Cheddleton is a large village in north Staffordshire, near the town of Leek. It is divided into two distinct communities - the traditional village and the modern Redrow development on the St. Edwards Park, which was previously the grounds of the St. Edwards mental institution. The traditional village is served by a handful of shops, a Post Office, 3 public houses and two churches: St Edward's (Anglican) and St Andrew's (Methodist). Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Leek is a placename in more than one country: Netherlands: Leek, Netherlands United Kingdom: Leek, Staffordshire Leek is also a vegetable: Leek (vegetable) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Redrow plc is a British housebuilding and general construction company based in Flintshire. ... Post Office Ltd (Welsh: Cyrchwr Codau Post) is a retail post office company in the United Kingdom that provides a wide range of products including postage stamps, welfare and banking to the public through its nationwide network of post office branches. ...
It hit the headlines in March2006 when a fire at a house killed four people. The cause of the fire was quickly established as deliberate arson and eight months later a local man called Mark Goldstraw was found guilty on four counts of murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment with a recommended minimum of 35 years. March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Skyline Parkway Motel in Afton, Virginia after an arson fire on July 9, 2004. ...
Cheddleton is the largest township, and has 1634 inhabitants, of whom 345 are in Basford, 477 in Rownall, and about 600 at the Wetley Rocks.
Consall, or Cunsall, is a small village and township of 190 souls, two and a half miles SE of Cheddleton, mostly belonging to John Leigh, Esq., the lord of the manor, and CS Smith, Esq.
"Cheddleton Church, St Edward, is an ancient structure, and the living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the co-heiress of the late Rev Edward Powys, who died in 1851, and incumbency of the Rev. William Williams, MA.
Edward's at Cheddleton was formerly a chapel-of-ease for St. Edward's at Leek but became a parish church in 1450.
William Morris spent some time in Leek as a guest of Thomas Wardle and the influence of the Arts and Crafts Movement is seen in both Leek and Cheddleton..
Thomas Wardle was a churchwarden at St. Edward's in Cheddleton and the church has many decorative features from Morris and his contemporaries.
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