Brookhouses is a village[1] and a suburb of Cheadle in the Staffordshire Moorlands district in the county of Staffordshire, England. Brookhouses is located to the west of Cheadle and forms part of the town's built-up area. It is also part of the civil parish of Cheadle.
Brookhouses dates back to the 1725, when the Cheadle Brass and Copper Company began their operations in the village. Later on, another company named "Keys and Sons" opened later in the village.[2]
After the opening of the Cheadle branch line in 1901, it allowed for further expansion of industry in Brookhouses[3] to process and have delivered via railway to other parts of Staffordshire and beyond.[4]
In addition to the arrival of the railway, it also allowed for the opening of multiple beerhouses to be established in the village with establishments such as the "Wellington" and "Waterloo". The Wellington also acted as a tollhouse for entry to neighbouring Cheadle.[5]
Amenities
Brookhouses retains its village identity[6] with the Huntsman Pub, a petrol station and industrial estates. The nearest churches are both St Giles the Abbot Church and St Giles' Catholic Church in neighbouring Cheadle.
The village was once served by Cheadle railway station on the aforementioned Cheadle branch line. The station has long since been closed and is now occupied by multiple housing estates. Although sections of the branch line can be followed back towards the nearby village of Tean and at the former Tean railway station site.
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