Penkridge
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Penkridge ( ) is a village and civil parish in South Staffordshire District in Staffordshire, England. It is to the south of Stafford, north of Wolverhampton, west of Cannock, east of Telford and south-east of Newport.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Penkridge
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Clockwise from top: Penkridge Festival Garden, Market Street, Viaduct, Lock on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal and St Michael and All Angels Church
- UK place.population
- 8,526
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- South Staffordshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Staffordshire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Stone, Great Wyrley and Penkridge
- UK place.post_town
- STAFFORD
- UK place.postcode_district
- ST19
- UK place.postcode_area
- ST
- UK place.dial_code
- 01785
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SJ922141
- UK place.type
- Village and civil parish
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
28 sectionsContents
- Definition
- Location
- Etymology
- Governance
- History
- Early settlement
- Medieval Penkridge
- Anglo-Saxon origins
- The importance of the church
- The grip of the forest
- Manors and magnates
- Agriculture
- Fairs, markets and mills
- Reformation and revolution: Penkridge in Tudor and Stuart Times
- Dissolution
- The Dudley inheritance
- Civil war
- Changing fortunes: Georgian and Victorian Penkridge
- Economy and population
- Zenith of the Littletons
- The modern village
- Facilities
- Notable people
- Transport
- Twin towns
- See also
- References
- External links
Penkridge ( ) is a village and civil parish in South Staffordshire District in Staffordshire, England. It is to the south of Stafford, north of Wolverhampton, west of Cannock, east of Telford and south-east of Newport.
The wealthiest establishment in Penkridge in the Middle Ages, its collegiate church building survived the abolition of the chantries and is the tallest structure in the village centre. The parish is crossed towards its eastern border by the M6 motorway and a separate junction north of the M6 Toll between the West Midlands and Stoke-on-Trent. Penkridge has a railway station on the West Coast Main Line railway next to the Grade I listed medieval church. Penkridge Viaduct and the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal are to either side of Market Street and the Old Market Square and are among its landmarks.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Penkridge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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