Whitmore, Staffordshire

Whitmore
Whitmore Location within Staffordshire
Population	1,554 (2011) [1]
OS grid reference	SJ810407
District	Newcastle-under-Lyme
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Newcastle
Postcode district	ST5
Dialling code	01782
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Stafford
List of places UK England Staffordshire 52°57′51″N2°17′00″W / 52.9642°N 2.2834°W / 52.9642; -2.2834

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

Village

Besides Whitmore, the parish also includes the hamlets of Acton, Butterton and Shutlanehead.

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.

Butterton gives its name to the Butterton-Swynnerton dykes, a set of igneous intrusion of Palaeogene age which run NNW-SSE through the area. Butterton dyke was discovered by Charles Darwin in 1842. ^[2]

See also

• Listed buildings in Whitmore, Staffordshire

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011" . Retrieved 3 December 2015.
2. Muir-Wood, Robert (2024). This Volcanic Isle. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 93. ISBN   9780198871620.

External links

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