Places in Audley in 1868

AUDLEY

"BIGNALL-END, a township in the parish of Audley, and hundred of Pirehill, in the county of Stafford, 4 miles to the W. of Burslem."

"EARDLEY-END, a township in the parish of Audley, N. division of the hundred of Pirehill, county Stafford, 1 mile N. of Audley, and 2 miles S. of Harecastle station."

"HALMER END, a township in the parish of Audley, N. division of the hundred of Pirehill, county Stafford, 1½ mile S.W. of Audley, and 4 miles N.W. of Newcastle-under-Lyne. It contains the villages of Alsager's Bank and Apedale. At the former village is a large school for both sexes, which is used as an Episcopal chapel on Sundays. At Apedale are several coal mines, for the accommodation of which a canal was cut to Newcastle in 1775. The Independents and Wesleyans have chapels. Craddock's Moss is also a place here about 2 miles S.W. of Audley."

"HARE CASTLE, a station on the North Staffordshire railway in the parish of Audley, county Stafford, 4 miles N. of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is situated at the entrance of the tunnel, which is 1,888 yards long, near the commencement of the Grand Trunk, or Trent and Mersey canal."

"KNOWL-END, a township in the parish of Audley, N. division of the hundred of Pirehill, county Stafford, 1 mile S.W. of Audley, and 4 N.W. of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is situated on the summit of a rock, and contains the hamlet of Shaley-Brook. There are remains of Heley Castle, formerly the seat of the lords Audley. There is a chapel for Wesleyans."

"PARK-END, a township in the parish of Audley, N. division of the hundred of Pirehill, county Stafford, 4 miles N.W. of Newcastle-under-Lyne."

"SHALEY-BROOK, a hamlet in the township of Knowl End, parish of Audley, county Stafford, 4 miles N.W. of Newcastle-under-Lyme."

"TALK-O'-TH'-HILL, a township and chapelry in the parish of Audley, N. division of Pirehill hundred, county Stafford, 5 miles N.W. of Newcastle-under-Lyne, its post town, and 1 mile E. of the Harecastle station on the North Staffordshire railway. It is situated on a hill near the Grand Trunk canal, and commands a prospect of nine counties. It comprises the villages of Talk and Butt Lane, and was once a market town, its old cross still standing central of the town. There are coal mines. Near the village is a sulphur spring. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Lichfield, value £138. The church was rebuilt in 1832, and was further enlarged in 1852. The parochial charities produce about £4 per annum. There are National schools for both sexes. Clough Hall and Lindley Wood are the principal residences."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) - Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]