A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 7, Leek and the Moorlands. Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1996.
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Index
K-Z
Kent:
Phil. (brickmaker),
- (builder),
Kerrygold Co. Ltd.,
Kevelioc, Hugh of, earl of Chester,
Key:
Rob.,
fam.,
Keyworth, W. G., vicar of All Saints', Leek,
Kidd:
John, and his w.,
-,
Killmister, Geo. Ridgway,
Kilvert:
Cath.,
John,
King, Jas., Baron Eythin,
Kingsley,
Kinlet (Salop.),
Kipling, Rudyard,
Kirknewton (Northumb.),
Knight:
John,
Thos.,
Knights Hospitallers,
Kniveden, see Leek and Lowe
Kniveden brook,
Knotbury, see Quarnford
Knowles:
Joshua,
fam.,
Knowsley, see Sheen
Knox, Sir David,
Knypersley, see Biddulph
Kynnersley:
Clement,
Thos.,
Labour Church, see William Morris Labour Church
Labour party,
labour services,
Ladderedge, see Longsdon
Lady Edge, see Fawfieldhead
Lady moor, see Endon
Lancashire, and see Liverpool; Manchester; Warrington
Lancashire & Yorkshire Bank Ltd.,
Lancaster:
earldom (later duchy) of,
earls (later dukes) of, and see Edmund
land surveyors,
Lankford, Harry,
Lask Edge, see Horton
Laugharn, Wm.,
Lawrence, P. N., curate of St. Luke's,
Leek,
lawyers,
Lea, Wm. Brown,
lead mining,
Leake, West (Notts.), n
Lee:
Annie, m. Sir Phil. Lancaster Brocklehurst, Bt.,
Geo.,
and see Ayton
Lee Laughton, see Horton
Leech, John,
Leeds (Yorks. W. R.),
Leek:
as address,
ancient par.,
buildings,
double sunset,
geol.,
map,
par. govt.,
fee,
forest, see Leekfrith
town, see Leek and Lowe
Leek and Lowe (including Leek town),
plates
agric.,
almshos., plate
ambulances,
Anglo-Saxon crosses, plates
Anti-Corn Law League,
apothecaries, see Leek and Lowe: medical practitioners
art sch.,
arts club,
arts festival,
assocs. for prosecution of felons,
Ball Haye Green,
mission ch.,
prot. nonconf.,
schs.,
Ballington,
Ballington wood,
Ballington Ho.,
bands,
banks,
Barnfields farm, see Leek and Lowe: farms
Barngates,
baths,
bingo hall,
Birchall,
Big Birchall,
Birchall Dale,
Birchall meadows,
grange,
Blackshaw Moor, q. v.
Blanketeers,
boro.,
burgages,
burgesses,
bowling,
bridges, plate
Britannia Ho., plate
British restaurant,
Brough Pk., see Leek and Lowe: pks.
building socs., plate
buses,
Buxton Villa,
canal,
Catteslowe, see Leek and Lowe: Cock Low
Cawdry Buildings,
cemetery,
chapels,
chars.,
Chartists,
choral socs.,
chs.:
All Saints', plates vicar, and see Keyworth; Wright
St. Edward's, plate chantries, churchyard, clergy, and see Banne; Barnes; Bentley; Bowyer; Deacon; Fowler; Heathcote; Jackson; Loxdale;Maude; Osbourne; Patrick; Ribbans; Roades; Walthall; Wattes; William; organ, sermons and lectures,
St. John's,
St. Luke's, clergy, and see Beresford; Joberns; Lawrence; Pidcock; Wright
St. Paul's,
cinemas,
circus,
Citizens' Advice Bureau,
Civil War,
Club Day,
clubs,
choral socs.,
coaches,
Cock Low (formerly Catteslowe),
Compton Ho.,
Compton Terrace,
co-operative soc.,
Cornhill Cross,
county ct.,
cricket,
cripples' clinic,
Cruso Nursing Assoc.,
cucking stool,
curfew,
cycling,
dancing assemblies,
dispensary,
doctors, see Leek and Lowe: medical practitioners
double sunset, see Leek: ancient par.
dramatic socs.,
drinking fountains,
educ.,
chars.,
domestic studies,
further and adult,
youth centres,
and see Leek and Lowe: schs.
electricity,
Embroidery Soc.,
evacuees,
fairs,
farms,
Barnfields (formerly Barnfield) farm,
Wall Bridge farm, plate
the Field,
fields,
fire (1297),
fire precautions,
fisheries,
folk customs,
football,
Foxlowe,
Freemasons,
French prisoners,
friendly socs.,
gallows,
gardening socs.,
gas,
Gaunt Ho.,
geol.,
golf,
Greystones,
Hall Ho., and see Leek and Lowe: inns
Haregate, see Tittesworth
the Hole,
hospitals, plate
housing,
improvement commissioners,
inc.,
industrial estates,
ind., see Leek and Lowe: trade and ind.
inns:
Angel, see Leek and Lowe: inns (Swan)
Black Swan,
Black's Head (formerly Buffalo's Head, Bull's Head, and Blackamoor's Head),
plate
Blue Ball,
Britannia Tavern,
Buffalo's Head; Bull's Head, see Leek and Lowe: inns (Black's Head)
Churnet Valley Hotel,
Cock,
George,
Globe,
Golden Lion,
Green Dragon, see Leek and Lowe: inns (Swan)
Green Man,
Marquess of Granby,
Pump,
Red Lion (1698),
Red Lion (formerly Hall Ho.),
Roebuck, plate
Swan (1560s),
Swan (formerly Green Dragon and Angel),
Travellers' Rest,
Wilkes's Head,
Jacobites,
Kniveden,
Kniveden Hall,
Lady o' th' Dale well,
lawyers,
Leek moor,
Leekbrook,
librs.,
Littlehales,
local govt.,
lock-up,
Lowe,
Lowe Hill,
manors,
manorial govt.,
maps,
mkts.,
cattle,
plate
mkt. crosses,
mkt. halls,
mkt. place, plates
Maude Ch. Inst., plate
mayor,
mechanics' inst.,
medical practitioners:
apothecaries,
physicians,
surgeons,
mills:
corn,
silk, see Leek and Lowe: silk
Milward Hall,
Moorlands Ho.,
moot hall,
Mount Pleasant,
museum,
music hall,
music socs.,
musicians,
Nab Hill,
National Reserve Club,
New Stockwell Ho.,
newspapers,
newsrooms,
Newton Ho.,
Nicholson Inst.,
Nicholson War Memorial,
O'Donnell's Square,
operatic socs.,
pks.,
Brough Pk.,
parl. representation,
Petty France, plate
petty sessions,
physicians, see Leek and Lowe: medical practitioners
Pickwood,
pinfold,
place names,
policing,
police stas., plate
poor relief,
workhos., plate
pop.,
postal services,
prehist. remains,
prot. nonconf.,
Baptists,
Christian Brethren,
Congregationalists, plates
Family of Love,
Friends, Soc. of (Quakers),
Jehovah's Witnesses,
Methodists, New Connexion, Primitive, Wesleyan, plate
Pentecostalists,
Plymouth Brethren,
Presbyterians,
Quakers, see Leek and Lowe: prot. nonconf. (Friends)
Ranters,
Salvation Army,
Salvation Navy,
Seventh Day Adventists,
Spiritualists,
Swedenborgians,
United Christian Army,
United Reformed Church, plate
William Morris Labour Church,
public health,
public services,
rabbit warrens,
rly. stas., plate
recreation grounds,
rectory,
rds.,
roller-skating rink,
Rom. Cath.,
Roman remains,
Rose Bank Ho.,
rugby football,
Sanders Buildings,
schs.,
chars.,
children from outlying areas,
grammar sch., plate
night schs.,
private schs.,
special schs.,
Sunday schs.,
technical sch.,
scold's bridle,
Second World War,
sewage,
silk, plate
ancillary trades,
dyeing, plate
manufacturers' assocs.,
mills, Albion Mill, plate Alexandra Mill, plate Belle Vue Mills, plate Big Mill, plate Brunswick Mill, California Mill, Compton Mills, Cross St. Mill, Euston Mills, Hope Mill, London Mill, London Mills, Old Bank Mill, Portland Mills, Star Mills, plate Victoria Mills, Waterloo Mills, Wellington Mills, York Mill,
silk sch.,
trade unions,
twisting, plate
weaving,
slum clearance,
Smithfield Centre,
soup kitchens,
sport,
Spout Gate,
Spout Hall,
stocks,
Stockwell Ho.,
streets:
Abbey Green (formerly Broad Bridge) Rd., and n
Abbotts Rd., see Tittesworth
Albert St.,
Albion St.,
Alsop St.,
Angle St.,
Ashbourne (formerly London) Rd.,
Back of the Street, see Leek and Lowe: streets (Belle Vue Rd.)
Ball Haye Rd., see Leek and Lowe: streets (Novi Lane)
Ball Haye St.,
Ball Lane, plate
Barngate St.,
Bath St.,
Beggars Lane,
Belle Vue Rd. (formerly Back of the Street and Belle Vue),
Britannia St.,
Broad Bridge Rd., see Leek and Lowe: streets (Abbey Green Rd.)
Broad St. (formerly Spooner's Lane and Canal St.),
Brook St. (formerly Spout Lane and Workhouse St.),
Browhill,
Brunswick St.,
Burton St.,
Buxton Rd.,
Canal St., see Leek and Lowe: streets (Broad St.)
Chorley St.,
Church St.,
Compton,
Cornhill St.,
Cromwell Terrace,
Cross St.,
Cruso St.,
Custard St. see Leek and Lowe: streets (Stanley St.)
Daintry St.,
Dampier St.,
Deansgate,
Derby St., plate
Duke St.,
Earl St.,
Field St.,
Ford St.,
Fountain St.,
Garden St.,
Gladstone St.,
Grosvenor St.,
Grove St.,
Hartington St.,
Haywood St.,
High St.,
Hillswood Ave.,
Horsecroft Grove,
Horton St.,
Hugo St.,
Inkerman Terrace,
James St.,
Jolliffe St.,
Junction Rd.,
Kiln Lane,
King St., and see Leek and Lowe: streets (Regent St.)
Langford St.,
Leonard St.,
Livingstone St.,
London Rd., see Leek and Lowe: streets (Ashbourne Rd.)
London St.,
Market St.,
Milk St.,
Mill St.,
Moorhouse St.,
Morley St.,
Nab Hill Ave.,
Nelson St.,
New St.,
North St.,
Novi Lane (formerly Ball Haye Rd.),
Osborne St.,
Park Rd.,
Pickwood Close,
Picton St.,
Portland St.,
Prince St.,
Pump St.,
Queen St.,
Queen's Drive,
Regent (formerly King) St.,
Roebuck Lane, see Leek and Lowe: streets (Russell St.)
Rose Bank St.,
Russell St. (formerly Roebuck Lane),
St. Edward (formerly Spout) St.,
St. George's Row,
Salisbury St.,
Sandon St. (formerly Sandon Rd.),
Sheepmarket,
Shirburn Rd.,
Shirley St.,
Shoobridge St.,
Silk St.,
Sneyd St.,
South St.,
Southbank St.,
Spencer Ave. (formerly Spencer St.),
Spooner's Lane, see Leek and Lowe: streets (Broad St.)
Spout Lane, see Leek and Lowe: streets (Brook St.)
Spout St., see Leek and Lowe: streets (St. Edward St.)
Spring Gardens,
Stanley (formerly Custard) St.,
Station St.,
Stockwell St.,
Strangman St.,
Talbot St.,
Union St.,
Vicarage Rd.,
Victoria St.,
Wall St.,
Waterloo St.,
Well St.,
Wellington St.,
West St.,
Weston St.,
Westwood Grove,
Westwood Rd.,
Westwood Terrace,
Wood St.,
Workhouse St., see Leek and Lowe: streets (Brook St.)
York St.,
Youngs Rd.,
surgeons, see Leek and Lowe: medical practitioners
telephone service,
Temperance Hall,
temperance soc.,
tennis,
theatres,
tithes,
tithe barn,
town crier,
town halls, plates
Town Lands,
town yard,
trade and ind.,
antiques,
bookselling,
boots and shoes,
brewing,
brickmaking,
button trade,
clocks and watches,
dairy products,
furniture,
metal trades,
printing,
quarrying,
rope making,
silk, see Leek and Lowe: silk
soft drinks,
tobacco,
Union Buildings,
vestry,
volunteers (cavalry, infantry, rifle),
wake,
Wall Bridge farm, see Leek and Lowe: farms
warden of Leek,
water supplies,
Westwood,
golf club,
grange,
housing estates,
Westwood Hall, plates
Woodcroft,
Woodcroft Grange,
workhos., see Leek and Lowe: poor relief
yeomanry,
youth centres, see Leek and Lowe: educ.
Leek & Manifold Valley light railway,
Leek and Meerbrook ecclesiastical parish,
Leek and Moorlands Building Society (formerly Leek and Moorlands Permanent Benefit Building Society),
Leek and Moorlands Co-operative Society,
Leek and North Staffordshire Benefit Building and Investment Society,
Leek and Westbourne Building Society,
Leek Benefit Building Society,
Leek brook,
Leek Building Society,
Leek Chemicals Ltd.,
Leek Gas Light Co.,
Leek Mineral Water Co.,
Leek News,
Leek parliamentary division,
Leek Patronage Board,
Leek poor-law union, plate
Leek Post,
Leek Post & Times,
Leek rural district,
Leek rural sanitary district,
Leek Spun Silk Spinning & Manufacturing Co.,
Leek Times,
Leek United and Midlands Building Society (formerly Leek United Permanent Benefit Building Society),
Leek United Benefit Building Society,
Leek urban district,
Leek, Westbourne and Eastern
Counties Building Society,
Leekbrook, see Leek and Lowe
Leekfrith,
Abbey Farm, see Leekfrith: farms
Abbey Green,
wake,
agric.,
assoc. for prosecution of felons,
Blackshaw moor, see Blackshaw Moor
Bridge End,
bridges,
chars.,
ch., see Meerbrook
cricket ground,
farms,
Abbey Farm, plate
Five Clouds,
Foker,
forest,
free warren,
geol.,
gibbet,
Hazelwood,
Hen Cloud,
Highfield Hall,
Highfield pk.,
Hulme, Middle,
Hulme, Nether,
Hulme, Upper, q.v.
inc.,
ind.,
inns,
Lud's Church,
man.,
manorial govt.,
map,
Meerbrook, q.v.
Middle Hulme, see Leekfrith: Hulme, Middle
mills, and see Hulme, Upper
Nether Hulme, see Leekfrith: Hulme, Nether
Over Hulme, see Hulme, Upper
packhorse way,
place names,
Poolend,
poor relief,
poorho.,
pop.,
prehist. remains,
prot. nonconf.,
rabbit warrens,
reservoir, see Tittesworth: reservoir
the Roaches,
rds.,
Roche Grange,
schs., see Meerbrook
tanning,
Thorneyleigh,
tollho.,
Turner's pool,
Upper Hulme, see Hulme, Upper
wakes,
wallabies,
water supply,
Wetwood,
woodland,
Lees:
John,
Ralph,
Leftwich, Ric. of,
Leftwich (in Davenham, Ches.),
Legh, Ric., curate of Meerbrook,
Leicestershire, see Coalville; Lockington; Loughborough
Leiden (the Netherlands),
Leigh, Marg.,
Lestrange:
John (fl. 1168-9),
John (fl. 1197),
Margery (or Margaret), m. Thos. Noel, Thos. of Whitchurch,
Lethaby, W. R.,
Leveson:
Jas.,
Sir Ric.,
fam. (later Leveson-Gower),
Leveson-Gower, Geo. Granville, duke of Sutherland,
Levinge:
Ric.,
Sir Ric., Bt.,
Leycester:
John,
Marg., see Grosvenor
Peter (d. 1577),
Peter (fl. 1580),
Thos.,
Liberal party,
Lichfield, bps. of (or of Coventry, Coventry and Lichfield, Lichfield and Coventry), and see Cornhill; Egerton; Hacket; Peche; Stavensby; Weseham
Lichfield Diocesan Board of Education,
Lichfield Diocesan Church Extension Society (formerly Lichfield Diocesan Church Building Society),
Lichfield Diocesan Trust,
limestone burning,
Lisbon (Portugal),
Little Chell, see Wolstanton
Littlebury, Rog. of,
Littlehales:
Wm. Spooner,
his dau., m. Joshua Brough,
Liverpool,
Lloyd:
Mary,
Thos.,
Lloyds Bank,
Lockett, John,
Lockington (Leics.), vicar of, see Croft
Lode, see Alstonefield civil parish
Lomas:
Dinah,
Geo.,
John (fl. 1759),
John (d. 1823),
John (fl. 1834-51),
Lombe, John,
London,
as address,
Bond St.,
evacuees,
Leadenhall St.,
lord mayor,
Margaret St. chap.,
London & Westminster Bank Ltd.,
London County Westminster & Parr's
Bank Ltd., see Westminster Bank
Ltd.
Long Edge, see Rushton James
Longden, R. T.,
Longden & Venables,
Longford, Nic.,
Longford (Derb.),
Longnor,
agric.,
assoc. for prosecution of felons,
band,
bridges,
buses,
Carder Green,
carriers,
Chapel St., plate
chars.,
cheese factors,
choral soc.,
ch., plate
clergy, and see Bradley; Buckwell; Gretton; Paddy; Robinson; Story
vicarage ho.,
craft centre,
electricity,
fairs,
farms,
fire brigade,
Freemasons,
friendly socs.,
geol.,
inc.,
ind.,
inns,
Islington,
libr.,
man.,
manorial govt.,
map,
mkt.,
mkt. place, plate
mill,
pinfolds,
place name,
policing,
poor relief,
poorho.,
workho.,
pop.,
postal service,
post office,
prot. nonconf., plate
reading rooms,
rds.,
salter,
schs.,
sewage works,
shopkeepers,
stocks,
tithes,
tollho.,
village hall,
wakes,
water supply,
water works,
well-dressing,
Windyridge,
Women's Inst.,
workho., see Longnor: poor relief
Longport, see Burslem
Longsdon,
agric.,
Bradshaw,
bridges,
canal,
char.,
chase,
ch.,
vicar, see Warren
Denford,
dramatic soc.,
Dunwood (formerly Nether Longsdon),
Dunwood Hall,
electricity,
farms,
fords,
free warren,
friendly soc.,
geol.,
Great Longsdon,
Harracles,
Harracles Hall, plate
Hollinhay, and see Olynleye
inc.,
ind.,
inns,
Ladderedge,
Little Longsdon,
Longsdon moor,
Longsdon pool,
mans.,
manorial govt.,
map,
mill,
Nether Longsdon, see Longsdon: Dunwood
Over Longsdon,
place names,
poor relief,
poorho.,
pop.,
post offices,
prot. nonconf.,
pumping sta., see Longsdon: water supply
rabbit warren,
rly.,
reservoirs,
rds.,
schs.,
sewerage,
sewage works,
springs,
Stonelowe Hall,
Sutherland Rd.,
Taylor's Green,
tithes,
tithe barn,
tollho.,
village hall,
Wall,
Wall Grange,
water supply,
pumping sta., plate
Women's Inst.,
woodland,
Longton:
Lane End,
Polish Centre,
St John's ch.,
Longton Mutual Permanent Benefit Building Society,
Longworth:
Hen., curate of Sheen,
Thos.,
Loughborough (Leics.),
Lourie, Nic.,
love ales,
Lovell, Georgiana, m. Sir John Harpur
Crewe, Bt.,
Lovenbury, Geo., and his w.,
Lower Elkstone, see Elkstone, Lower
Lowe:
Rebecca,
Rob.,
W. J.,
- (architect),
Lowe, see Leek and Lowe
Lowndes, Wm.,
Lownds:
Colin,
Edith, m. Wm. Waters,
Loxdale, Thos., vicar of Seighford,
later vicar of Leek,
Lucas, Marg., see Brindley
Lud's Church, see Leekfrith
Lum Edge, see Fawfieldhead; Warslow
Lumford, John,
Lyme, John of,
Lymford, Hen. of,
Lymford, see Rushton Spencer
Lynam, Chas.,
Macclesfield, earls of, and see
Parker
Macclesfield (Ches.),
as address,
button trade,
curate, see Heapy
silk ind.,
Macenski, Marcellin,
Machin, John,
Maddock:
John,
Randle,
Madeley, see Wrinehill
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi,
Mainzer, Jos.,
Malbank:
Aenora, m. Rob. Bardolf,
Alda, m. Warin de Vernon,
Hugh,
Philippa, m. Thos. Basset,
Wm. (fl. 1086),
Wm. (d. 1176),
fam.,
Malbank Frith, see Alstonefield forest
Malbon, John, curate of Sheen,
Malbon forest, see Alstonefield forest
Mallors:
Jas.,
Tobias,
Manchester,
as address,
Belle Vue,
cotton trade,
silk ind.,
smallwares trade,
Swedenborgian missionary,
Manchester and Liverpool District
Bank, see District Bank Ltd.
Manclark, Ric.,
Manifold, Hen., vicar of Brackley
(Northants.),
Manifold, river,
as boundary,
crossings,
Manifold Valley Dairies Association
Ltd.,
Manley, Wm.,
Margaret, Princess,
markets,
Marriott, - (brewer),
Martins Bank Ltd.,
Mary, queen of George V,
as dchss. of York,
Mary of Cambridge, Princess, m. Fra., duke of Teck,
Maskrey, Wm.,
Mason, John,
Massey:
Ant.,
Bart.,
Geo.,
Ric.,
Mathews, John and Jabez,
Maude, C. B., vicar of Leek, later
archdeacon of Salop and vicar
of St. Chad's, Shrewsbury,
Maximilian, emperor of Mexico,
Mayfield,
Hanging Bridge,
vicar,
Meakin:
Thos., curate of Rushton Spencer,
Wm., curate of Rushton Spencer,
Mears:
C. and G.,
T.,
Mears & Stainbank,
medical practitioners,
Meer brook,
Meerbrook, Rob. of,
Meerbrook,
ch., plate
clergy, see Bullocke; Clarke; Legh; Smallwood; Turner, Dan., Jas.
vicarage ho.,
inns,
post office,
prot. nonconf.,
sch., plate
village hall,
wake,
Women's Inst.,
youth hostel, plate
Meir (formerly in Caverswall, later in Stoke-on-Trent), airfield,
Melland, Wm., curate of Rushton
Spencer,
Mellon, Harriot, later dchss. of St.
Albans,
Mellor:
Eliz. (fl. 1770),
Eliz. (fl. 1808), m. - Jones,
John,
Micah,
Rob.,
Sam.,
Susannah,
Wm. (fl. 1786),
Wm. (fl. 1800),
fam.,
Mercantile Bank of Lancashire Ltd.,
Mercia, earl of, see Alfgar
Merryton Low, see prehistoric remains: barrows
metal trades, and see engineering;
iron working; tinplate
Methodists,
Primitive,
Wesleyan, plates
and see Leek and Lowe: prot. nonconf.
Mexico, emperor of, see Maximilian
Mickleover (Derb.), see Findern
Microplants (firm),
Middle Hulme, see Leekfrith: Hulme,
Middle
Middlesex, see Chelsea; Ealing;
Whitechapel
Middleton (in Wirksworth, Derb.),
Midland Bank,
Miles, Thos., puritan minister at
Onecote,
Mill Dale, see Alstonefield civil parish
Milldale, see Alstonefield civil parish
Miller, M. H.,
Mills:
Cath., m. John Cave-Browne,
Thos. (d. 1802),
Thos. (d. 1821),
Wm. (d. 1695),
Wm. (d. 1749),
Milner:
Edith,
R. S.,
Milton, see Norton-in-the-Moors
mining, see coal mining; copper mining;
lead mining
Minshull:
John,
the Misses,
Minton tiles,
Mitchell:
Jas.,
Ric.,
Ric., curate of Horton,
Steph.,
Mixon, see Onecote
Mixon Great Consols Copper Mine
Co.,
Moat Hall, see Hartington: Pool Hall
Mobberley, Jas.,
monastic granges, see Croxden abbey;
Dieulacres abbey; Hulton
abbey; Trentham priory
Moore, Ric.,
the Moorlands,
Moorlands Engineering Co. Ltd.,
Moreton, Great (in Astbury, Ches.),
Morrice:
Caleb,
Rog., vicar of Duffield (Derb.),
Morridge,
Morridge Side, see Bradnop
Morris:
Isaac, n
Wm., artist and socialist,
Morris & Co.,
Morrow, Jas.,
Mort:
Gervase, reader at Sheen,
Mary,
Thos.,
fam.,
Mosley:
Col. Godfrey,
Hilda, see Harpur Crewe
Moss Hill, see Endon
Mounsey, Geo., curate of Rushton
Spencer,
Mountford:
Thos. (?two of this name),
fam., n
Mountfort:
Ralph,
Ralph, & Son,
Moxon:
Doreen,
John,
Moyer:
Rebecca, see Jolliffe
Sir Sam., Bt.,
Mundy:
Edw.,
Sir John,
Vincent,
Munro, John,
Murfin & Sons,
Murray:
Ld. Geo.,
John,
Myatt, John,
Myott:
Jos. (fl. 1728-34),
Jos. (fl. 1764),
Nabes, Thos.,
Nabs:
Wm.,
fam.,
Naden, Jos.,
nail making, see iron working
Nall:
Geo.,
Geo., & Son,
Rob.
fam.,
Nantwich (Ches.), formerly Wich
Malbank,
Narrowdale:
Adam of,
Agnes of, m. Ric. Walker,
John of (fl. 1292-3), and his w. Sabina,
John of (d. by 1369),
Narrowdale, see Alstonefield civil
parish
National Provincial Bank Ltd.,
National Rivers Authority,
National Silk Workers' and Textile
Trades Association,
National Telephone Co.,
National Trust,
National Westminster Bank,
Naylor:
John,
R. M.,
Needham:
Sir Fra.,
Jos.,
Peter,
Peter (?another),
Rob.,
Thos.,
Ness, Great (Salop.),
Nether Hulme, see Leekfrith: Hulme,
Nether
Nether Tabley, see Tabley, Nether
the Netherlands, see Leiden
New Dale Mining Co. Ltd.,
Newcastle-under-Lyme,
man.,
smithfield,
Newcastle-under-Lyme and District
joint hospital board,
Newcome, Hen.,
Newton, Sir Hubert,
Newton Grange, see Ashbourne
Newton Solney (Derb.), minister of, see
Hulme
Newtown, see Fawfieldhead; Rushton
James
Nicholls:
Edw., see Trafford
Sarah, see Trafford
Wm.,
Nicholson:
Sir Arthur,
Lt. B. L.,
J. O.,
Joshua,
Marianne, w. of Sir Arthur,
Nickson:
Dan.,
Miss M.,
Niness, Ric.,
Nixon, B. B.,
Noel:
Margery (or Margaret), see Lestrange
Thos.,
Norbury (Derb.),
North, Edw.,
North Midland Co-operative Society
Ltd.,
North Staffordshire Lead and Copper
Mining Co.,
North Staffordshire Miners' Welfare
Association,
North Staffordshire Newspaper Co.
Ltd.,
North Staffordshire Railway Co.,
Northamptonshire, see Brackley
Northumberland, see Kirknewton
Norton-in-the-Moors,
Milton,
Nottingham,
Frank Wheldon sch.,
Nottinghamshire, and see Gotham;
Leake, West; Nottingham
Nunns, Wm.,
nylon,
Oakenclough brook,
Oakes:
John,
Thos.,
Obolensky, Prince Serge,
Oddfellows,
Offley:
Hen.,
John,
fam. (later Crewe),
Oils Heath, see Warslow
Okeover:
Hugh of (fl. 1200),
Hugh of (d. by 1269),
Joan of, m. Ric. de la Pole,
Ric. of (fl. c. 1272),
Ric. of (fl. 1345),
Rob. of (d. 1235 or 1236),
Rob. (fl. 1269),
Rob. of (d. by 1327),
fam.,
Oldbury Britannia Building Society,
Oldfield, Geo.,
Oliver:
Albert, vicar of Warslow,
Jas. (fl. 1792),
Jas. (fl. 1910),
Rob.,
Thos.,
Oliver Hill, see Quarnford
Olynleye (?Hollinhay, in Longsdon), Thos. s. of Rob. of,
Onecote,
agric.,
Blakemere Ho. (later Mermaid inn),
bridges,
chars.,
ch., plate
clergy, see Johnson; Miles; Richardson; Salt
vicarage ho.,
farms,
Ford,
friendly soc.,
geol.,
inc.,
ind.,
inns,
man., see Onecote: Mixon
manorial govt.,
map,
Mermaid inn, see Onecote: Blakemere Ho.
mills,
Mixon,
ind.,
man.,
prot. nonconf.,
Mixon Hay,
Onecote Old Hall, see Grindon
place names,
poor relief,
pop.,
post office,
prehist. remains,
prot. nonconf.,
rds.,
Rom. Cath.,
schs.,
tithe,
village hall,
Women's Inst.,
Onecote brook,
Orford, Wm.,
organ makers, see Glyn & Parker;
Jardine & Co.
Orm, see Ralph s. of Orm
Orreby, Phil. de, n
Osborne:
Geo.,
Marcellus,
Osbourne, Jas., vicar of Leek,
Oswego (New York State, U.S.A.),
Over Hulme, see Hulme, Upper
Overfield, Alfred,
Overfield & Co.,
Overton, see Biddulph
Owen:
John,
Mary,
W.,
Oxford university,
Oxfordshire, see Headington
packhorse ways,
Paddy, Fra., curate of Alstonefield and
of Longnor,
Paget, Sir Wm.,
pannage (customary payment),
Panniers Pool, see Quarnford
Pantun:
Norman,
Wm.,
paper making,
Park Hall, see Caverswall
parker, Richard the, see Richard the parker
Parker:
Geo. (d. 1675),
Geo., earl of Macclesfield (d. 1764),
Geo., earl of Macclesfield (d. 1842),
Geo. (fl. 1851),
Geo., earl of Macclesfield (d. 1975),
Thos.,
Thos. (?another),
Thos., Baron Parker, later earl of Macclesfield (d. 1732),
Thos., earl of Macclesfield (d. 1795),
Thos., earl of Macclesfield (d. 1896),
Parkes, Kineton,
Parr, Peter, vicar of Alstonefield,
Parr's Banking Co. Ltd.,
Partrige (or Partridge), Mary,
Parwich, Thos. of,
Patrick, Ric., vicar of Leek,
Pattingham,
Paynsley, see Draycott-in-the-Moors
Peak Park joint planning board,
Peche, Ric., bp. of Coventry,
pedlars,
Pedley:
Eliz.,
Jos.,
Pegge, Strelley,
Penkhull (in Stoke-upon-Trent),
Penkridge, see Stretton
Pennocrucium, see Stretton
Pennsylvania (U.S.A.),
Philadelphia,
Penruddock, Chas.,
Pentecostalists,
Percival, Thos.,
Percy, Hen.,
Peri-Lusta Ltd.,
Perry, Humph.,
Peshall:
Cath., m. Sir John Blount,
Hugh,
Humph. (d. by 1388),
Humph. (d. 1498),
Maud, see Swynnerton
Ric. (d. 1450s),
Ric. (fl. 1500),
Peter the clerk,
Peter the forester,
Peter's penny,
Pevsner, Sir Nikolaus,
Philadelphia, see Pennsylvania
Philips, John,
Phillips:
Eliz.,
Sam.,
Maj.-Gen. Thos., and his w. Jessey,
Wm.,
Phillips and Ford,
Pickford, Jabez,
Pickfords (carriers),
Pidcock, Benj., vicar of St. Luke's,
Leek,
Pidcocke, Ric., curate of Warslow,
Pigot, Editha,
Pilsbury Grange, see Hartington
Pitt:
Wm., agronomist,
Wm., statesman (d. 1806),
Plant:
Geo.,
G. H., & Sons,
Jas.,
John,
Ric.,
Thos.,
Wm.,
fam.,
Platt:
Hen.,
J. E.,
Plot, Rob.,
Plummer, Hannah,
Plymouth Brethren,
Pole:
German,
Hen. de la,
Joan de la, see Okeover
John de la (fl. 1334-5),
John de la (d. by 1397),
John de la (fl. 1406),
John (fl. 1450),
Sir John (fl. 1476), and his w. Alice,
Ric. de la, father of Hen.,
Ric. de la (fl. 1342),
Polish immigrants,
pony racing, see racing
Pool Hall, see Hartington
Poole:
Jos.,
Ray,
Poolend, see Leekfrith
Poona, see India
Poor Benefice Fund,
Pope, Sir Thos.,
Port, John,
Porter, Sinckler,
Portugal, see Lisbon
Post Office savings bank,
Pott:
John (fl. 1640s),
John (fl. 1666-73),
John (fl. 1744),
John (?another; d. 1748),
-, stipendiary priest at St. Edward's, Leek,
the Potteries,
pottery ind.,
Potts:
John,
Joshua,
Thos.,
Poulson, Ralph,
Poulton (in Pulford, Ches.),
Powys, Edw., incumbent of
Cheddleton,
prehistoric remains,
barrows,
the Bridestones,
Merryton Low,
Presbyterians,
Prestbury (Ches.), see Bosley;
Hurdsfield; Wilboarclough;
Winkle
Prestwold, Hugh de,
priest, William the, see William the
priest
Prince, Jane,
Pritchard, Hen., curate of Sheen,
protestant nonconformity, see Baptists;
Christian Brethren; Family of
Love; Friends, Society of
(Quakers); Jehovah's Witnesses;
Methodists; Pentecostalists;
Plymouth Brethren; Presbyterians;
Ranters; Salvation Army;
Salvation Navy; Seventh Day
Adventists; Spiritualists;
Swedenborgians; United Christian
Army; United Reformed Church;
William Morris Labour Church;
and see Leek and Lowe: protestant
nonconformity (Congregationalists;
Friends, Society of; Methodists)
psalm singers,
Pulford (Ches.), see Poulton
Pyatt (or Pyott) family,
Pyncombe, Mrs.,
Pyot, John,
Pyott, see Pyatt
Quakers, see Friends, Society of
Quarnford,
agric.,
Black Clough,
button making,
Cheeks Hill,
ch.,
clergy, and see Balderson; Roberts; Turner; Whitaker
vicarage ho.,
coal mining,
Drystone Edge,
electricity,
farms,
Flash, q.v.
geol.,
Gib Torr Rocks,
Goldsitch Moss,
Gradbach, q.v.
inc.,
inns,
Knotbury,
man.,
manorial govt.,
map,
Oliver Hill,
Panniers Pool (or Three Shires Head),
pk.,
pinfold,
place names,
policing,
poor relief,
pop.,
prot. nonconf.,
rds.,
schs.,
stocks,
Three Shires Head, see Quarnford: Panniers Pool
tollhos.,
Turn Edge,
water supply,
reservoir,
Wolf Edge,
quarrying,
sand and gravel working,
and see limestone burning
Queen Anne's Bounty,
Queen's Own Royal Yeomanry,
rabbit warrens,
racing:
horse,
pony,
Rad brook,
Radford, John,
Raikes, see Sheen
Rakes, see Alstonefield civil parish
Ralph, vicar of Alstonefield, n
Ralph s. of Orm,
Emma, his dau., m. Adam de Audley,
Ramshaw Rocks, see Heathylee
Ranters,
Ranulph s. of Peter,
Rathbone, Chas.,
Rawlins, Wm.,
Rawlinson, Sarah,
Reade family,
Reaps Moor, see Fawfieldhead
Rechabites,
Redfern:
Geo.,
Jas.,
Jos. (fl. 1770s),
Jos. (fl. 1851),
Jos., his s.,
Thos.,
religious houses, see Burton abbey;
Burton college; Combermere
abbey; Croxden abbey; Dieulacres
abbey; Hulton abbey; Trentham
priory
Renny, Geo.,
Revidge, see Warslow
Reynolds, John,
Ribbans, E. F. T., assistant curate at St. Edward's, Leek,
Richard 'le loverd', see Rushton, Ric. of
Richard the parker,
Richards, John,
Richardson:
Harling, incumbent of Onecote,
Wm., assistant curate at Warslow,
Ricketts, Geo. Yeldham, see Wilkinson
Rider:
Jas.,
W. H.,
Ridware, Hamstall,
Riley family,
the Roaches, see Leekfrith
Roaches (Engineering) Ltd.,
Roaches (Fabrication) Ltd.,
Roades:
Geo., vicar of Leek, n,
Geo., s. of Geo., rector of Blithfield, n,
Roberts, Jas., curate of Quarnford,
Robins, Jas.,
Robinson:
Eli,
Frank,
Helen,
John (d. by 1793),
John (d. 1902),
his sons,
P. I.,
Rob., curate of Longnor and incumbent of Sheen,
fam.,
Rocester,
Roche Grange, see Leekfrith
Rode:
Anna Maria,
Chris.,
Chris., s. of Chris.,
Hannah, m. John Davenport,
Isabella, m. - Herryman,
Jas. (d. 1689 or 1690),
Jas. (d. by 1759),
Jane,
John (d. 1580s),
John (d. 1669),
John (d. 1698),
Mary,
Ralph,
Thos. (d. 1683),
Thos. (fl. 1748-52),
Wm. (d. c. 1517),
Wm. (fl. 1588),
Wm. (d. 1616),
Wm. (d. 1673),
Wm. (d. 1731),
Roger, earl of Shrewsbury,
Rogers:
Jas.,
Simeon,
Roman Catholics,
and see Leek and Lowe
Roman remains,
rd.,
Rooke, Edw.,
rope making,
Rosa, Salvator,
Rotherham (Yorks. W.R.),
Rothwell, John,
Routh, John,
rowing,
Royal Society for the Protection of
Birds,
Royle:
Hen.,
(or Royles) Thos.,
Vernon,
Royles, see Royle (Thos.)
Rudhall, Abraham,
Rudyard:
Ant.,
Eliz., m. Chas. Gibbons,
Jas.,
Jane,
John of (fl. 1366-70),
John (fl. 1667), and his w.,
John (fl. 1712),
Marg. (d. 1677), m. Edm. Shallcross,
Marg. (fl. early 18th cent.),
Mary,
Mercy, m. Wm. Trafford,
Ralph of (fl. 1411),
Ralph (fl. 1530s-60s),
Ralph (fl. 1597),
Ralph (d. 1653),
Randal of,
Ranulph of,
Ric. of (fl. 1293-4),
Ric. of (fl. 1333),
Ric. of (fl. 1366, ?another), and his w.,
Ric. of (fl. 1418),
Thos. of (fl. 13th cent.),
Thos. of (fl. late 14th cent.),
Thos. (fl. c. 1530),
Thos. (d. 1572 or 1573),
Thos. (d. 1626),
Thos. (d. 1638),
Thos. (fl. 1666),
Thos. (d. by 1691),
Thos. (d. by 1709),
fam.,
Rudyard (township in Leek ancient
par.),
agric.,
farms,
geol.,
man.,
manorial govt.,
map,
place name,
poor relief,
pop.,
prot. nonconf.,
rabbit warren,
rlys.,
rd. (turnpike),
Rom. Cath.,
Rudyard Hall,
estate,
tollho.,
Rudyard civil parish,
Rudyard Lake, see Horton
Rudyard village (in Horton),
as Harpers Gate,
Hotel Rudyard,
Poachers Tavern (formerly Railway hotel; Railway inn; Station inn),
police sta.,
post office,
sch.,
village hall (Memorial Inst.),
well-dressing,
Women's Inst.,
Ruegg, Alfred, judge,
rugby football,
Rushton:
Ranulph s. of Ric. of,
Ric. of (Ric. 'le loverd'),
Wm. s. of Ric. of,
Rushton James,
agric.,
assoc. for prosecution of felons,
barrows,
char.,
farms,
geol.,
inc.,
ind.,
inns,
Long Edge,
man.,
manorial govt.,
map,
mill,
Newtown,
pinfold,
place name,
poor relief,
poorho.,
pop.,
prot. nonconf.,
rly.,
rds.,
Ryecroft Gate,
sch.,
stocks,
tollgates,
Wolf dale,
Rushton Spencer,
agric.,
assoc. for prosecution of felons,
bridge, see Rushton Spencer: Hug bridge
chars.,
ch., plates
clergy, see Meakin; Melland; Mounsey; Turner
vicarage ho.,
the Cloud,
Cloud Side,
farms,
folk customs,
friendly socs.,
geol.,
Hug bridge,
inc.,
ind.,
inns,
Lymford,
man.,
manorial govt.,
map,
mill,
nail makers,
pinfold,
place names,
police sta.,
poor relief,
pop.,
post office,
prot. nonconf.,
rly.,
rd. (turnpike),
Rom. Cath.,
Rushton Marsh,
schs.,
tithing,
Toft green,
tollho.,
wake,
well,
Women's Inst.,
Woodhouse Green,
Russell, Jesse Watts,
Ryecroft Gate, see Rushton James
Sacheverell:
Hen.,
Humph.,
fam.,
Safeway Stores plc,
sailing,
St. Albans, dchss. of, see Mellon
St. Albans (Herts.), battle of (1461),
St. Andrew:
Eliz., see Wedgwood
Wm.,
St. John's College, Cambridge, see Cambridge university
Salop, archdeacon of, see Maude
Salop Fire Office,
Salt:
Frances, see Stanley
Revd. Geo.,
John, curate of Endon,
Ralph, minister at Onecote,
salter,
Salvation Army,
Salvation Navy,
Samaritans (charity),
sand and gravel working, see quarrying
Sand Hutton (Yorks. N.R.),
Sanderson, Jos.,
Sandon,
Savage:
Sir John (fl. 1401),
John (d. 1463),
Sir John (d. 1495),
Sir John (d. 1528),
Sir John (d. 1528, another),
Sir John (d. 1596),
Sir John (fl. 1597-9),
Lawr.,
Mary, see Egerton
Maud, see Swynnerton
Scot, John the, earl of Chester,
Scriven, Sam.,
Scrivener:
R., & Sons,
Rob.,
Seabridge (in Stoke-upon-Trent),
Searight, Jas.,
Sedding , J. D.,
Seighford:
airfield,
vicar, see Loxdale
Serjeant, Hugh,
Seven Chimneys, see Warslow
Seventh Day Adventists,
Severn Trent Water Ltd.,
Shallcross:
Edm., rector of Stockport (Ches.),
Marg., see Rudyard
Sharpcliffe Rocks, see Ipstones
Shaw:
Geo. Bernard,
John (fl. 1470s),
John (d. 1715), rector of Swettenham (Ches.),
Marg., m. John Wedgwood,
R. Norman,
Revd. Ric.,
Thos.,
Sheen,
agric,
bands,
Bank Top Ho., see Sheen: Beresford Manor
Bartine Edge, see Sheen: Raikes
Beresford Manor (formerly Bank Top Ho.),
bridges, plate
Broadmeadow Hall, plate
Brund, plate
buses,
chars.,
ch., plate
clergy, see Beetham; Birch; Bonsall; Hambleton; Heygate; Longworth; Malbon; Mort; Pritchard; Robinson; Ward; Webb
vicarage hos., plate
crosses,
electricity,
fair,
farms,
football,
geol.,
Hulme End, q.v.
inc.,
ind.,
inns,
Knowsley,
libr.,
man.,
manorial govt.,
map,
mills,
molecatchers,
music,
par. govt.,
pinfold,
place name,
poor relief,
pop.,
post office,
prehist. remains,
prot. nonconf.,
Raikes (formerly also Bartine Edge),
reading rooms,
rds.,
schs., plate
Sheen Hill,
Sheen moor,
Stonepit Hill,
tithes,
tollgates,
trade,
wakes,
water supply,
Whitle,
Whitlehege,
Women's Inst.,
Sheffield,
Sheldon, Prof. J. P.,
Shelton (in Hanley), New Hall pottery
works,
Sherard, Ric.,
Sherratt:
Joan, m. Ric. Bulkeley,
Ric.,
Thos.,
Wm.,
Sherwin, Sam.,
Shining Ford, see Fawfieldhead
Shipbrook (in Davenham, Ches.),
Shirley:
John,
Jos.,
Mary,
Sam.,
Wm.,
Shoobridge, Leonard Haywood,
Shrewsbury, earls of, see Bellême;
Chetwynd-Talbot; Roger; Talbot
Shrewsbury,
St. Chad's ch., vicar, see Maude
Shropshire, n
sheriff, see Audley, Hen. de (d. 1246)
and see Kinlet; Ness, Great; Salop;
Shrewsbury
Shufflebotham:
Sarah,
Thos.,
silk spinning, and see Leek and Lowe: silk
Sillito, T. H.,
Sillitoe:
Randle (fl. 1648),
Randle (fl. 1683),
Simpson, John, vicar of Alstonefield,
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,
Sir Robert Peel's Fund,
Slack, Jas.,
Slagg, Chas.,
Slater:
Jas.,
- (fl. 1794),
Sleigh:
Gervase (fl. 1671),
Gervase (fl. 1709),
Hugh,
Ralph,
Sarah,
Smallwood, Wm., reader at
Meerbrook,
Smedley, Jas.,
smith, Adam the, see Adam the smith
Smith:
Geo. (fl. 1794),
Geo. (d. 1892),
Geo. (d. 1895),
Hen., curate at Hollinsclough,
Hen., reader at Warslow,
J. B.,
J. G.,
John,
Rob.,
Thos. (fl. 1535),
Thos (d. 1730), apparently curate of Warslow,
Revd. Thos. (fl. 1883), n
Thos. (fl. 1899), and his w.,
Smyth:
Ric.,
Thos.,
Snape, John,
Sneyd:
Hen., incumbent of Wetley Rocks (in Cheddleton),
John (fl. 1758),
John (d. 1809),
his sons,
Revd. John (d. 1873),
Ralph de Tunstall,
Thos.,
Wm.,
Sneyd, see Burslem
Sneyd Engineering,
soft drinks,
Somerset, see Bath
Southey, Rob., poet,
Spain,
Sperling:
A. M., Rom. Cath. priest,
J. H.,
Spilsbury, F. G.,
Spiritualists,
sports, see angling; athletics; bull
baiting; cricket; cycling; football;
fox hunting; golf; racing; rowing;
rugby football; sailing; squash;
tennis
Spout Water (stream),
squash (sport),
Stafford:
Edm., Baron Stafford,
Edw., Baron Stafford,
Hervey de,
Humph., earl of Stafford,
Marg., Baroness Stafford,
Marg., w. of Ralph, see Audley
Sir Nic.,
Ralph, earl of Stafford,
Rob. de (fl. c. 1140),
Sir Wm. de,
fam.,
Stafford, archdeacon of,
Stafford, Baron, see Stafford
Stafford, earls of, see Stafford
Stafford,
gaol,
parliamentary cttee.,
Quaker meeting,
royalist garrison,
Staffordshire:
county council,
sheriffs, and see Armett, Wm. (fl. 1741-64); Audley, Hen. de (d. 1246); Robinson, John (d. 1902); Rudyard, Thos. (d. by 1691);
Trafford, Edw., Wm. (d. 1697),
and Wm. (d. 1726)
Staffordshire Federation of Women's
Institutes,
Staffordshire Gliding Club,
Staffordshire Moorlands district,
Staffordshire Moorlands parliamentary
division,
Staffordshire Potteries Water Works Co.
(later Staffordshire Potteries Water
Board), plate
Staffordshire Regiment,
Stamford, ctss. of, see Grey
Standon, rector of, see Aston
Stanhope, Olive, m. Chas. Cotton (d.
1658),
Stanley:
Adam of,
Edw., earl of Derby,
Frances, m. Revd. Geo. Salt,
John,
John (or Thos.),
Lawr.,
Sir Roland,
Thos., see Stanley: John
Thos. (d. 1765),
Wal. of,
Wm. de (fl. c. 1200),
Wm. (fl. 1320),
Wm. (d. 1360),
Wm. (d. 1398),
Sir Wm. (d. 1428),
Wm. (d. 1466),
Sir Wm. (d. 1512),
Sir Wm. (fl. 1528-9),
Wm. (d. 1546),
Wm. (d. 1644 or 1645),
Wm. (fl. 1652),
Wm. (d. 1752),
Stanley,
char.,
ch.,
cricket ground,
geol.,
ind.,
inn,
man.,
manorial govt.,
map,
mills,
place name,
poor relief,
pop.,
post office,
prot. nonconf.,
sch.,
Stanley Head,
Stanley Moss,
Stanley Pool,
tithes,
Stanlowe:
Randle of,
Wm. of,
Stannard, Wm.,
Stanshope family,
Stanshope, see Alstonefield civil parish
Stanton, Sam.,
Stavensby, Alex., bp. of Coventry,
Steen, Ric.,
Steeplow, see Alstonefield civil parish
Stepkin, Lt. -Col. Peter,
Stockport (Ches.),
rector, see Shallcross
Stockton Brook, see Endon
Stoddard, John,
Stoke-on-Trent,
city council,
hosp. management cttee.,
Meir, q.v.
Stoke-upon-Trent, archdeacons of,
Stoke-upon-Trent,
Quaker meeting,
wakes,
and see Bagnall; Penkhull; Seabridge
Stokes and Watson,
Stone:
Janet, see Critchlow
John,
Stone,
Aston Hall,
Darlaston Hall,
Hilderstone,
stone working, see quarrying
Stonelowe Hall, see Longsdon
Stonepit Hill, see Sheen
Stones, Dan.,
Stonhewer (or Stonyer):
Ellen, see Washington
Joshua,
Thos.,
Wm.,
Stonier, John,
Stonyer, see Stonhewer
Story, Luke, curate of Longnor and
assistant curate at Alstonefield,
Stowe:
Chartley castle,
rectory,
Stratford-upon-Avon (Warws.), St.
Joseph's Homestead,
Strangman:
Ann, see Toft
Joshua,
Street, G. E.,
Stretch:
John,
Peter,
Sam.,
Stretton (in Penkridge), Pennocrucium,
Strongarme, Ric.,
Stuart:
Prince James Francis Edward (the Old Pretender),
Prince Charles Edward (the Young Pretender),
Stubbs:
Edw.,
Matt.,
Wm.,
Stunsteads, see Bradnop
Suffolk, duke of, see Brandon
Suffolk, see Ipswich
Sugden:
Larner,
Wm.,
W., & Son,
surgeons, see medical practitioners
Surrey, see Croydon
Sutherland, duke of, see Leveson-Gower
Sutton:
Alice, m. John Eardley,
Anne,
Edw.,
Geo.,
Jas.,
John (fl. c. 1700),
John (fl. 1740),
Ric.,
Thos.,
Wm.,
fam.,
Sutton (in Prestbury, Ches.),
Swains moor, see Heathylee
Swainsley, see Butterton
Swallow Moss, see Warslow
Swarkestone (Derb.),
Swedenborgians,
Swettenham (Ches.), rector of, see Shaw
Swindell, Isaac,
Swindells:
M., & Co.,
Matt.,
Switzerland,
Swynnerton:
Maud, m. 1 Humph. Peshall, Sir 2 Wm. Ipstones, 3 Sir John Savage,
Rob. (d. 1349 or 1350), rector of Barrow (Ches.),
Rob. (d. 1385 or 1386),
Sir Rog.,
Sir Thos.,
Sydebotham, Mary,
Sykes:
John,
Jos.,
Miss M. L.,
Tabley, Nether (in Great Budworth,
Ches.),
Talbot:
Chas., earl of Shrewsbury,
Geo., earl of Shrewsbury,
Gilb., earl of Shrewsbury,
John, earl of Shrewsbury,
fam.,
tallage ('yilte'),
Tamworth,
tanning,
Tatton:
Gilb.,
Jos.,
Ralph,
Sam., dyer,
Sam., postmaster (?same man),
Wm.,
Taxall (Ches.), Yeardsley,
Taylor, John, & Co.,
Taylor's Green, see Longsdon
Teck:
Fra., duke of,
Mary, dchss. of, see Mary of Cambridge, Princess
telecottage, see Warslow
Tellwright, Wm.,
tennis,
Tenter Hill, see Hollinsclough
textiles, see cloth; cotton; flax; silk
Thompson, Wm.,
and see Tompson
Thoni (personal name),
Thorley, Geo.,
Thorncliffe, see Tittesworth
Thornely, John, curate of Bosley (in
Prestbury, Ches.),
Thorneyleigh, see Leekfrith
Thornhill:
Hugh,
Rob.,
Thorpe, Wm.,
Thor's Cave, see Wetton
Three Shires Head, see Quarnford:
Panniers Pool
Tideswell (Derb.), see Wormhill
tinplate,
Tissington (Derb.),
tithe barns,
Tittesworth:
Hen. s. of Adam of,
Ranulf of,
Tittesworth,
Abbotts Rd. (formerly Abbots Rd. and Abbotts Lane),
agric.,
assoc. for prosecution of felons,
Ball Haye,
Ball Haye Hall,
Ball Haye Rd., see Leek and Lowe: streets (Novi Lane)
Blackshaw Moor, q.v.
bridges,
ch.,
Easing,
Edge End Hollow, see Tittesworth: Solomon's Hollow
farms,
Fowlchurch (formerly Fowker, Fowchers grange, and Fouchers Ho.),
geol.,
Haregate,
the Hole, see Leek and Lowe
inc.,
ind.,
inn,
Lower Tittesworth,
manorial govt.,
map,
par. govt.,
pinfold,
place names,
poor relief,
pop.,
prot. nonconf.,
reservoir,
rds.,
Rom. Cath., see Blackshaw Moor
schs.,
Sunday sch.,
Solomon's Hollow (formerly Edge End Hollow),
Thorncliffe,
tithe barn,
Upper Tittesworth,
Youngs Rd., see Leek and Lowe: streets
Tittesworth brook,
Tixall,
tobacco,
Toft:
Ann, m. Joshua Strangman,
John,
Joshua,
Mary, m. Chas. Chorley,
Sam.,
Toft Green, see Rushton Spencer
Tolpuddle Martyrs,
Tomkinson:
Mary,
Rog.,
Tompkinson, Enoch, curate of Endon,
Tompson, John,
Toples, John,
Torrington, Vct., see Byng
Totmonslow hundred, xxiv,
tourism,
Townsend, Hen.,
trade unions,
Trafford:
Chris.,
Edw. (formerly Nicholls),
Herbert,
Mercy, see Rudyard
Phil.,
Sarah, m. Wm. Nicholls,
Wm. (d. 1559),
Wm. (d. 1627),
Wm. (d. 1697),
Wm. (d. 1726),
Wm. (d. 1762),
fam.,
Trafford & White, see White, Job, &
Sons Ltd.
Travis:
Sam.,
Wm.,
Trent, river,
Trent & Mersey Canal Co.,
Trentham:
Sir Chris.,
Eliz., m. Ric. Cockayne,
Fra. (d. 1626),
Fra. (d. 1644),
Prudence, w. of Sir Thos.,
Sir Thos.,
Wm.,
Trentham,
Trentham Gardens,
Trentham priory,
estate,
grange,
Trinity College, Cambridge, see
Cambridge university
Trubshaw, Chas.,
Trustee Savings Bank,
Tubize (Belgium),
Tuchet:
Anne, m. 1 Geo. Twynyho, 2 Ric. Inkpen,
Jas., Baron Audley (d. 1459),
Jas., Baron Audley (d. 1497),
Joan, see Audley
John, Baron Audley (d. 1408),
John, Baron Audley (d. ?1557),
Thos.,
Tunnicliff:
John,
Moses,
Obadiah,
Tunnicliffe:
Jos.,
Wm.,
fam.,
Tunstall,
Turn Edge, see Quarnford
Turner:
Dan. (d. 1789), curate of Quarnford, of Meerbrook, and of Rushton Spencer,
Dan. (d. 1864), assistant curate at Rushton Spencer, later curate of Endon,
Eliz.,
Hen.,
Jas., assistant curate at Rushton Spencer and curate of Meerbrook (retired 1826),
Jas., curate of Meerbrook (d. 1863),
Turner's pool, see Leekfrith
Turnock:
Ric.,
Thos.,
Wm.,
Tutbury priory,
Twynyho:
Anne, see Tuchet
Geo.,
Tyrrel:
Sir Edw.,
Marg., see Aston
Ulf (12th-cent. landholder),
Ullivero, Peter,
Unett:
Eliz.,
Wm.,
Unionist party,
United Christian Army,
United Reformed Church, plate
United States of America:
troops,
and see Oswego; Pennsylvania
Unsworth, Edw.,
Upper Elkstone, see Elkstone, Upper
Upper Hulme, see Hulme, Upper
Uttoxeter,
Van Haeften, John,
Van Tuyl, Maria Jane,
Vane:
Lucy, Vctss. Vane, see Jolliffe
Wm., Vct. Vane (d. 1734),
Wm., Vct. Vane (d. 1789),
Verdun:
Bertram de,
John de,
Nic. de,
Norman de,
Rose de, m. Theobald Butler,
Theobald, Baron Verdun,
his daus.,
fam.,
Vernon:
Alda (fl. 1176), see Malbank
Alda (fl. 1293),
Alice de,
Eustachia de, m. David of Heswall,
Maud (or Margery),
Ralph de,
Rose,
Warin de,
Warin de, grds. of Warin,
fam.,
Viator's bridge, see Alstonefield civil
parish
Vicars, Albert,
Victoria, Queen:
jubilee of 1887,
jubilee of 1897,
Victorinus, Gallic emperor,
Vigars (or Vygers), Thos.,
Wain:
Isaac,
John,
Jos.,
Wm.,
wakes,
Walker:
Agnes, see Narrowdale
Geo. (fl. 1538),
Geo. (fl. 1854),
Hen.,
Humph. (fl. mid 1420s),
Humph. (fl. 1457, ?another),
Humph. (fl. 1515-32),
Ric.,
Wm.,
-, of Castern,
Wall, John,
Wall, see Longsdon
wallabies, see Leekfrith
Wallnook, see Hartington
Walmesley, Peter or Wm.,
Walthall:
Thos.,
Thos., vicar of Leek,
Walton, Izaak,
Ward:
Ant., & Co.,
E. E., vicar of Sheen,
John,
Ric.,
Thos. (fl. 1671),
Thos. (fl. 1760),
Wm.,
Wardle:
Arthur,
Bernard,
Eliz. (d. 1634),
Eliz. (d. 1902), w. of Sir Thos.,
Geo.,
Hen. (fl. 1612),
Hen. (fl. 1867-79),
Jas.,
John,
Jos.,
Joshua,
Thos.,
Sir Thos., plate
Wm. (d. by 1718),
Wm., s. of Wm.,
fam.,
Wardle & Davenport (later Wardle & Davenport Ltd.), plate
Wardle, Joshua, & Sons (later Wardle, Joshua, Ltd.),
Wardle, Sir Thos. & Arthur, Ltd.,
Warner, John, & Sons,
Warren:
S. P., vicar of Longsdon,
his w.,
fam.,
Warrillow:
Christine, m. Phil. Cooklin,
E. J. D., and his w.,
Warrington, T. C.,
Warrington (Lancs.),
Warslow,
agric.,
brass (later silver) band,
Brownhill,
Brownlow,
char.,
ch., plate
clergy, see Hill; Oliver; Pidcocke; Richardson; Smith
vicarage ho., plate
electricity,
farms,
friendly soc.,
geol.,
inc.,
inns,
limestone working,
love ale,
Lum Edge,
man.,
manorial govt.,
map,
mill,
mining,
Oils Heath,
pinfolds,
place name,
police sta.,
poor relief,
workho.,
pop.,
post office,
prehist. remains,
prot. nonconf.,
rly.,
reading room,
Revidge,
rds.,
schs.,
Seven Chimneys,
stocks,
Swallow Moss,
telecottage,
tithe barn,
village hall,
wake,
Warslow Hall, plate
whipping post,
Women's Inst.,
workho., see Warslow: poor relief
Warslow brook,
Warslow Lime Kiln Co.,
Warslow Mineral Co.,
Warslow Moors Estate,
wart penny (customary payment),
Warwickshire, see Birmingham; Coventry; Erdington; Stratford-upon-Avon
Washington:
Edm.,
Ellen, m. Wm. Stonhewer (or Stonyer),
Margery,
Matt.,
Thos.,
Wm.,
watch making,
Waterfall,
Waterhouses,
Waterhouse, Alfred,
Waterhouses, see Waterfall
Waters:
Edith, see Lownds
Wm.,
Wathen, Jas. Bateman,
Watling Street,
Watson:
Benj.,
Mary, see Challinor
Wm.,
Wm., & Co.,
Watt:
Arthur,
his children,
FitzJames,
Phoebe, see Fowler
Wattes, Rob., preacher at St. Edward's,
Leek,
Webb:
Benj., curate of Sheen,
John,
Steph.,
Wedgwood:
Abner,
Chas.,
Eliz., m. Wm. St. Andrew,
John (fl. 1494),
John (d. by 1556),
John (d. 1572),
John (d. 1589),
John (d. 1658),
John (d. 1757),
Marg., see Shaw
Ric.,
Susannah, m. John Fenton,
Wm.,
fam.,
Weightman, Hadfield & Goldie,
well-dressing,
Weseham, Rog. de, bp. of Coventry
and Lichfield,
Wesley, John,
West:
Hannah,
Hen. (fl. 1825-55),
Hen. (fl. 1859-91),
J. A.,
West Leake, see Leake, West
Westbourne Park Building Society,
Westminster Bank Ltd. (formerly London County Westminster & Parr's Bank Ltd.),
Westmorland,
Weston:
John,
Vincent,
Westside, see Alstonefield civil parish
Westwood, see Leek and Lowe
Wetley Rocks, see Cheddleton
Wetton,
eccl. par.,
Ecton, q.v.
prot. nonconf.,
Thor's Cave,
Wetwood, see Leekfrith
Wheeldon, John,
Whieldon, Wm.,
Whitaker, Jas., curate of Quarnford, later vicar of Alstonefield,
Whitchurch:
Margery (or Margaret) of, see Lestrange
Thos. of,
White:
Job,
Job, & Sons Ltd. (formerly Trafford & White; White & Davis Ltd.),
Thos.,
W. H., & Sons,
fam.,
Whitechapel (Mdx.),
Whitehough, see Ipstones
Whitle, see Sheen
Whittaker (or Whittakers), John, (?two
of this name),
Whittles:
L., & son,
Thos.,
Thos., Ltd.,
Whorrocks Bank, see Horton
Wich Malbank, see Nantwich
Wigley:
Eliz., see Crane
Hen.,
John,
Thos.,
Wild, John,
Wildboarclough (in Prestbury, Ches.),
Wilde, Oscar,
Wilkes, Ric.,
Wilkinson:
Allwood,
Geo. Yeldham (formerly Ricketts),
Isaac,
William I,
William, vicar of Leek,
William the forester,
William the priest,
William Augustus, duke of Cumberland (d. 1765),
William Baird plc,
William Morris Labour Church,
Williams, Sir John,
Williams Deacon's Bank,
Willoughby, Rob., Baron Willoughby de Broke,
Willoughby de Broke, Barons, see Greville; Willoughby
Wilmslow (Ches.),
Wilson:
Chas. Carus,
Edw.,
John Edw.,
Thos.,
- (architect),
Winchester, earl of, see Despenser
Wincle (in Prestbury, Ches.),
Wincomb, Ric.,
Windley (Derb.),
Windyridge, see Longnor
Winnington, Ric. of,
Wirksworth (Derb.), see Middleton
Wirral, Ranulph of (otherwise Ranulph
of Hulme),
Wirral (Ches.), forest,
Wishaw, Hugh,
Wolf dale, see Rushton James
Wolf Edge, see Quarnford
Wolfscote, see Hartington
Wolfscote Dale, see Alstonefield civil
parish
Wolstanton,
Little Chell,
Wolverhampton,
Wombwell:
Geo.,
-, niece of Geo., m. Jas. Bostock,
Women's Institutes,
Wood:
Emmanuel,
Ezekiel (fl. 1764),
Ezekiel (fl. 1800),
John (d. 1672),
John (fl. 1690),
Jonathan,
Ralph,
Rob., minister of Horton,
Thos. (d. by 1760),
Thos. (fl. 1850),
Wm. (d. 1730),
Wm. (fl. 1769),
Wm. (fl. 1834),
Mrs. -,
Wood, Goldstraw & Yorath,
Woodhead, Wm.,
Woodhead & Carter,
Woodhouse, Jos.,
Woodhouse Green, see Endon;
Rushton Spencer
Woolley:
Edw.,
Eliz.,
John,
Woolliscroft family,
Woolworth, F. W., & Co. Ltd.,
Worcestershire, see Cofton Hackett
Workers Educational Association,
World Government for the Age of
Enlightenment,
World Wars:
First,
Second,
Wormhill (in Tideswell, Derb.),
Worthington:
A. E., and his w.,
And Jukes, and his w.,
Ernest,
Lancelot,
Phil.,
Thos., & Sons,
fam.,
Worthington, A. J., & Co. (Leek) Ltd. (formerly A. J., & Co. Ltd.),
Worthington, A. J., (Holdings) Ltd.,
Wreford, John,
Wright, W. B., curate of St. Luke's, Leek, later vicar of All Saints', Leek,
Wrinehill (in Madeley),
Wudia (Anglo-Saxon landholder),
Wulfgeat (Anglo-Saxon landholder),
Wulfmaer (Anglo-Saxon landholder),
Wulfric Spot (Anglo-Saxon thegn),
Wurnaldehalth, see Heaton
Wyatt, Fred.,
Wyther:
Sir Thos.,
Wm.,
Y.M.C.A.,
Yardley:
Alice,
Thos.,
Wm.,
Yeardsley, see Taxall
'yilte', see tallage
York:
dchss. of, see Mary
duke of, see George V
Yorkshire (N.R.), see Sand Hutton
Yorkshire (W.R.), see Barnsley; Doncaster; Leeds; Rotherham; Sheffield
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