Talke
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{{infobox UK place|
|country = England
|official_name= Talke
|latitude= 53.077
|longitude= -2.263
|population =
|shire_district= [[Newcastle-under-Lyme (borough)|Newcastle-under-Lyme]]
|shire_county= [[Staffordshire]]
|region= West Midlands
|constituency_westminster= [[Staffordshire Moorlands (UK Parliament constituency)|Staffordshire Moorlands]]
|post_town= [[Newcastle-under-Lyme|Newcastle, Staffs]]
|postcode_district= ST7
|postcode_area=ST
|dial_code= 01782
|os_grid_reference= SJ824533
}}
'''Talke''' is a village in the [[England|English]] county of [[Staffordshire]], four miles northwest of [[Newcastle-under-Lyme]].
==Etymology==
Its unusual name is derived from the even more unusual "Talk o' th' Hill" which means 'bush on top of the hill'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/talke.htm |title=Literary Heritage - Talke |accessdate=2007-01-14 |publisher=Shropshire County Council }}</ref> Talke is mentioned in the [[Domesday Book]] as ''Talc'' in [[1086]].
==History==
Talke was made a [[civil parish]] in 1932, being transferred from the disbanded [[Audley Urban District]] to being part of the [[Kidsgrove Urban District]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10294472 |title= Unit history of Talke |publisher=A Vision of Britain |accessdate=2007-01-14}}</ref> which subsequently became part of the [[Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme]].
Talke and [[Talke Pits]] were formerly mining sites, which is why there are such road names as "Coal Pit Hill". There are no longer remnants of its industrial past, as nowadays Talke is a large housing estate.
==Notable people==
[[Reginald Mitchell]] (1895-1937), the creator of the [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire]] aeroplane was a native of the village.
==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.sermonsplus.co.uk/history.htm History of Talke church and its saint; ''followed by'' comprehensive history of Talke]
* [http://www3.shropshire-cc.gov.uk/talke.htm Some details]
* {{oscoor gbx|SJ824533}}
[[Category:Villages in Staffordshire]]
[[Category:Newcastle-under-Lyme]]
{{Staffordshire-geo-stub}}
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