Talke

Talke
Talke
 Talke shown within Staffordshire
OS grid referenceSJ824533
DistrictNewcastle-under-Lyme
Shire countyStaffordshire
RegionWest Midlands
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Newcastle, Staffordshire
Postcode district ST7
Dialling code 01782
Police Staffordshire
Fire Staffordshire
Ambulance West Midlands
EU Parliament West Midlands
UK ParliamentStoke-on-Trent North
List of places
UK
England
Staffordshire

Coordinates: 53°04′37″N 2°15′47″W / 53.077°N 2.263°W / 53.077; -2.263

Talke is a village in Staffordshire, England, four miles northwest of Newcastle-under-Lyme. Population details taken at the 2011 census can be found under Kidsgrove

Etymology

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

History

Talke was made a civil parish in 1932, being transferred from the disbanded Audley Urban District to Kidsgrove Urban District[2] which subsequently became part of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

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

Notable people

Reginald Mitchell (1895–1937), the creator of the Spitfire aeroplane, was a native of the village.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Literary Heritage - Talke". Shropshire County Council. Retrieved 2007-01-14.
  2. ↑ "Unit history of Talke". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 2007-01-14.
  3. ↑ Ritchie, Sebastian. "Mitchell, Reginald Joseph (1895–1937)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004. Retrieved: 21 August 2010.

External links

Media related to Talke at Wikimedia Commons


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, January 24, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.