Place:Whitmore, Staffordshire, England

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NameWhitmore
TypeVillage, Civil parish
Coordinates52.9642°N 2.2834°W
Located inStaffordshire, England
See alsoNorth Pirehill Hundred, Staffordshire, Englandhundred of which the parish was a part
Newcastle-under-Lyme Rural, Staffordshire, Englandrural district of which it was part
Newcastle-under-Lyme (district), Staffordshire, Englanddistrict municipality of which it has been part since 1974
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Whitmore is a village and small curacy in the county of Staffordshire, England, near Newcastle-under-Lyme.

The name 'Whitmore' can be found in the Domesday book (as Witemore) and also when King John signed Magna Carta at Runnymede.

Whitmore Hall, designated a house of outstanding architectural and historical interest and a fine example of a small Carolean-style manor house, is the home of the Cavenagh-Mainwaring family.

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A 19th century description

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

"WHITMORE, a village, a parish, and a [registration] sub-district, in Newcastle-under-Lyne district, Stafford[shire]. The village stands near the Northwestern railway, 4 miles SW of Newcastle-under-Lyne; and has a post-office under Newcastle, Staffordshire, and a [railway] station. The parish comprises 2,023 acres. Real property: £2,839. Population: 345. Houses: 60. The manor, with [Whitmore] Hall, belongs to Rear-Admiral R. Mainwaring. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value: £470. Patron: Rear-Admiral R. Mainwaring. The church was repaired in 1845. Charities, £8.
"The [registration] sub-district includes Maer and Chorlton, and comprises 6,680 acres. Population: 1,302. Houses: 236."
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