Talke

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Talke
Talke is located in Staffordshire
Talke
Talke
Location within Staffordshire
OS grid referenceSJ824533
District
  • Newcastle-under-Lyme
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSTOKE-ON-TRENT
Postcode districtST7
Dialling code01782
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FireStaffordshire
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53°04′37″N 2°15′47″W / 53.077°N 2.263°W / 53.077; -2.263Coordinates: 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, 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Newcastle-under-Lyme and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southwest of Kidsgrove. 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[]

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

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.

Borders[]

Talke borders on Talke Pits, Kidsgrove and Butt Lane. It is on the border of Staffordshire and Cheshire. The ancient bluebell wood at Parrot's Drumble is nearby. [3]

Notable people[]

  • (1789-1870), Early Primitive Methodist preacher, his name appeared on the first handwritten plan of the Tunstall Circuit in 1810. He is number 12 on the first printed plan. Thomas’ brother William also appeared on the first plan. In 1818, William Alcock was No. 6 on the Tunstall circuit plan.
  • Enoch Edwards (1852 in Talk-o'-the Hill – 1912) was a British trade unionist and politician, a Lib-Lab MP for Hanley in 1906, then a Labour Party MP in 1909.
  • Frederick Heath-Caldwell (1858–1945), British Army officer and RAF general, inherited the Linley Wood estate near the village
  • Reginald Mitchell (1895–1937), the creator of the Spitfire aeroplane, was a native of local village, Butt Lane.[4]
  • Ada Nield Chew (1870 – 1945) Suffragist and labour organiser.[5][6]
  • Margaret O'Flynn (1920–2014), gynaecologist and pioneer of contraception services for women.

References[]

  1. ^ "Literary Heritage - Talke". Shropshire County Council. Archived from the original on 29 December 2006. Retrieved 14 January 2007.
  2. ^ "Unit history of Talke". A Vision of Britain. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2007.
  3. ^ "Parrots Drumble". Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  4. ^ Ritchie, Sebastian. "Mitchell, Reginald Joseph (1895–1937)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004. Retrieved: 21 August 2010.
  5. ^ "Ada Nield Chew". Nantwich Museum. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  6. ^ "Chew, Ada Nield (1870–1945), labour organizer and suffragist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/39080. Retrieved 27 December 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

External links[]

Media related to Talke at Wikimedia Commons


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