Talke
Sign in to saveTalke is a village in the civil parish of Kidsgrove, in the Newcastle-under-Lyme district, in Staffordshire, England. It is northwest of Newcastle-under-Lyme and southwest of Kidsgrove.
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- Newcastle-under-Lyme
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Talke is a village in the civil parish of Kidsgrove, in the Newcastle-under-Lyme district, in Staffordshire, England. It is northwest of Newcastle-under-Lyme and southwest of Kidsgrove.
==Etymology== 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.