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A History of the County of Stafford
… Head; Bull's Head, see Leek and Lowe: inns (Black's Head) Churnet Valley Hotel, Cock, George, Globe, Golden Lion, Green …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which are sent to various parts of the kingdom. The river Churnet, and the Uttoxeter branch of the Trent and Mersey … run parallel with each other through the parish; and the Churnet-Valley branch of the North-Staffordshire railway will …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… scenery, and the lower grounds are watered by the river Churnet. The substratum is chiefly coal, of which several …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… within half a mile of the town, and near it runs the river Churnet. Along the beautiful vale of this river, passes the Churnet-Valley portion of the North Staffordshire railway, … is an extensive township between two branches of the river Churnet, comprising within its limits many scattered houses, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… 75 A railway opened in 1867 from Stoke-uponTrent to the Churnet Valley line at Leekbrook south of Leek ran through …
A History of the County of Stafford
… boundary followed tributaries of the Dane and of the river Churnet, crossed Morridge, and then followed the river Hamps. Much of the southern boundary followed the Churnet and its tributaries. The western boundary was marked … century, considered the area between the source of the Churnet and Dieulacres 'one of the barrenest countries I …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Moor, and a small area on the south bank of the river Churnet north of the town. 40 A market centre by the 13th … Tittesworth respectively, and the detached portion by the Churnet became part of the urban district. Lowe civil parish … by various watercourses except on the north-east: the Churnet on the north-west and west, Leek brook on the south, …
A History of the County of Stafford
… Dieulacres abbey, founded in 1214, stood near the river Churnet in the south part of the township, and its granges … 13th century, 67 and Back brook, which flows south to the Churnet. 68 The Churnet itself forms the southern boundary with Tittesworth …
A History of the County of Stafford
… the road to Leek. The boundary followed in part the river Churnet and Endon and Horton brooks on the east, south, and … m.) beside Endon brook and c. 490 ft. (149 m.) beside the Churnet and Horton brook. It rises towards the north, … The road between Newcastle-under-Lyme and Leek crossed the Churnet by a bridge at Wall, apparently first built in or …
A History of the County of Stafford
… in 1878. 73 The North Staffordshire Railway Co.'s Churnet Valley line between Leek and Macclesfield, opened in … 1824. Above, Leek and Lowe, communications. R. Keys, Churnet Valley Railway (Hartington, 1974), 9, 36; B. Jeuda, …