by Kinver Edge, renowned for its rock houses. Its attractive scenery earned it the description of ‘the Switzerland ...
Knighton
Knighton is situated to the south - west of Eccleshall. It is in the parish of Adbaston. The name may mean ‘the boy’s (or servant’s) town. In the Domesday Book of 1086 Knighton appears as ‘Chnitestone’ ...
Knutton
Knutton is now a built - up suburb of Newcastle under Lyme and it is perhaps hard to appreciate that there has been a settlement here since the time of the Domesday Survey of 1086 when it appears as ‘Clotone’. ...
Lapley
Lapley is a parish of two communities and former townships, Lapley and Wheaton Aston, situated to the west of Penkridge.
The name, Lapley, probably comes from the Saxon ‘Laeppa Leah’, meaning a woodland ...
London Road and Stubbs Gate, Newcastle-under-Lyme
A very different scene to the oftentimes busy London Road of today. Note in particular the lack of a solid road surface and the horse and cart parked in Stubbs Gate (middle-left of image).
Longnor
The village of Longnor is situated on a high ridge, 956 feet above sea level, in the Staffordshire Moorlands with the river Dove as its western boundary. Some parts of the parish rise to 1,182 feet. ...
Madeley
Madeley is situated in north-west Staffordshire on the border with Shropshire and is distinctive for its large and picturesque mill pool. The village was also well known in Staffordshire and beyond for ...
Maer
The small and attractive village of Maer lies in the west of the county, situated under the Maer Hills and adjacent to Maer Pool, a small natural lake. The name itself derives from ‘mere’, meaning a large ...
Main Road, Milford
Main Road, Milford, looking east towards the Barley Mow and Milford Common..
Map of Estates in the Parishes of Audley and Wolstanton
This map shows the estates in Audley and Wolstanton, belonging to the representatives of the late John Wedgwood Esquire.
John Wedgwood died 6 Feb 1839 and declared in his will: "I desire my body to ...