St. James Church, Audley

Audley is a rural village 4 miles north west of the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. It is the centre of Audley Rural parish. Newcastle-under-Lyme is a busy market town in Staffordshire, England, not to be confused with the larger city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... Audley Rural is a parish of Staffordshire, England, located some four miles to the north-west of the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme. ...

The first mention of Audley is in the Domesday Book of 1086, when it was called Aldidelege, when the lands were held by a Saxon called Gamel. At this time the area was very sparsely populated and due to its distance from the major towns of Stafford and Chester there was little outside intervention. Domesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester), was the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William the Conqueror, that was similar to a census by a government of today. ... Map sources for Stafford at grid reference SJ9223 Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire in England. ... Chester is the county town of Cheshire in North West England. ...

James Audley, a founding member of the order of the Garter, was the illegitimate son of Thomas Audley, whose commemorative brass is in St. James Church in Audley. Thomas was the son on the second Lord Audley, James. Sir James Audley, or Audeley (c. ... The Garter is the most recognizable insignia of the Order of the Garter. ...

As of 2001, the village population of Audley is 5,770.

References

Audley Parish Millennium 1000 - 2000 AD, ed. Robert Speake

External links

• St. James the Great Parish Church
• Audley Network
• Audley at streetmap.co.uk
• A Brief History of Audley Village