Kidsgrove
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| Statistics | |
| Population: | 24,112 (2001 census) |
| Ordnance Survey | |
| OS grid reference: | SJ835545 |
| Administration | |
| District: | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| Shire county: | Staffordshire |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Constituent country: | England |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Ceremonial county: | Staffordshire |
| Historic county: | Staffordshire |
| Services | |
| Police force: | Staffordshire Constabulary |
| Fire and rescue: | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance: | Staffordshire |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | Newcastle-under-Lyme |
| Postal district: | ST7 |
| Dialling code: | 01782 |
| Politics | |
| UK Parliament: | Stoke-on-Trent North |
| European Parliament: | West Midlands |
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Kidsgrove is a town in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, in Staffordshire, England, near the border with Cheshire. It has a population of 24,112 (2001 census). From the eighteenth century, it grew around coal mining, although the mines have now closed. Clough Hall Mansion in the town, now demolished, was a local theme park. Modern Kidsgrove is very much a commuter town, which has seen house prices rise quite sharply over the last five years. Many people now work in the larger cities such as Manchester and Birmingham - only an hour's drive away.
Thomas Telford designed the Harecastle Tunnel on the Trent and Mersey Canal near the town. Kidsgrove also marks the southern extremity of the Macclesfield Canal. There is an urban legen regarding a headless ghost that is said to haunt the Harecastle Tunnel. The ghost is said to be that of a young woman who was once murdered by a canal worker and is referred to as the Kidsgrove Boggart.
Kidsgrove was made an urban district from 1904 with the abolition of the Wolstanton Rural District, including the parishes of Kidsgrove and Newchapel. Talke, previously part of the Audley urban district, was added in 1932. [1]
Bathpool Park, south of the town is where Donald Neilson, the killer known as the Black Panther, took 17-year-old Lesley Whittle after kidnapping her in 1975, and ultimately, where he killed her.
[edit] External links
- Independent website for Kidsgrove and surrounding villages
- Kidsgrove's new website
- Kidsgrove's old website
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| Unitary authorities: | Stoke-on-Trent | |
| Boroughs/Districts: | Cannock Chase • East Staffordshire • Lichfield • Newcastle-under-Lyme • South Staffordshire • Stafford • Staffordshire Moorlands • Tamworth | |
| Cities/Towns: | Biddulph • Burntwood • Burton upon Trent • Cannock • Cheadle • Eccleshall • Hednesford • Kidsgrove • Leek • Lichfield • Newcastle-under-Lyme • Penkridge • Rugeley • Stafford • Stoke-on-Trent (Burslem • Fenton • Hanley • Longton • Stoke • Tunstall) • Stone • Tamworth • Uttoxeter See also: List of civil parishes in Staffordshire |
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