Place:Audley Rural, Staffordshire, England

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NameAudley Rural
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates53.055°N 2.304°W
Located inStaffordshire, England
See alsoAudley, Staffordshire, Englandparish which was abolished to form Audley Rural in 1932
Newcastle-under-Lyme Rural, Staffordshire, Englandrural district of which it was part
Newcastle-under-Lyme (district), Staffordshire, Englandmunicipal district in which it has been located since 1974

A Vision of Britain through Time provides the following description of Audley from John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72:

"AUDLEY, a township, a parish, and a [registration] subdistrict in the district of Newcastle-under-Lyne, Stafford[shire]. The township lies 3 miles W of Harecastle tunnel on the Grand Trunk canal, 3 S of Alsager [railway] station, and 5¼ NW by N of Newcastle-under-Lyne. It has a post office under Newcastle-under-Lyne; and it gives the title of Baron to the family of Touchet. Real property: £4,189. Population: 1,556. Houses: 317.
"The parish includes also the liberty of Halmer-End, and the townships of Talk-o' th'-Hill, Eardley-End, Knowl-End, Bignall-End, and Park-End. Acres: 8,530. Real property: £30,383: of which £11,431 are in mines. Population: 6,494. Houses: 1,330. The property is much subdivided. Heleigh Castle, now a ruin, was the seat of the Audleys. Coal and ironstone are worked. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value: £520. Patron: the Rev. E. Gilbert. The church was restored in 1846 and 1856, and has some fine features. The vicarage of Talk o'-th'-Hill is a separate charge. There are Methodist chapels. Vernon's grammar school has an endowed income of £115, and other charities have £35.
"The [registration] subdistrict comprises two parishes and part of a third. Acres: 11,171. Population: 7,625. Houses: 1,566."

The parish of Audley Rural was established in 1932 as part of the Newcastle-under-Lyme Rural District. It was chiefly created by the abolition of the parish of Audley with small additions from the parishes of Keele and Madeley.

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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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