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1793 Leek commercial half-penny token. The town has had a regular cattle market for hundreds of years, [2] reflecting its role as a centre of local farming.Following the Industrial Revolution it was a major producer of textiles, with silk working in particular coming to dominate the industrial landscape. [2]
Staffordshire Moorlands is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. Its council is based in Leek , the district's largest town. The district also contains the towns of Biddulph and Cheadle , along with a large rural area containing many villages.
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The Roaches (from the French les roches – the rocks) is a prominent rocky ridge above Leek and Tittesworth Reservoir in the Staffordshire Peak District of England. The ridge with its rock formations rises steeply to 505 m (1,657 ft).
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Cheddleton Flint Mill is a Grade II* listed building, situated along the Caldon Canal.It is a prime example of Staffordshire's industrial past – a flint grinding watermill previously used for supplying the pottery industry further along the canal in Stoke-on-Trent.
Leek is a civil parish in the district of Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England. It contains 144 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, five are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade.
Meerbrook (grid reference) is a small village in North Staffordshire, on the River Churnet at the edge of the Peak District National Park. It is situated four miles north of the town of Leek , in the parish of Leekfrith . [ 1 ]