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Talke

Coordinates:53°04′37″N2°15′47″W / 53.077°N 2.263°W /53.077; -2.263
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Village in Staffordshire, England
This article is about the village. For the ward, seeTalke (ward).

Human settlement in England
Talke
Talke is located in Staffordshire
Talke
Talke
Location withinStaffordshire
OS grid referenceSJ824533
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSTOKE-ON-TRENT
Postcode districtST7
Dialling code01782
PoliceStaffordshire
FireStaffordshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
53°04′37″N2°15′47″W / 53.077°N 2.263°W /53.077; -2.263

Talke is a village in thecivil parish ofKidsgrove, in theNewcastle-under-Lyme district, inStaffordshire, England. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest ofNewcastle-under-Lyme and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of Kidsgrove.

Etymology

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Its unusual name is derived from the even more unusual "Talk o' th' Hill" which means 'bush on top of the hill'.[1] Talke is mentioned in theDomesday Book asTalc in 1086.

History

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The Talk-o'-th'-Hill Colliery, the scene of a fatal explosion on 13 December 1866; where 91 miners were killed.

Talke was made acivil parish on 1932 from the parish ofAudley, being transferred from the disbandedAudley Urban District toKidsgrove Urban District.[2] on 1 April 1974 it was absorbed and became part of the parish of Kidsgrove in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme.[3]

In 1951 the parish had a population of 6099.[4]

Talke andTalke Pits were formerly mining sites, which is why there are road names such as Coal Pit Hill.

Borders

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Talke borders onTalke Pits,Kidsgrove andButt Lane. It is on the border of Staffordshire andCheshire. The ancient bluebell wood atParrot's Drumble is nearby.[5]

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 (1852 in Talk-o'-the Hill – 1912) was a British trade unionist and politician, a Lib-Lab MP forHanley in 1906, then aLabour 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 theSpitfire aeroplane, was a native of local village, Butt Lane.[6]
  • Ada Nield Chew (1870 – 1945) Suffragist and labour organiser.[7][8]
  • Margaret O'Flynn (1920–2014), gynaecologist and pioneer of contraception services for women.

References

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  1. ^"Literary Heritage - Talke". Shropshire County Council. Archived fromthe original on 29 December 2006. Retrieved14 January 2007.
  2. ^"Unit history of Talke". A Vision of Britain. Archived fromthe original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved14 January 2007.
  3. ^"Newcastle-under-Lyme Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved22 February 2023.
  4. ^"Population statistics Talke CP/PA through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved22 February 2023.
  5. ^"Parrots Drumble".Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved25 November 2021.
  6. ^Ritchie, Sebastian."Mitchell, Reginald Joseph (1895–1937)."Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004. Retrieved: 21 August 2010.
  7. ^"Ada Nield Chew".Nantwich Museum. Retrieved27 December 2020.
  8. ^"Chew, Ada Nield (1870–1945), labour organizer and suffragist".Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004.doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39080. Retrieved27 December 2020. (Subscription orUK public library membership required.)

External links

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