Index: K-Z

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 Youth Hostels Association, plates