Cheddleton is located on the road from Leek to Cheadle, settled in the rolling landscape of North Staffordshire. For a village, there is far more to Cheddleton than meets the eye. It boasts a number of grand gentlemen's residences, mostly still occupied as private homes, a beautiful cruck-framed farmhouse and two museums; one dedicated to the railway, and the other to the village's watermills and industrial past. It has the River Churnet, the Caldon, a canal, three pubs, three shops and a post office. For more than a century, it was also the home of the county asylum, housing 600-800 psychiatric patients. Then there are the people: Cheddleton boasts a multi medal winning Olympian, and connections with George Gilbert-Scott, William Morris and Vera Brittain. Compare this with other villages or even small towns, and you will feel that Cheddleton really is a richly interesting place with a friendly and welcoming community.
ISBN: | 9781445633954 |
Publisher: | Amberley Publishing |
Imprint: | Amberley Publishing |
Published date: | 15 Nov 2014 |
DEWEY: | 942.461 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 95 |
Weight: | 304g |
Height: | 234mm |
Width: | 185mm |
Spine width: | 6mm |