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| Name | Onecote |
| Type | Township, Civil parish |
| Coordinates | 53.0833°N 1.9333°W |
| Located in | Staffordshire, England |
| See also | North Totmonslow Hundred, Staffordshire, England | hundred of which the parish was a part | | Leek Rural, Staffordshire, England | rural district in which the parish was located 1894-1974 | | Staffordshire Moorlands (district), Staffordshire, England | district municipality in which it has been located since 1974 | | Leek, Staffordshire, England | parish in which Onecote was a township and chapelry |
- source: Family History Library Catalog
- the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia
Onecote is a village and civil parish on the B5053 road, near Leek, in the Staffordshire Moorlands District, in the county of Staffordshire, England. Onecote's church is named St Luke's.
A 19th century description
A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Onecote from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:
- "ONECOTE, a village, a township, and a chapelry, in Leek parish, Stafford[shire]. The village stands on the river Hamps, 4¾ miles E by S of Leek [railway] station. The township includes the village, and extends into the country. Real property: £4,958. Population: 463. Houses: 90.
- "The chapelry contains also the township of Bradnop; and its post town is Leek. Real property: £9,471. Population: 917. Houses: 175. The property is all in one estate. Narrowdale here is a rocky vale so deep that sunshine does not reach its bottom even at midsummer. The Mixon copper mine is here; but ceased about 1820 to be worked. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value: £100. Patron: the Vicar of Leek. The church is good, and has a tower. Charities, £11."
Research Tips
- Article on Onecote from The Victoria County History of Staffordshire as provided by the website British History Online. The article covers the manor, economic history (agriculture, mill, trade and industry), local government, churches including non-conformists, education and charities for the poor.
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