Place:Talke, Staffordshire, England

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NameTalke
TypeVillage, Urban district
Coordinates53.077°N 2.263°W
Located inStaffordshire, England     (1932 - )
See alsoAudley, Staffordshire, Englandurban district of which it was a part 1894-1932
Kidsgrove, Staffordshire, Englandurban district of which it was a part 1932-1974
Newcastle-under-Lyme (district), Staffordshire, Englanddistrict municipality of which it has been a part since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog
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Talke is a village in the English county of Staffordshire, four miles northwest of Newcastle-under-Lyme. Its unusual name is derived from the even more unusual "Talk o' th' Hill" which means 'bush on top of the hill'. Talke is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Talc in 1086.

Talke was made a civil parish in 1932, being transferred from the disbanded Audley Urban District to being part of the Kidsgrove Urban District which subsequently [1974] became part of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Talke and Talke Pits were formerly mining sites, which is why there are such road names as "Coal Pit Hill". There are no longer remnants of its industrial past, as nowadays Talke is a large housing estate.

Reginald Mitchell (1895–1937), the creator of the Spitfire aeroplane, was a native of the village.

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"Our records are based on the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Audley, which comprises of Audley Township, Bignall End, Halmer End, Knowle End, Park End, Eardley End and Talke. The adjoining area comprises of the ancient parishes of Barthomley and Church Lawton in Cheshire, and Wolstanton, Keele, Madeley and Betley in Staffordshire." The website includes a map outlining the local townships which they serve with the dates of earliest registry entries.
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